3 September 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27, representing the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), and Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke), welcome the Western Cape High Court ruling to admit the organisations as amici curiae (friends of the court). The main application, brought by S.H and Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), against the Continue Reading
Sonke Gender Justice, the Treatment Action Campaign and SECTION27 welcome the Gauteng High Court’s approval of the settlement agreement in the Silicosis Class Action. SECTION27 represented Sonke Gender Justice and the Treatment Action Campaign in the application to certify the class in the case in 2015, arguing in that case Continue Reading
Press Statement: SECTION27 and Sonke Gender Justice Deeply Concerned with Alabama Abortion Act and US Restrictions on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Civil society organisations SECTION27 and Sonke Gender Justice are deeply concerned by the recent signing of the “Alabama Human Life Protection Act”, the most recent law in a Continue Reading
The complaint was lodged on Friday 19th October to the IEC. The IEC confirmed reciept of the complaint on Monday 22nd October stating that investigation into the registration of ABM is underway.
Johannesburg, May 13 2016: The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and SECTION27 welcome the judgment handed down by Deputy Judge President Mojapelo today in the South Gauteng High Court in the case of Bongani Nkala and 68 Others v Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd and 31 Others. This judgment is an Continue Reading
Detention Justice Forum Calls for Urgent Action In Response to Justice Edwin Cameron’s Report on “Sickening Conditions” in Pollsmoor Prison Constitutional Court Judge, Justice Edwin Cameron released a report this week on his visit to Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility and Pollsmoor Women’s Correctional Centre. The visit was undertaken in April Continue Reading
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Sonke Gender Justice welcome the ruling of the South Gauteng High Court to admit the TAC and Sonke as amici curiae (friends of the court) in a landmark case in which hundreds of thousands of mineworkers who contracted silicosis and/or tuberculosis in South Africa’s Continue Reading
The South Gauteng High Court will tomorrow, Friday 28 August 2015 at 9h30 in court 11E give a ruling in the application by the Treatment Action Campaign and Sonke Gender Justice to intervene as amici curiae (friends of the court) in Nkala and others v Harmony Gold and others, an application to certify a class Continue Reading
On 24 and 25 August, the South Gauteng High Court will hear argument in the application by Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) to intervene as amici curiae (“friends of the court”) in Nkala and others v Harmony Gold and others, a class action against South Continue Reading
SECTION27 presented at the Alternative Mining Indaba in Cape Town on 10 February 2015. John Stephens presented on an application on behalf of the Treatment Action Campaign and Sonke Gender Justice to intervene as amici curiae in a class action lawsuit against the gold mining industry related to mineworkers who Continue Reading
