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Media Statements

PRESS STATEMENT | SECTION27 launches new report on the urgent need for orientation and mobility training for blind and visually impaired learners

As we close out Human Rights Month in South Africa, SECTION27 launches a new report highlighting a gap in the country’s education system: orientation and mobility training for learners who are blind and visually impaired. The Orientation + Mobility Report argues that without this support, thousands of learners are navigating both school Continue Reading

By Hloni, 5 months5 months ago

Latest News

It’s not true that if you don’t vote in South Africa’s elections, your vote automatically goes to the ruling party – only valid votes are counted

South Africa’s upcoming general election has seen the resurgence of an old rumour – that the vote of anyone who doesn’t vote is “automatically” given to the ruling African National Congress. But this is not true.

By Section27 - Aneesa, 2 years2 years ago

Media Statements

MEDIA ADVISORY: SECTION27 goes to Supreme Court of Appeal on corporal punishment matter

20 February 2024, Johannesburg – SECTON27, representing the Centre for Child Law and the parents of two learners who were assaulted by their teachers, will partially appeal the High Court’s judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal on 26 February 2024. Despite corporal punishment being banned from our schools since Continue Reading

By Section27 - Aneesa, 3 years2 years ago

Submissions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON THE CHILDREN’S ACT, 2005 DRAFT AMENDMENT REGULATION REGARDING CHILDREN

SECTION27 (Incorporating the Aids Law Project) and the Teddy Bear Foundation welcome the opportunity to make submissions on the Department of Social Development’s Draft Amendment Regulations Regarding Children, No. 3608, dated 27 June 2023 (“Draft Amendment”).

By Section27, 3 years3 years ago

SECTION27

We are hiring: Junior Finance and Administration Officer (Part-time)

SECTION27 is a well-established and widely respected public interest law centre that seeks to achieve substantive equality and social justice in South Africa. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining Continue Reading

By Section27, 3 years3 years ago

Media Statements

PRESS STATEMENT: Civil society organisations condemn Gauteng health facilities’ defiance of laws and recent court order on free access to health care for pregnant women

4 July 2023 – In April 2023, the Gauteng High Court upheld the right of all pregnant and lactating women, and children under 6, irrespective of nationality and documentation status, to access free health services at all public health establishments, including hospitals. This ruling followed an application brought by SECTION27 alongside women who Continue Reading

By Section27, 3 years2 years ago

SECTION27

We are hiring: Data Capturer (Part-time)

By Section27, 3 years3 years ago

Media Statements

Blind SA and SECTION27 march to urge the South African government to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty

20 June 2023, Johannesburg – SECTION27 and Blind SA invite the media to a march on 27 June in Pretoria to urge the South African government to ratify the ‘Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled Persons’. The Treaty Continue Reading

By Section27, 3 years3 years ago