13th January 2013

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South Africa Human Rights Commission has initiated an investigation into the inmate riots that occurred at the Groenpunt Correctional Centre in the Free State.

8 JANUARY 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

In South Africa brutal attacks and abuse including physical and sexual abuse against older persons, primarily women, are rife. The recent incident where an 84 year old woman from Pine Town, Durban was attacked by four youths who broke into her home on Christmas Day is yet another troubling case that begs the need to ensure adequate protection of older persons.

8 JANUARY 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission is shocked by the reported deaths of four babies at the hospital in Limpopo Province.

10th December 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The 10th December 2012 marks International Human Rights Day. The  South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) commemorated this day at its last provincial Water and Sanitation hearing at Suurman Community Hall in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria.

6th December 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission would like to express displeasure and disappointment at the manner in which the Department of Human Settlements and Gauteng Department of Housing and Local Government has conducted itself by unilaterally calling a meeting on the Lenasia housing matter without involving other stakeholders serving on the Special Lenasia Intervention Team (SPLIT).

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission invites members of the media to the seventh round of its provincial Water and Sanitation Hearings which will be held in the Gauteng Province.

5 December 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has welcomed the decision by the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) to re-accredit it with an A status.

28 November 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission welcomes the creation of the Special Lenasia Intervention Team (SPLIT) by the Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale.

27 November 2012
ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

On Monday the Deputy-Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission, Dr Pregs Govender led the Commission’s Provincial Hearing on Water and Sanitation in the Western Cape in Zwelethemba, Worcester.

23 November 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission and the residents of Lenasia today registered a victory in the South Gauteng High Court after the court issued an order that there will be no further demolition of houses in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg.