Delivered by Commissioner Bokankatla Malatji: Commissioner responsible for disability and older persons focus areas

21 November 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission wishes to commend the South African government for the progress it has attained in trying to implement the right to equality in the country. However, the Commission has to point out that in spite of this progress, a lot still needs to be done to accommodate people living with disabilities.

20 November 2012
ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission would like to express regret and disappointment in the manner in which the Department of Housing and Local Government in Gauteng conducts itself in the Lenasia matter.

16 November 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission held a meeting on Friday morning with the residents of Lenasia and other interested parties that included the SA Communist Party, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, and SA National Civic Organisation as part of its engagements with stakeholders in its investigation into the demolition of houses in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, by the Gauteng Department of Housing.

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

Monday, 20 November 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission invites members of the media to the launch of Equality Report as part of its Disability Month activities.

12 November 2012

The South Gauteng High Court has on Monday responded positively to the urgent application by the South African Human Rights Commission to suspend demolitions until it had the opportunity to fully consult with the Community.

09 November 2012

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission welcomes the election of its Chairperson, Adv. Lawrence Mushwana, as the next Chair of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC).

MEDIA RELEASE
03rd November 2012
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission, alongside People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty (“PASSOP”) and 39 detained foreign nationals have, through our attorneys from the Legal Resources Centre, launched an urgent court application against the Department of Home Affairs for continuing to violate the rights of immigrants at the Lindela Repatriation Centre by detaining them for longer than the prescribed 120 day period allowed in terms of the Immigration Act.

The Portfolio Committee on Police has welcomed the findings and recommendation made by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after its probe into the death of Mr Andries Tatane.

Delivered by Commissioner Danny Titus:

31 October 2012

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission has completed and made a finding following its investigation into the 2011 killing of Andries Tatane, an activist from Ficksburg in the Free State Province. The report we are releasing today, contains findings pursuant to an investigation into allegations that human rights of a citizen were violated in the course of a public protest.

23 October 2012

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission has learnt with great shock and concern the death of an awaiting trial prisoner in police custody in Upington, Northern Cape.