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Better health and education in South Africa. Research. Advocacy. Law. Hate speech will be blocked. RT ≠ endorsement.

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📚Join us for the book launch of Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost in Cape Town! @TheSADAG , in collaboration with SECTION27, @boellza and @LifeEsidimeni , are launching Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost in Cape Town. The book highlights the loss of the 144 patients
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Did a woman at least take the pic?
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The situation right now in Harare,Zimbabwe Hot preparations for the hearing next Wednesday 22 August 2018 Countdown 5 Days To Go!
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SECTION27 Co-founder @HassimAdila is in court today. #EndIsraelGenocide
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South Africa legal team's Adila Hassim @CIJ_ICJ : “Genocides are never declared in advance, but this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows incontrovertibly a pattern of conduct & related intention that justifies a plausible claim of genocidal acts.”
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Prof Karim: By 18 April we will know if our interventions in dealing with the number of cases are working. If the number is more than 90, we will continue the lockdown. If number of cases is between 45 and 89, continue the lockdown. If less than 44, ease the lockdown. #Covid_19
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Dr Khoza: I am smart, I am educated, I am black. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. #FutureOfSA
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Congratulations @adilahassim on being recommended as a Silk. You've served the legal profession with exemplary skill and passion for so many years. We know you'll soon be confirmed. #LifeEsidimeni @EElawcentre @equal_education @TAC #TextbooksMatter #Komape @WitsUniversity
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State capture of a health system that is now buckling and struggling to say afloat. The fat cats pay for fancy houses while the poor are left without medicines, cancer machines and doctors. There must be a special place in jail for those who steal from the health system!
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SECTION27 launched a successful urgent application on behalf of a pregnant minor who was denied access to #termination of pregnancy services at a public hospital in #Gauteng . Meet the team behind the case. #ReproductiveHealth Read the statement:
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Eusebius McKaiser's influence on media and public dialogue will be treasured forever. We thank him for generously imparting his knowledge and fostering meaningful discussions. Rest in power, Eusebius. Your wisdom will continue to inspire and shape the future. #RIPEusebius
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I had such a beautiful time today. I spent it at @SECTION27news doing media training and strategic comms with their brilliant staff. Their public interest litigation and general activism in the ongoing fight for a more just South Africa is praiseworthy. Long may it continue.
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We're with her
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SECTION27 is pleased to welcome Prof Eddie Mhlanga (Maternal, Child and Women’s Health specialist), Prof Ann Skelton (child law expert), Shaeera Kalla (former SRC president at Wits University) and former Constitutional Court Justice, Johan Froneman to its board of directors.
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Response: Cigarettes do not fall under the essential list of goods, therefore, grocery stores will not be allowed to sell cigarettes #SouthAfricaLockdown
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We sorry to hear one of fave ppl in the whole world ill. Get better Arch we need your wise counsel more than ever.
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SECTION27 this morning is attending the signing of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill), by President @CyrilRamaphosa at the Union Buildings. We welcome the signing of the BELA Bill. It is a necessary piece of legislative reform that will align the current South
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The Gauteng High Court, on Friday upheld the right of all pregnant and lactating women, and children under 6, irrespective of nationality and documentation status, to access #freehealthservices at all public health establishments, including hospitals.
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Today a widow in mourning and a fierce activist stood up and drew a line in the sand. She is standing up. What is your excuse? #BarbaraHogan
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#FutureofSA delegates acknowledge heroes who have spoke out against #statecapture
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SECTION27 Board Appoints New Executive Director
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Good luck to #NdlovuYouthChoir for the final of @AGT . You carry the hopes of a nation with you. We love what you do. Make us proud! Picture credit: @ChoirAfrica
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On 2 Sept 2019,the Supreme Court of Appeal will hear an appeal against a judgment dismissing the main claims of the Komape family following the drowning in a pit toilet at school of their son & brother,Michael in 2014. #Justice4Michael #IStandwithMichael
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The @NelsonMandela foundation is hosting a memorial for #WinnieMandela at 10h00 this morning at Constitution Hill. Please attend if you are able to.
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Who said you can't have fun whilst cycling 900km for social justice and equality? #joberg2c #Ride4SECTION27
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Mark Heywood rocking the black armband #Run4SA @_SaveSA
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We need politicians who Mantashe less and Makhosi more!! #SaveSA
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@BlindSA_NGO and @SECTION27news celebrate @ConCourtSA judgment about copyright, which ends the Book Famine for persons who are blind or visually disabled! #BrailleIsNoCrime !
