Joint Letter: THE EFFICACY OF CURRICULUM RESOURCES DURING THE COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES
Dear Minister Motshekga and Mr Mweli We as education organisations and activists recognise that the COVID-19 virus has created an unprecedented set of challenges for our education system in ensuring curriculum coverage and the continuation of teaching and learning. We therefore wish to acknowledge that the Department of Basic Education (“DBE”) has instituted swift measures […]
Statement: Letter to the Presidency about increasing instances of evictions and State violence
Statement on behalf of the Anti-Repression Working Group of the C19 People’s Coalition The Anti-Repression Working Group of the C19 People’s Coalition has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the National Command Council about alarming incidences of State violence and unlawful mass evictions of vulnerable people in South Africa. The President has called for all organs […]
STATEMENT: Effective legislative oversight, transparency and engagement during the national state of disaster
Legislatures around the world are finding ways to do their work and be transparent to the public by using online technologies, South African civil society is asking: are ours ready? On 25 March 2020, a group of civil society organisations (CSOs) working towards open and accountable legislatures, with a vested interest in promoting participatory democracy […]