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02 Dec 2023
THE festive season has officially opened and if you're in Cape Town, you're in luck. The Mother City is buzzing with fresh and vibrant entertainment spaces and what's even better, it's free. With the recent free street jol at the Festive Lights SwitchOn event getting Cape Town into the festive spirit, gear up for yet another highenergy celebration as the Cape Town Arts Festival hits the streets on December 9 and 10 at the Castle of Good Hope. Join local performances by YoungstaCPT, DJ Ready D, Dee Koala, Kristi Louw and a host of other creative artists for a free weekend of fun, artistic expression, inspiration and escapism that celebrates Cape Town's bountiful talent. Everyone is invited. The list of fun things to do includes: The Art of Wellness each day begins with a free wellness session featuring tai chi, Zumba and yoga.
THE festive season has officially opened and if you're in Cape Town, you're in luck. The Mother City is buzzing with fresh and vibrant entertainment spaces and what's even better, it's free. With the recent free street jol at the Festive Lights SwitchOn event getting Cape Town into the festive spirit, gear up for yet another highenergy celebration as the Cape Town Arts Festival hits the streets on December 9 and 10 at the Castle of Good Hope. Join local performances by YoungstaCPT, DJ Ready D, Dee Koala, Kristi Louw and a host of other creative artists for a free weekend of fun, artistic expression, inspiration and escapism that celebrates Cape Town's bountiful talent. Everyone is invited. The list of fun things to do includes: The Art of Wellness each day begins with a free wellness session featuring tai chi, Zumba and yoga.
01 Dec 2023
KIMBERLEY – In the wake of the Sol Plaatje municipality’s announcement that water supply would be restored to affected areas from 09:00 following repairs, many residents continue to endure water scarcity. The official update stated that repair work had been completed on a major rupture in one of the valves, with taps expected to flow by 09:00.
KIMBERLEY – In the wake of the Sol Plaatje municipality’s announcement that water supply would be restored to affected areas from 09:00 following repairs, many residents continue to endure water scarcity. The official update stated that repair work had been completed on a major rupture in one of the valves, with taps expected to flow by 09:00.
29 Nov 2023
The head of the Human Rights Commission of South Africa in Mpumalanga, Selby Monyama, Zenzele Nkosi and the Nkomazi delegation attend the dialogue. Photo: Suppliedaenzele Nkosi Children's rights in the spotlight MBOMBELA The Human Rights Commission of South Africa SAHRC in Mpumalanga hosted a Child Rights Dialogue on Saturday, which saw children between the ages of 12 and 16 from across the province gathering at The Capital Hotel.
The head of the Human Rights Commission of South Africa in Mpumalanga, Selby Monyama, Zenzele Nkosi and the Nkomazi delegation attend the dialogue. Photo: Suppliedaenzele Nkosi Children's rights in the spotlight MBOMBELA The Human Rights Commission of South Africa SAHRC in Mpumalanga hosted a Child Rights Dialogue on Saturday, which saw children between the ages of 12 and 16 from across the province gathering at The Capital Hotel.
24 Nov 2023
The SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC has launched an investigation into alleged abuse and neglect of patients at dozens of state hospitals, described in harrowing detail in a report released by the Freedom Front Plus FF+ on Wednesday. The FF+ submitted the report to the commission's Gauteng office in October. "It details various allegations, some within the ambit of the SAHRC and others within the ambit of other entities. We are assessing the issues that fall within the ambit of the SAHRC and looking at the relief sought.
The SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC has launched an investigation into alleged abuse and neglect of patients at dozens of state hospitals, described in harrowing detail in a report released by the Freedom Front Plus FF+ on Wednesday. The FF+ submitted the report to the commission's Gauteng office in October. "It details various allegations, some within the ambit of the SAHRC and others within the ambit of other entities. We are assessing the issues that fall within the ambit of the SAHRC and looking at the relief sought.
20 Nov 2023
The shacks that the City of Joburg has built for the Marshalltown fire victims are accommodating families whose homes were destroyed during the Booysens informal settlement inferno over two years ago. The shacks in Denver were erected recently to accommodate about 30 people from the Marshalltown fire who were previously placed at Hofland Park Recreation Centre in Bez Valley. They were relocated on Tuesday. When Sowetan visited the new settlement on Thursday, more shacks were being erected while others were empty. However, by Friday the city had moved new residents who were victims of the Booysens fire in January 2021. Officials from the SA Human Rights Commission visited the site, which the city terms a temporary relocation area, on Friday.