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SECTION27 is at the @ConCourtSA representing @BlindSA_NGO to hear the judgment of our copyright case about access to reading materials in accessible formats. Judge Jody Kollapen is reading down the judgment - updates will follow. #EndTheBookFamine #BrailleIsNoCrime .
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We are thrilled to announce that @SJDStevenson has been appointed as the new Executive Director of SECTION27! With over a decade of experience as a human rights lawyer and #activist , Sasha's leadership will drive our mission forward. Read here:
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. @JohnnyCleggReal sang a powerful rendition of 'asimbonanga'. #SaveSA #SaveSouthAfrica
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NEWS ALERT! Judgment on #Komape and Others v Minister of Basic Education is expected to be released tomorrow at 11:30am. #MichaelKomape #Justice4Michael
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"The greatest honour to Kathy is to defend everything he fought for with everything we have got." Mark Heywood. Rest in Peace Ahmed Kathrada
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1/2 We’re excited to welcome our new Candidate Attorneys at SECTION27. Motheo joined SECTION27 in 2019 as a legal researcher after completing his LLB at Wits University. On his off days, @MotheoBrodie harnesses his inner Hugh Masikela, playing the trumpet. Welcome to the team!
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Very telling that many of the government departments' spokespeople who fail to respond to media queries are the most active on social media.
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The Supreme Court of Appeal has handed down judgment on Komape and Others v Minister of Basic Education. You can view the full judgment in the link below #Justice4Michael #MichaelKomape
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Respect. Thanks for creating space for these inspiring stories @FabAcademic @UCT_news
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Lost both parents to HIV at the age of 16 and became the head of a family of 4, living in the township with no hope of ever making it. July 2018 graduated with a PhD in Neuroscience at Wits. Proud to have taken all my siblings to Uni too! God is good🙏🙏 @FabAcademic
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@RediTlhabi Yes they out in full force at Sandton Gautrain today chasing Uber away! Hell, I would rather walk to Randburg before using them!
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@TimesLIVE Dear MEC @Lesufi , @Section27news is happy to assist in developing codes of conduct for camp safety
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Mavuso Msimang’s says we’ve put too much trust in politicians. To fix this we need to stop deferring to them and rather unite as civil society #NanddosDMGathering
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As South Africa prepares to celebrate #WomensDay on 9 August 2020, we celebrate the women for lead organisations advancing human rights and addressing inequality in the #publicinterestlaw and #socialjustice sector. @LHR_SA @equal_education @SERI_RightsSA @WLCCapeTown @UPChildLaw
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Dear @Derek_Hanekom thank you for following your conscience 🇿🇦🇿🇦Madiba would be proud. Now let's #SaveSA
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Introducing @khanyi_mapipa , our new Head of Health at SECTION27. With a strong legal background, a commitment to human rights, and a passion for change, Khanyisa is ready to lead our health rights program to new heights. #TeamHealth
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A learner from Makangwane Secondary gives their account of the dilapidated state of their school that now has them being taught under trees #EndTreeSchools @DBE_SA #CountryDuty
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It could get really interesting if portfolio Chair Makhosi Khoza were to summons Faith Muthambi for her R300 000 family flights
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Black armband. It's my right. It's my duty. Get lost Athletics South Africa - Mark Heywood @_SaveSA #Run4SA #omtom2017
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Massive knockout punch for the #NuclearDeal Well well done @Earthlife_JHB & @SAFCEI and thank you, just thank you for not giving up. Respect
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Join us on 19 November - World Toilet Day as we commemorate this by launching our sanitation report on the still deplorable state of toilets in rural Limpopo. No child should die in #UnSAFEtoilets #FixSanitationNow
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Congratulations 🍾🎉🎈 #MarkHeywood for completing your 20th #ComradeMarathon2019 . We are super proud of you! #Comrades20
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He did it! 900 kilometres done. Made it all the way to the sea from Johannesburg. @joBerg2c_
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Happy 85th birthday to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. We wish you many more. We still have so much to learn from you. @TutuLegacy
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The #LifeEsidimeniInquest into the deaths of 144 mental healthcare users who were moved from Life Esidimeni in 2016 begins 19 July 2021. #NeverAgain can a tragedy like this occur. We support the families of the deceased in remembering their loved ones and calling for justice.
