17 May 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes the National Assembly’s passing of the long-awaited Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill), which now awaits the President’s assent. The BELA Bill is a necessary piece of legislative reform that will align the current South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (Schools Act) Continue Reading
A patient-centred health system will remain an illusion under the NHI unless the public health system is ramped up to better serve users and a clear path is outlined for public-private partnerships, argue Bernard Mutsago and Haseena Majid.
2 November 2023, Johannesburg – In the context of weak economic growth, lower-than-expected tax revenues collected and the implementation of measures to reduce public spending, the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) for 2023/24 has responded to this through budget cuts to health care and basic education, particularly to programmes characterised Continue Reading
17 March 2023, Johannesburg – SECTION27, in partnership with the Centre for Child Law, will launch an online tool, The Michael Komape Sanitation Progress Monitor, to track progress made by the Limpopo Department of Education (LDoE) to eliminate unsafe and undignified sanitation at public schools throughout the Limpopo province and Continue Reading
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga describes the country’s education system as a “national catastrophe” and a “crisis”. Motshekga read the riot act to her officials and teachers’ unions in a speech delivered during an education lekgotla this past week. This article originally appeared in the City Press on Sunday 24 January, 2016. Continue Reading
SECTION27’s submission to the Department of Trade and Industry on the Copyright Amendment Bill 2015 SECTION27’s primary interest in intellectual property policy and law reform flows from its understanding of the manner and extent to which patent protection has been used to undermine access to medicines. As part of the Continue Reading
Patient Groups admitted as ‘friends of the court’ in Genesis Medical Scheme v Minister of Health 4 August 2015 On 29 July 2015, Judge Blignault of the Western Cape High Court handed down a judgment allowing various parties to intervene in the case of Genesis Medical Scheme v Minister of Continue Reading
Combining law and social mobilization to realize the right to health (2009) Journal of Human Rights Practice 1(1) 14 South Africa’s Treatment Action Campaign