The shacks that the City of Joburg has built for the Marshalltown fire victims are accommodating families whose homes were destroyed during the Booysens informal settlement inferno over two years ago. The shacks in Denver were erected recently to accommodate about 30 people from the Marshalltown fire who were previously placed at Hofland Park Recreation Centre in Bez Valley. They were relocated on Tuesday. When Sowetan visited the new settlement on Thursday, more shacks were being erected while others were empty. However, by Friday the city had moved new residents who were victims of the Booysens fire in January 2021. Officials from the SA Human Rights Commission visited the site, which the city terms a temporary relocation area, on Friday.
17 Nov 2023
Fire victims relocated to 'unsafe' industrial area Shacks made of zinc sheets and doors do not lock By Koena Mashale The City of Johannesburg has defended its decision to relocate victims of the Marshalltown fire to a tin shack settlement that has no electricity and where residents are forced to share a single communal tap and toilets. The small shiny shacks are on an open ground meant to keep impounded cars. The families were relocated by city officials, including the police, from the Hofland Park Recreation Centre in Bez Valley on Tuesday and were trucked to an industrial area in Denver, where they were put in shacks recently built to accommodate them. About 50 shacks were lined up in rows close to one another and more were being erected.
Fire victims relocated to 'unsafe' industrial area Shacks made of zinc sheets and doors do not lock By Koena Mashale The City of Johannesburg has defended its decision to relocate victims of the Marshalltown fire to a tin shack settlement that has no electricity and where residents are forced to share a single communal tap and toilets. The small shiny shacks are on an open ground meant to keep impounded cars. The families were relocated by city officials, including the police, from the Hofland Park Recreation Centre in Bez Valley on Tuesday and were trucked to an industrial area in Denver, where they were put in shacks recently built to accommodate them. About 50 shacks were lined up in rows close to one another and more were being erected.
12 Nov 2023
he SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC has found that many children in the country are suffering from malnutrition and wants National Treasury to increase child support grants. On Thursday, SAHRC commissioner Advocate Jonas Sibanyoni tabled a report on the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition SAM in children in the Eastern Cape. The report followed an inquiry from 8 to 12 August last year, in response to grievances received by the commission, coupled with media coverage of children succumbing to SAM.
he SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC has found that many children in the country are suffering from malnutrition and wants National Treasury to increase child support grants. On Thursday, SAHRC commissioner Advocate Jonas Sibanyoni tabled a report on the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition SAM in children in the Eastern Cape. The report followed an inquiry from 8 to 12 August last year, in response to grievances received by the commission, coupled with media coverage of children succumbing to SAM.
04 Nov 2023
THE leader of the African Transformation Movement ATM , Vuyo Zungula, has slammed the SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC for its "tone deaf" response to his recent letter to the commission. Last month, Zungula wrote a letter to the commission in which he seeks its intervention in the crisis surrounding fake and expired foods found in the country's spaza shops following the deaths of children. In October, at least 10 children were reported to have died, allegedly after eating poisonous foods allegedly bough from spaza shops in such areas as Tshwane, the Free State, Soweto and on the West Rand.
THE leader of the African Transformation Movement ATM , Vuyo Zungula, has slammed the SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC for its "tone deaf" response to his recent letter to the commission. Last month, Zungula wrote a letter to the commission in which he seeks its intervention in the crisis surrounding fake and expired foods found in the country's spaza shops following the deaths of children. In October, at least 10 children were reported to have died, allegedly after eating poisonous foods allegedly bough from spaza shops in such areas as Tshwane, the Free State, Soweto and on the West Rand.
03 Nov 2023
The SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC wants the white woman who in a racist rant said black women must have their uteruses cut to pay R150,000 to an organisation advancing reconciliation and diversity. The demand for R150k is one of several prayers the commission has put before the Equality Court in Johannesburg. These include Belinda Magor issuing an unconditional and written apology to black South Africans for her hate speech and not repeat the racist utterance on social media and public platforms. In court papers, the commission described Magor as a defender of racial discrimination.
The SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC wants the white woman who in a racist rant said black women must have their uteruses cut to pay R150,000 to an organisation advancing reconciliation and diversity. The demand for R150k is one of several prayers the commission has put before the Equality Court in Johannesburg. These include Belinda Magor issuing an unconditional and written apology to black South Africans for her hate speech and not repeat the racist utterance on social media and public platforms. In court papers, the commission described Magor as a defender of racial discrimination.
