SECTION27 prepares to take Limpopo Department of Education to court of over poor sanitation, again – this time in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic 3 June 2020 – SECTION27 is representing the School Governing Body (SGB) of Kharivha Primary School (“Kharivha”) in Ndovhada village in Limpopo, a Continue Reading
18 December 2019 PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SECTION27 welcomes the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education. The SCA judgment overturns a decision of Polokwane High Court in 2018 that dismissed a substantial part of the Komape family’s Continue Reading
SECTION27 welcomes the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others. The judgment of the SCA awards damages for emotional shock and grief to each member of the Komape family to the total value of R1,4 million as Continue Reading
The appeal in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others will be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) on 2 September 2019. SECTION27 will be representing the family of Michael Komape in their efforts to seek justice following the death of their son. Michael Continue Reading
MK-timeline2019 The appeal in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others will be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) on 2 September 2019. SECTION27 has been representing the family of Michael Komape since 2015 in their efforts to seek a semblance of justice Continue Reading
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Johannesburg 6 March, 2019 – SECTION27 is disturbed by the allegations of corruption perpetrated by the Limpopo Education MEC Ishmael Kgetjepe and condemns such corruption in the strongest terms possible because of its impact on the continued violation of the rights of learners. A recent City Press report has revealed that Continue Reading
A statement from Basic Education for All (BEFA), SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) We are horrified and angry at media and Department of Basic Education reports that five year old Lumka Mkhethwa died in a pit latrine at Luna Primary school in Bizana in the Eastern Cape. This Continue Reading
Mr M Maimane Federal leader: Democratic Alliance Parliament Plein Street Cape Town By email: leader@da.org.za Ms L Watson 79 Hans van Rensburg Polokwane By email: plo@dalimpopo.co.za/ leannewatson@vodamail.co.za 17 March 2017, Dear Mr Maimane and Ms Watson The DA’s use of Michael Komape’s name 1. On Continue Reading
TOWARDS SAFE AND DECENT SCHOOL SANITATION IN LIMPOPO
Komape Structural Interdict Report 1 Komape Structural Interdict Report 2
President Ramaphosa, we require a more precise definition of what “not fit for purpose” means. Do schools with collapsing brick and mortar cubicles qualify within this category?
