The High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation will host a workshop on National Health Insurance policy with key stakeholders. The panel brings together civil society leaders, academics and business representatives will discuss among other issues the impact of the NHI on poverty reduction, employment and foreign direct investment.
Monday 19th: This week, Field Researcher Solanga Milambo is visiting various schools in Limpopo, as part of the #TextbooksMatter Campaign. Despite countless court appearances the Department of Education in Limpopo, has still failed to deliver textbooks to schools. Solly is set to investigate reports from various schools about textbook shortages. Solly will also use the week to gather new information on the state of sanitation in various schools in the province, to see what progress has been made, particularly for those schools who were on the Departments Sanitation plan, to ensure better sanitation for learners.
Monday 12th
The SECTION27 Health Team is heading down to Durban for the annual AIDS conference. The team will attend various plenary and satellite sessions in the week. The team will also participate in various advocacy actions to highlight issues around HIV/AIDS and the right to healthcare, for people on the ground.
After completing the Herculean task of running his 18thComrades Marathon, SECTION27 Executive Director Mark Heywood shifts into a different gear this week as we launch his new book, GET UP STAND UP: Personal Journeys towards Social Justice! Again, we will use this opportunity to raise funds for the work of SECTION27. The book is available on sale at the launches and online. Proceeds from the sale on 8 June will go to Friends of SECTION27.
This week we focus on the achievements of the last five decades since the inauguration of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union) as we celebrate Africa Day. We realise that there is still much to be done to promote vibrant democracy and economic prosperity on our Continue Reading
Monday 15 May SECTION27 will represent the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) which has been admitted as an Amicus Curiae in the case brought by the Organisasie vir Godsdienste-Onderrigen Demokrasie (OGOD) which challenges various Christian-only religious practices at the six public schools on the basis Continue Reading
This Friday our Executive Director Mark Heywood sets off on the first leg of the grueling Joberg2C mountain bike race. It’s 900 km of off-road riding and Mark will be keeping us updated at every stage in draw attention to the important work we do here at SECTION27 and to help shine a light on the insurmountable hurdles many South Africans face in the attempts to access quality healthcare and basic education.
“What I fear is that the liberators emerge as elitists… who drive around in Mercedes Benz’s and use the resources of this country to live in palaces and to gather riches”
– Chris Thembisile Hani
Hani was murdered on 10 April 1993 outside his home in Dawn Park. We remember his contribution to a Democratic South Africa and may we always strive for equality and freedom for all.
Wednesday 5th: Executive Director Mark Heywood is speaking at the Serious Social Investing conference 2017. The conference is hosted by the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and Mark will speak from 11:50am, on the following topic: “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world: Focusing on the role of Continue Reading
“Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful — be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and protect your work. And if you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.” – William S. Burroughs”
This week most of our diary is orientated around working with the SANAC Structures. This is arguably the most important work to be done, in order to ensure that are open channels of communication for people on the ground to be able to share their experiences of the Health System, while living with HIV. We hope to see this reflected in Wednesday’s budget speech.
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