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Thursday, 24 March 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) has concluded its investigation into allegations of alleged racism in respect of a matric ball (Event) held in 2020 allegedly by the Brackenfell High School (School) for white learners only.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
24 March 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) wishes to advise that the Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) will be hosting a dialogue on homelessness. This dialogue is aimed towards a human rights-based approach when dealing with homeless people living on the streets and the need to combine efforts between all stakeholders to assist with inculcating a culture of human rights.
23 March 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be hosting a human rights day event in Mbizana in the Alfred Nzo District.
23 March 2022
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
On 24 March 2022, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will convene the second leg of the provincial investigative enquiry into allegations of inadequate infrastructure in public schools in the North West Province.
As South Africa commemorates Human Rights Day, the South African Human Rights Commission says despite having one of the most celebrated constitutions in the world, inequality still remains a huge challenge in the country.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
On 29 March 2022, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in partnership with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) through the support of the European Union Delegation to South Africa will convene a workshop at The Old Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill, 286 Fox Street, Johannesburg to discuss the opportunities and challenges in the treatment and protection of women in the criminal justice system through the implementation of the Bangkok Rules in South Africa and the broader SADC region.
18 March 2022
The Free State Provincial Office (FSPO) will be conducting human rights calendar day event on human rights and corruption.
The post-1994 marked a new dawn for most South Africans especially the historically marginalised groups (Blacks, Coloureds, and Indians) during the apartheid era. This era provided hope for the historically marginalised groups. The new government crafted the Batho Pele Principles White Paper (Setswana/Sesotho word meaning ‘people first’). This policy was planned to transform the public service by putting people first. The Government wanted the public administration, which would be centered around people. This policy has eight service delivery blueprints. These service delivery blueprints were perceived to be the key elements that will make citizens feel content about the public sector. However, for most communities there hasn’t been much change in the new dispensation.
Friday, 18 March 2022
The 21st of March, of every year is a day of commemoration for the South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or Commission). The SAHRC is established in terms of Chapter Nine of the Constitution, and is mandated to protect, promote and monitor the attainment as well as the observance of the human rights set out in the Bill of Rights, Chapter Two of the Constitution. Thus, as the day now represents the culmination of the very rights that give all within South Africa the inherent equality, freedom and dignity they deserve.
17 March 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission in Mpumalanga will be having an engagement on access to sanitary products by menstruating learners within public schools in Mpumalanga.
17 March 2022
From observations during monitoring conducted at detention centres, the Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has noted that undocumented detainees are not afforded an opportunity to appear before presiding officers in person when extensions of court warrants in terms of Section 34 (1)(d) of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 and Section 34 of the Constitution are considered.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office will conduct human rights month commemorative event, training, and information sessions in the Ugu, Harry Gwala and uMgungundlovu Districts on the 14th - 18th March 2022.
ATT: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission or SAHRC), will release its premiere report, the Trends Analysis Report for the financial year 2019-2020, on Wednesday the 16th March 2022.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
On the 11th of March 2022 the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in the Eastern Cape Province hosted a successful engagement with tertiary institutions within the Province. The aim of the engagement was to embark on a formalised relationship with these institutions in order to bolster the SAHRC’s investigation efforts from a research, intervention and technical point of view.
ATT: Editors and Reporters
Following complaints of racism raised during peaceful protests on Monday, 31 May 2021, the SAHRC initiated an investigation into the environment and pupils’ experiences at Cornwall Hill College.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (the Commission) Gauteng Provincial Office will convene the first sitting of the inquiry into racial discrimination and discrimination in advertising in South Africa from 14-18 March 2022.
ATT: Editors and Reporters
Cyril Ramaphosa, appointed Deputy Chief Justice and Chair of the State Capture Inquiry, Raymond Zondo, on Thursday, the 10th March 2022, as South Africa's next Chief Justice. Deputy Chief Justice Zondo, currently acting as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, will officially assume office as Chief Justice on the 1st April 2022.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
11 March 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“SAHRC”) Inquiry Into the Right to Basic Education and the Regulation of School Uniforms will commence on 14 March 2022 in Gqeberha until the 16th of March 2022. The Inquiry will be chaired by the area focus Commissioner for basic education, Adv A Gaum and will ventilate whether the perceived over-regulation of the appearances and uniforms of learners constitute towards a violation of their equality, dignity, freedom of expression, best interest as well as basic education rights The inquiry will hear from a range of participants including civil society organisations Sibanye LGBTI, Access Chapter 2, as well as the Commission for Gender Equality, the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders, and the SA Hindi Maha Sabha. Several parents of children who were subjected to alleged victimisation will also provide evidence.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Limpopo Provincial Office in collaboration with the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) will conduct a workshop on civil and political rights with a focus on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).
10 March 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission Western Cape provincial office (WCPO) working in collaboration with the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the office of the Public Protector South Africa will conduct a capacity building workshop for the Western Cape provincial executive of Community Advice Offices South Africa (CAOSA). This capacity building workshop is aimed at empowering the CAOSA executive by heightening awareness about human rights and structures that can help with redress for human rights violations with a specific focus on the role of the Chapter Institutions in promoting, monitoring and protecting human rights.
09 March 2022
The Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will be hosting a workshop on the Bill of Rights, the Older Persons Act and the Protocol to the African Charter on People’s Rights on the Rights of Older Persons (“the Protocol”). Adopted in 2016, the Protocol aims to strengthen regional protection for the rights of older persons, providing an opportune moment for older persons to enjoy their full rights and freedoms on an equal basis with other population groups.
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