⭐️Program Area: Special Needs Support Our grantee partners, including Fount For Nations in #Malawi, empower children and young people living with disabilities and their families through specialized education and support services. #MasanawaAfrika #CommunityOrganization #Africa

pmg.org.za/blog/A Note to the Seventh Parliament: The critical role of Committee Chairperson: "There is value in an inquisitorial-style meeting. ... The style leaves less room for hiding and embodies the proactive accountability so desperately lacking."

TODAY | Judgment in the #LifeEsidimeni inquest at 2PM! SECTION27 seeks charges against officials for the deaths of 141 mental #healthcare users. Watch the live stream: youtube.com/live/6E8DK1818… Read more on SECTION27’s full heads of argument here: section27.org.za/2024/06/much-a…

[Joint Statement 🚨] Concerned about the revised School Infrastructure Regulations! They may worsen infrastructure backlogs in public schools, especially in KZN, Limpopo, and EC. #FixOurNorms Click on the link for a full statement: equaleducation.org.za/joint-statemen…

LIFE ESIDIMENI INQUEST | Judge Teffo found negligence by Qedani Mahlangu & Dr. Manamela which led to the #LifeEsidimeni deaths. SECTION27's ED Sasha Stevenson welcomes the judgment as a step towards accountability. #Inquest #SayTheirNames Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=JCHgtB…

Judge Teffo delivers judgment in #LifeEsidimeni case, finding negligence by Qedani Mahlangu & Dr. Manamela responsible for the deaths of mental healthcare users in 2016. Families and SECTION27 welcome the ruling. #SayTheirNames #Inquest Read more: section27.org.za/2024/07/ms-mah…

👩🏽‍🎓TRAINING INVITATION APRON PROJECT: An alternative communication resource to assist any child with barriers to verbal communication Wednesday, 14 August 2024 By: WCFID Training Team Online/WCFID Viewing room 10:00 – 13:00 Incl. resources Register: shorturl.at/V0DnL

On #WomensDay2024 we celebrate the women doing #Carework to support persons with disabilities, especially those at NGOs. We will continue to speak truth to power for failing to fund their work equitably (Case 18678/2007 See pinned post.) #LifeEsidimeni

“We already have overcrowding. Teachers struggle to control a class of 50 learners. If these cuts go ahead, there will be more dropouts – what’s the use of going to school if you are 60 in a class and teachers are unable to give proper attention to struggling learners?”- Yonela

#ScholarTransport is a right, not a privilege. Every child deserves safe and reliable access to education without having to face dangerous journeys or choose between transport and basic needs. Let’s protect our children’s future and hold authorities accountable. #JusticeForAll

President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 will on Friday, 13 September 2024, at the Union Buildings, sign the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill into law, which aims to strengthen governance within South Africa's education sector. shorturl.at/2DqrF

An important insight for activists attending the Budget Expenditure Monitoring Training is that advocacy can be done during the full cycle. Most budget advocacy tends to be at the enactment stage when the budget is tabled in Parliament but it's rare for changes to happen then.

"DBE and other departments submit to Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Annual Implementation Plans on mandatory policy framework..." Minister DM of @DPSA SChikunga

South Africa’s economy needs a shot in the arm, not austerity: 3 key areas where more public spending would get results theconversation.com/south-africas-… via The Conversation Africa

Adv Webber now addresses the Respondents’ argument that they lack the funds to provide all learners with scholar transport. She highlights that budgetary constraints are not a valid justification for the failure to realise unqualified rights, such as the right to basic education.

Rights groups criticise new Bela law’s ‘silence’ on plight of learners with disabilities mg.co.za/education/2024… BELA Bill fails to align education law with court order saflii.org/za/cases/ZAWCH…… Dep. Basic Education must fund NGOs doing their work while schools exclude them #DisabilityRights

"A well-educated population is more likely to be a peaceful one, characterized by social justice, respect for the rule of law and inclusion," said UN Human Rights deputy chief Nada Al-Nashif at a United Nations Human Rights Council panel on education for peace and tolerance. #HRC57