Stakeholders Celebrate 10 Year Anniversary of Adoption of Landmark Marrakesh Treaty
Ten years after the gavel came down, member states and key stakeholders came together during the WIPO General Assembly to commemorate the ten year anniversary of the landmark Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, WIPO’s fastest growing treaty. WIPO Director General Daren Tang said […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: SECTION27 and Blind SA launch a storybook, Crossing the Road
On 19 April 2023, Blind SA, SECTION27 and in partnership with Nal’ iBali, launched the story book Crossing the Road, to highlight how barriers to accessible reading formats violate the rights of blind and visually impaired persons. Launched ahead of World Book and Copyright Day, which takes place on Sunday, 23 April 2023, the storybook […]
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2023/24
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2023/24 CLOSING DATE: 13 FEBRUARY 2022 NOTE: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) invites all the unemployed graduates to gain workplace experience in the respective field of study. Interested applicants must submit their applications for internship to the address specified in each […]
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGMENT ON COPYRIGHT ACT A MOMENTOUS VICTORY FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND AND THEIR ACCESS TO BOOKS
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGMENT ON COPYRIGHT ACT A MOMENTOUS VICTORY FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND AND THEIR ACCESS TO BOOKS BLIND SA and SECTION27 celebrate historical judgment, which finds the Copyright Act unconstitutional for unfairly discriminating against persons with visual disabilities, ending the Book Famine! 21 September 2022, Johannesburg – BLIND SA and SECTION27 celebrate the […]
Blind SA/Section 27 – Copyright Amendment Bill Light at the end of the tunnel
Blind SA/Section 27 – Copyright Amendment Bill Light at the end of the tunnel. #Braille is no Crime
Major court victory for blind people
the article below was published in Bizcommunity Legal. Court victory for blind people after 11-year battle 22 SEP 2021 The “book famine” for blind and visually impaired people in South Africa has come to an end. The Copyright Act, which bars the conversion of written material to braille, or other accessible formats without the […]
Blind SA Mpumalanga 75th Anniversary
Kaya 959 Interview
We recently did an interview with Kaya FM. Take a listen below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PoWRzMv-nIMFyp8hh0doCMy51oAs9MMe/view
Blind SA victory at the High Court on copyright exceptions
First of all, thank you so much for all your messages of congratulations and appreciation and your kind words. We wish to say that we did not do this to receive accolades or score points, but we did it, because we considered it to be something of vital importance, something about which all of us […]
DECLARING COPYRIGHT ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
BLIND SA AND SECTION 27 CELEBRATE COURT ORDER DECLARING COPYRIGHT ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND ADVANCE TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FOR CONFIRMATION 21 September 2021, Johannesburg – BlindSA and SECTION27 today welcome an order of the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng, Pretoria Division) declaring that the Copyright Act of 1978 is invalid for violating the rights of […]