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Today we hit 20 000 followers on Twitter. To all our lovers, we love you back. To our haters, we see you but we don't feel you. #CountryDuty
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We have witnessed acts of corruption that gutted the Gauteng Department of Health and led to the Life Esidimeni tragedy. We need to guard against the same kind of looting during this pandemic. #COVID19SA
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Below is a statement released by the @KathradaFound and several other organisations in relation to Covid-19 corruption allegations in Gauteng. @OUTASA
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SECTION27 staff join @TAC @Corruption_SA comrades in a march to demand the removal of Qedani Mahlangu from the ANC Provincial Executive Committee #LifeEsidimeni #GDoHCorruption
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SECTION27 seeks a dynamic and driven candidate for the position of Legal Researcher. The successful candidate will provide research support to programmes on constitutional right to access to health care services. Closing date: 13 November 2020
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SECTION27 and partners congratulate Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng
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Legal Researcher, Motheo Brodie is in Palestine attending the '15th National Conference on the Protection of the Right to Education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.' Motheo will be presenting a paper on “South African Civil Society and the Right to Education.”
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We stand with all whistleblowers. We stand with Babita Deokaran. Even if you can't make it to the vigil organised by @KathradaFound @OUTASA @r2kcampaign at the @GautengPremier 's office at 5pm today. Light a candle for all those who have taken a stand to #DefendOurDemocracy
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Goodnight and Dubai. See you in the morning #ZumaExit #Zexit
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. @DrZweliMkhize says that 1 million doses of the #AstraZeneca vaccine will be available in South Africa by the end of January 2021. The @HealthZA has secured these doses directly from the Serum Institute of India. A further 500 000 will be delivered in February 2021. #Covid19InSA
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Moseneke J thanks the Finance MEC Barbara Creecy for testifying. Creecy: I have always been proud of being part of the Gauteng government since 1994. The cruelty heard in the testimony has left me with a great sense of shame. #LifeEsidimeni
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This if disgusting!!!! While govt stop feeding schemes at schools this fat cat eats the money!!! It is beyond criminal!!! #Enough
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Faith Muthambi spent some R300 000 of our tax money on 30 family members. Do these predators never get full from chowing (from) us?
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Shoutout to @amaBhungane 4 not cowering to Zupta thugs. The threats, shouting dried up & show went on, just like #Guptaleaks will go on!
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One of the key changes that the BELA Bill seeks to introduce is the strengthening of @DBE_SA 's oversight over language and admission policies that school governing bodies (SGBs) are mandated to develop. There has been strong opposition to this, but these changes will not only
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Sipho Pityana quotes #Madiba in 1999: "Our hope for the future rests in our resolve to fight corruption" #FutureOfSA #operationrecapture
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Together with the nation, we mourn the passing of Priscilla Jana, a formidable human rights lawyer whose devotion to justice led her to represent many of those imprisoned on Robben Island. (picture credit: SAHA) #RIPPriscillaJana
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South Africa, take note. May we never lose our capacity to be angry!
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At what stage did we lose our capacity to be angry ?
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Mr President, It is not the private sector that has kept the tragedies of Michael Komape/Lumka Mkhethwa , & the true state of school sanitation alive in the public discourse it was civil society! #SONA2019
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Those who loved, liked & RT-ed us. Thank u. Those who sent bots after us, take a break 4 the holidays. We will see u Jan 7. If u dunno what to give for Xmas, become a Friend of S27. Love, light & peace. ❤️
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The #BELA Bill has sparked considerable controversy, debate, and misinformation. SECTION27 addressed and clarified five myths about the BELA Bill that have been circulating mainly on social media. Click on the link to read what the Bill says about these 5 areas that have been
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SECTION27 this morning is attending the signing of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill), by President @CyrilRamaphosa at the Union Buildings. We welcome the signing of the BELA Bill. It is a necessary piece of legislative reform that will align the current South
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Lindiwe Mazibuko is up first. She is arguing that public interest law organisations are not using the avenues open for them to lobby political parties. She also argues that activists in general need to run for public office so that they can make the change they want. #PILG2018
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On this the 40th anniversary of his death, we pay tribute to Robert Mangalison Sobukwe who died in Kimberley in 1978. Sobukwe founded the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and led the Sharpville protests. His work paved the way for our freedom. #lestweforget
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WE ARE HIRING | SECTION27 is looking for a Candidate Attorney from Jan 2025 – Dec 2026. If you are passionate about human rights, and would like to be part of a dynamic team pursuing social justice, join SECTION27! Click on the link for more details:
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. @RediTlhabi ’s opening statement public healthcare on #TheBigDebate is fire 🔥 🔥🔥. She told Minister Motsoaledi he’s failed the people of South Africa.
