Our Week Ahead 09 – 13 September 2019 Let’s work together. Let’s heal together. And if you all are ready to do that work along with me, I can only leave you with these two words, me too. Founder of the #MeToo Movement Tarana Burke Monday 9 September Members of Continue Reading
The time is always right to do what is right. Human rights activist, Martin Luther King Jnr Monday 2 September SECTION27’s education team is at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein representing the Komape family in an appeal in the case of Komape vs Minister of Basic Education and Continue Reading
“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.” – Pearl S. Buck Monday 26 – Wednesday 28 August Researcher, Thuthukile will be attending a meeting on SADC SRHR strategy monitoring and evaluation tools organised by African Population Continue Reading
Week Ahead 19 – 23 August 2019 “Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved Tuesday 20 August SECTION27 will attend Justice Edwin Cameron’s Special Ceremonial Session at the Constitutional Court to mark his retirement. The Chief Justice and other Justices Continue Reading
This week, we remember those who died in the Marikana Massacre. On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province. The police killed 34 mineworkers, and left 78 seriously injured.* 13 August Executive Director Continue Reading
“The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.” ― Marcus Garvey Monday 29 July Community Mobiliser Sifiso Nkala will attend a meeting that aims to re-establish the local Continue Reading
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” – Nelson Mandela Monday 15 July Members of the SECTION27 team will attend a Continue Reading
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, monarch of Bahrain. Monday 08 – Wednesday 10 July 2019 SECTION27 is co-hosting a gathering on advancing constitutional, economic, social Continue Reading
Week Ahead 1 – 5 July “A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.”- A. Bartlett Giamatti Monday 1 July – Thursday 4 July Health Attorney, Ektaa Deochand, Education Legal researcher Motheo Brodie Continue Reading
“What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!” W.E.B. Du Bois Tuesday 28 May Head of Health Sasha Stevenson, Field Researcher Patrick Mdletshe and Community Mobiliser Sifiso Continue Reading
Our week ahead 20 – 25 May 2019 “Empowered women, empower women” – Kasi Turpin designs Monday 20 May SECTION27 Executive Director Umunyana Rugege, Head of Fundraising Elinor Kern and Board member Alice Brown will be participating at the Raith approved grantees governance workshops at the Raith offices. These Continue Reading
“If we accept that human rights may be running out of rocket fuel, our community needs to introspect on how to re-establish the efficacy and impact of human rights practice for the future.” Mark Heywood, forthcoming essay: South Africa’s journey from socialism to human rights – the true confessions Continue Reading