Section 27
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...
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that the state pay the family of the child R1.4 million after his death.
Section 27 took the Education Department to court on behalf of Michael Komape’s family, seeking R3 million from the state.
The court today ruled that Michael Komape's family be awarded R1.4 million in damages for his death.
Parliament’s Basic Education committee was on Tuesday briefed by the Equal Education Law Centre on their state of education report.
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'.
The NGO has lashed out at the opposition party for not requesting permission from the affected families before displaying their loved ones names.
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.
Right2know spokesperson Dale McKinley says foreign nationals should not be used a proxy by frustrated communities.
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.
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.
Former Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa and 11 other people are accused of involvement in the irregular expenditure.
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.
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.
Section 27 says the Komape case is in stark contrast to claims that were recently awarded to the Life Esidimeni tragedy.
Judge Gerrit Muller ordered the department to provide proper sanitation facilities at all the province’s government-run schools.
On Monday, the court dismissed a R3 million claim to compensate the Komape family.
Rosina & James Komape were too distraught to speak to the media following Judge Gerrit Muller's ruling that they won’t be compensated for the shock and trauma of losing their son.
Michael Komape (5) drowned in a pit toilet at his Limpopo primary school in 2014. On Monday, the court dismissed a claim on behalf of the Komape family.