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Shoutout to @PaulivW for fearless journalism! Don't mess with her!
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We call on government to do more to protect whistleblowers. We join @KathradaFound @OUTASA @ForDemocracySa @r2kcampaign @Corruption_SA @TAC in honouring the life of Babita Deokaran. #EndCorruptionNow
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Heywood: I'm still an angry 'young' man. I'm angry about the way we tolerate inequality.
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@KTHopkins @IAAFWorldChamps Take ur homophobic hatred elsewhere. You are disgusting.
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#SchoolMealsNow VICTORY! SECTION27, with @equal_education and @EElawcentre , celebrates the court order handed down today ordering @DBE_SA to resume the National School Nutrition Programme for all eligible learners without delay! #9millionmeals . Read more:
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@PresidencyZA Which part is a fabrication?
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Thank you @RediTlhabi . @VusiPikoli It has taken a massive effort from many members of our team over the years to achieve #Justice4Michael . We will now be looking to make sure that the department fixes #sanitation across the province!
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@SECTION27news ...adding my voice. Thank you for what you did for the Komapes. They..and you, should NEVER have had to fight a powerful state that was determined to deny the justice and dignity
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Today is a very big day for SECTION27 and more importantly our clients. The judgment in the Michael Komape trial is set to be handed down at 10h00 this morning in the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane.
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Dear @tumisole you are the bomb!!!
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@Derek_Hanekom You are asking this of a deeply traumatised nation who has been disappointed and shunned so many times. Trust is hard earned.
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SECTION27 would like to congratulate our very own Adv. Faranaaz Veriava and Vuyisile Malinga on graduating with their LLD and LLB respectively from the University of Pretoria this morning. Viva!
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We stand for human rights, even when in lockdown. If you have observed or experienced a rights violation during the #LockdownSA , call the Legal Support Hotline on +27 66 076 8845, and one of these public interest law organisations will try to help you. #CoronavirusSouthAfrica .
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That is the most factual news you have tweeted this year 👇🏾
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South African is at a Crossroads. Citizens must rise and support our Minister of Finance. Read full statement here
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Today Zuma must go. ANC, put South Africa first. Vote for jobs, education, health, housing....Cape Town, see u on the streets
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#Justice4Michael , How does an entire department underspend on Billions, while Infrastructure, sanitation and LTSM in the province is in absolute shambles. Michael Komape should never have died, the funds were available. People just decided not to do their jobs.
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Advocate @VusiPikoli stands with Michael Komape as we seek #Justice4Michael at the Limpopo High Court #FixLimpopoSanitationNow #IstandwithMichael #RememberHisName
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#Justice4Michael The suggestion by the sate that the Komapes are trying to profit off of the death of their child is absolutely reprehensible and indicative of a state so out of touch and callous that it must be regarded with the contempt it deserves! #IstandwithMichael #Komape
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Judgement handed down in the Michael Komape case is as follows. Claim A for general damages Dismissed. Claim B for constitutional damages dismissed. Only costs granted are for medical costs for two of Michael's siblings. #Justice4Michael .
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On 24 May 2021, SECTION27 will be returning to the Polokwane High Court to get the Limpopo Department of Education @edu_limp to comply with the 2018 structural order. #Fixsanitationnow
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"Thabang Pooe has made it her mission to embrace her talents so that she can inspire other women to do the same." Congratulations to our inhouse counsel, Advocate @Thabee_p , for being on the @mailandguardian 's list of 200 Young South Africans! #MG200Young
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SECTION27 and our partners have jointly written to the Minister of Justice @RonaldLamola regarding limitations on our ability to litigate as public interest organisations during the period of #lockdown . Read the letter here:
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#MEDIA STATEMENT | Khosa killing: A demand for #SANDF accountability. The @CovidCoalition is deeply concerned by the report of the South African National Defence Force ( #SANDF ) Board of Inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Mr Collins Khosa. See full statement below
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