Attention: Editors and Reporters

19 February 2024

In January 2024 the Free State Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission undertook intensive school monitoring activities throughout the Free State Province.

The FSPO visited a number of schools in all five districts, to determine school readiness for the current academic year, as well as to monitor for any possible human rights violations, and other challenges.

19 FEBRUARY  2024

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) convened an Investigative Inquiry to examine Accessibility to Public Transport In Gauteng For People With Disabilities from 20 to 22 November 2023.

In May 2023, the Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) received a referral complaint in terms of section 3 of PEPUDA from the High Court (Johannesburg), sitting as an Equality Court. The complaint alleged that the current environment at railway stations, bus stations, and taxi ranks poses a danger to and is not accessible to commuters with disabilities. The Complainant views the current state of affairs within the public transport system as a form of unfair discrimination on the basis of disability.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

19 February 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“the Commission”) office in the Western Cape will host a meeting of strategic stakeholders regarding challenges encountered by persons with Albinism in accessing certain rights. Persons with Albinism have reported experiencing various challenges relating to their condition. Albinism is a condition which affects 1 in 4000 persons in Southern Africa. Albinism is characterized by hypopigmentation or lack of pigmentation of the hair, skin and eyes, giving persons with albinism a striking, ethereal appearance.  

Attention: Editors and Reporters

16 FEBRUARY 2024

The North West Provincial Office of the Commission (NWPO) will commemorate National Human Rights Day on 20 March 2024. The aim of the commemoration is to remember and celebrate the contribution of past and present-day human rights defenders in advancing human rights in South Africa and the North West Province in particular.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

16 February 2024

The North West Provincial Office of the Commission will convene a follow-up dialogue with the Traditional Leaders from Barolong boo Ratshidi under the leadership of the Paramount Chief Kgosi Montshioa. The dialogue will be convened under the theme “Bridging the gap between human rights and traditional customs.”

Attention: Editors and Reporters

13 February 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (Commission) Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) will be embarking on various monitoring and inspection activities in the O R Tambo and Amathole District Municipalities. This is in accordance with section 184 (1) (b) and (c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa that; the Commission must protect, monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic. 

 Attention: Editors and Reporters

13 February 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (Commission) Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) will be embarking on various monitoring activities in King Sabatha Dalindyebo(KSD), Nyandeni and Mhlontlo Local Municipalities. This is in accordance with section 184 (1) (c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa that; the South African Human Commission must monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic. 

Attention: Editors and Reporters

13 February 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“the Commission”) office in the Free State will be conducting monitoring activities in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality.  Section 184 (1) (c) of the Constitution states that, the Commission must monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic. 

By Philile Ntuli

11 Feb 2024

Philile Ntuli is a commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission.

The relentless attacks on the lives and credentials of black women in positions of authority could, if not scrutinised, pose a challenge to the extent to which affirmative action, equity and diversity programmes are lauded.

The resignation of Prof Claudine Gay from the position of president of Harvard University – only six months into her tenure – resonated wretchedly for many historically and currently marginalised people and communities across the world. Prof Gay is the first black, and second woman president in Harvard University’s 400-year history.

30 Jan 2024

THE Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission and the South African Human Rights Commission SAHRC have found that lapses in intelligence along with the police constraints and ability to deal with the 2021 July unrest. This was revealed at the release of both their reports into the 2021 July unrest in Durban yesterday. The SAHRC findings also indicated that the 2021 unrest was a carefully orchestrated event but the cause could not be found and no link could be established to the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.