The households in the Worcester informal settlement must be relocated, says the South African Human Rights Commission
31 October 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is investigating conditions at Spoekiesdorp informal settlement in Worcester, after receiving a complaint in November 2022 that residents have been without access to basic services for years.
31 October 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is investigating conditions at Spoekiesdorp informal settlement in Worcester, after receiving a complaint in November 2022 that residents have been without access to basic services for years.
27 Oct 2023
Ten Limpopo municipalities have three months to show detailed plans of how they’re going to provide residents with water, or face court action. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says failure by municipalities to provide basic services can no longer go unchecked. In a report published this month, the council says the issue of poor and/or insufficient access to water remains a significant challenge for many communities in Limpopo Province. The four district municipalities and six local municipalities are not in compliance with the Water Services Act and do not meet compulsory standards of a ‘minimum quantity of potable water of 25 litres per person per day and where no consumer is without a supply of water for more than 7 days in any year.’
Ten Limpopo municipalities have three months to show detailed plans of how they’re going to provide residents with water, or face court action. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says failure by municipalities to provide basic services can no longer go unchecked. In a report published this month, the council says the issue of poor and/or insufficient access to water remains a significant challenge for many communities in Limpopo Province. The four district municipalities and six local municipalities are not in compliance with the Water Services Act and do not meet compulsory standards of a ‘minimum quantity of potable water of 25 litres per person per day and where no consumer is without a supply of water for more than 7 days in any year.’
27 Oct 2023
HRC to calm UP race row Reitumetse Mahope The SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC has received a string of racerelated complaints about the University of Pretoria. Spokesperson Wisani Baloyi said these complaints would be addressed with the university to quell the tensions. He said the commission has written to the university to raise concerns over its recent challenges and offered help in finding a solution. "The complaints are being handled by the Gauteng office, in line with the commission's complaints handling procedure," Baloyi said.
HRC to calm UP race row Reitumetse Mahope The SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC has received a string of racerelated complaints about the University of Pretoria. Spokesperson Wisani Baloyi said these complaints would be addressed with the university to quell the tensions. He said the commission has written to the university to raise concerns over its recent challenges and offered help in finding a solution. "The complaints are being handled by the Gauteng office, in line with the commission's complaints handling procedure," Baloyi said.
27 Oct 2023
Modjadjiskloof water problems continue Anwen Mojela Despite numerous attempts by residents to improve the water situation in Modjadjiskloof, the town still experiences major interruptions. Chantel Du Toit, a resident from Panorama in Modjadjiksloof says the lack of water is ongoing and there has been no improvement since the Herald reported on the issue last year. "This month alone we have been without water for seven days. It is a huge problem, especially if you do not have a water tank," she says.
Modjadjiskloof water problems continue Anwen Mojela Despite numerous attempts by residents to improve the water situation in Modjadjiskloof, the town still experiences major interruptions. Chantel Du Toit, a resident from Panorama in Modjadjiksloof says the lack of water is ongoing and there has been no improvement since the Herald reported on the issue last year. "This month alone we have been without water for seven days. It is a huge problem, especially if you do not have a water tank," she says.
27 Oct 2023
'Almost a third of Limpopo residents have no access to piped water By Steve Kretzmann and Bernard Chiguvare About 1.4million people in Limpopo have no piped water. Thousands of people scoop their drinking and cooking water from rivers and streams. All six of the local and the four district municipalities in the province responsible for treating and supplying water to residents are failing to provide water to communities within their areas. Seven of the 10 municipalities do not comply with the provisions of the Water Services Act. Some of these municipalities are also failing to spend grant funding for water infrastructure, with "millions of rands being returned to the National Treasury" at the end of the financial year.
'Almost a third of Limpopo residents have no access to piped water By Steve Kretzmann and Bernard Chiguvare About 1.4million people in Limpopo have no piped water. Thousands of people scoop their drinking and cooking water from rivers and streams. All six of the local and the four district municipalities in the province responsible for treating and supplying water to residents are failing to provide water to communities within their areas. Seven of the 10 municipalities do not comply with the provisions of the Water Services Act. Some of these municipalities are also failing to spend grant funding for water infrastructure, with "millions of rands being returned to the National Treasury" at the end of the financial year.
