Section 27
Section27 wins court battle to declare DBE pit toilet plans unconstitutional
Section27 sought relief, saying that the plans were not constitutionally compliant.
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Judgment in Limpopo pit toilet case reserved
Section 27 returned to the court on Friday to try and compel the Department of Education to address the sanitation crisis at schools.
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Section 27 welcomes release of Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe
Cekeshe was released from the Leeuwkop Correctional Services on Tuesday morning after being one of the inmates granted remissions by the president on Reconciliation Day.
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Calls for Motshekga to take personal responsibility for Michael Komape's death
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that the state pay the family of the child R1.4 million after his death.
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Education Dept studying SCA decision to award R1.4m to Michael Komape’s family
Section 27 took the Education Department to court on behalf of Michael Komape’s family, seeking R3 million from the state.
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Section 27 hopes SCA's Michael Komape ruling brings family closure
The court today ruled that Michael Komape's family be awarded R1.4 million in damages for his death.
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MPs urged to hold DBE to account for failure to provide transport, sanitation
Parliament’s Basic Education committee was on Tuesday briefed by the Equal Education Law Centre on their state of education report.
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Esidimeni family committee calls on Maimane to apologise publicly for billboard
The DA unveiled a billboard this week listing the names of the mentally ill victims and those who died in Marikana under the heading 'The ANC is killing us'.
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Section 27 criticises DA over ‘ANC is killing us’ billboard
The NGO has lashed out at the opposition party for not requesting permission from the affected families before displaying their loved ones names.
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Section 27: Ramaphosa’s stimulus package far from good enough
On Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that more funding will go to sanitation at schools, with the goal to complete more than a thousand sanitation projects.
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Public urged to refrain from illegal, harmful acts of xenophobia
Right2know spokesperson Dale McKinley says foreign nationals should not be used a proxy by frustrated communities.
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Hlongwa: SIU report aired at strategic intervals to embarrass ANC
Former Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa released a statement on Monday, saying that the issues in the SIU reports are not new and form part of an ongoing legal process.
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'SIU report on alleged involvement in corruption in Gauteng Health not new'
Section 27 says these allegations have been referred to the NPA for consideration after details emerged of corruption in the provincial department between 2006 and 2009, amounting to R1.2 billion.
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Section 27: SIU corruption report on Brian Hlongwa referred to NPA
Former Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa and 11 other people are accused of involvement in the irregular expenditure.
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Section 27: Michael Komape’s family 'happy' to proceed with appeal bid
The family, which is represented by rights group Section 27, is seeking nearly R3 million in damages after five-year-old Michael Komape drowned in 2014.
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Judge grants Komape family leave to appeal some parts of ruling
The family is seeking nearly R3 million in damages after five-year-old Michael Komape drowned in a pit toilet at a Limpopo school in 2014.
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Section 27 to begin process to appeal Michael Komape damages decision
Section 27 says the Komape case is in stark contrast to claims that were recently awarded to the Life Esidimeni tragedy.
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Education Dept planning to remove all pit toilets from schools
Judge Gerrit Muller ordered the department to provide proper sanitation facilities at all the province’s government-run schools.
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Section 27 criticises Michael Komape court ruling
On Monday, the court dismissed a R3 million claim to compensate the Komape family.