26 Oct 2023
FESTIVAL Music, art, storytelling on the menu STAFF WRITER THE Cape Town Arts Festival, formerly the Cape Town Festival, returns in December. Held against the backdrop of the Castle of Good Hope, the festival will include live music performances, poetry readings, storytelling, Zumba, yoga, tai chi, live painting, art exhibitions, visual art installations, workshops, sculpting, food markets, and a Cape craft exhibition. Festival chief executive Yusuf Ganief said:
25 Oct 2023
Failing to improve literacy levels robs children of a future Call for urgent action to address instruction in schools SUE MACLENNAN Failing to ensure SA's children can read and understand what they're reading is condemning them to a life without a future. In a damning comparison, Rhodes University vicechancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela suggested there was little difference between apartheid education's goal of restricting opportunities for black people and the current shocking statistic that only 19% of SA's Grade 4 pupils can read for meaning. Mabizela was the keynote speaker at the Eastern Cape launch of Right to Read at Fikizolo Primary School in Makhanda recently. The campaign is spearheaded by the South African Human Rights Commission SAHRC , which holds that failing to ensure children have the skills needed to understand basic concepts is not just an educational handicap, but a fundamental violation of their constitutional and human rights. Guests were welcomed to the launch by SAHRC commissioner, advocate Andre Guam. In May 2023, minister of basic education Angie Motshekga revealed the statistic from a Progress in International Reading Literacy Study Pirls 2021 that only 19% of SA's Grade 4 pupils could read for meaning. Mabizela pulled no punches. Apartheid was a system to limit the opportunities available to black people, and control their social and political ambition, he noted. "Apartheid education was designed with the express purpose of entrenching and supporting apartheid ideology" he told the audience of teachers, academics, education officials and activists. He said the results of the Pirls study were shocking: "It amounts to condemning the young people of our country to a life without a future, a life with no hope." Reminding his audience that the right to a basic education is set out in Section 29 1 a of the constitution, Mabizela said: "It is therefore not just a social justice matter: it is a constitutional imperative. "The preamble of our constitution speaks of our intention to use it to 'heal the divisions of the past' and 'free the potential of each person'. "Fulfilling the right to a basic education is what unlocks all the other rights enshrined in the constitution." The Legal Resources Centre's Cameron McConnachie said: "It's not like this is a new problem." Referring to the projection that it would take 86 years to correct the deficit, he said: "That's 2108: surely something has to be done!" He said SA was not short on policies, frameworks and strategies that had been developed in the past 20 years to address the reading crisis in the foundation phase. McConnachie referred to the February 2023 document he and Sipumelele Lucwaba of Funda Wande authored, "Moving from inputs to outcomes". Past campaigns and strategies included Drop Everything and Read, Read to Lead, the Early Grade Reading Studies, the 2008 National Reading Strategy the Eastern Cape's Reading Plan 20192023 and the Western Cape Reading Strategy 20202025. Unlike regulations, these were not laws. "They represent what national and provincial governments hope to achieve their good intentions and aspirations with some principles and methods that the state hopes will be used to achieve them. "As excellent as many of these policies may be, they are not binding. "They do not set standards or procedures that must be followed. "There is also a real threat of policy overlap and contradic tion, with multiple role players pushing different policies and interventions." The campaign proposes binding regulations to improve literacy levels as quicldy as possible. "It's our collective responsibility" Mabizela said. He noted the significant social progress in various areas that had been made by civil society entities, such as the Treatment Action Campaign and universally available ARVs, Equal Education and school infrastructure, and the media's role in exposing corruption. McConnachie emphasised that while the campaign sought legal reform as a way to secure children's rights, it recognised this needed the support of the whole community including parents and teachers. The campaign was also intended to be realistic in what it could push for. "We might not be able to make it a rule that every parent spends 30 minutes a day reading to their child, but there are things that can be regulated," McConnachie said. The campaign proposes the regulations include the socalled four T's: time, text, teaching and testing. "Much of this is already there in the department's policies but is not carried out," McConnachie noted. He said the proposed regulations were not intended as a guide to best teaching practice, or another level of bureaucracy, or as a cure for the problem. "This is just one thing that we could adjust in helping to move the dial. "We are also not replacing the good work already done on literacy: this is adding another layer." The Right to Read campaign aims to make earlygrade literacy a national priority through legislative reform and the development of binding regulations for the first three grades. SIZWE NIABIZELA Apartheid education was designed with the express purpose of entrenching and supporting apartheid ideology
Source: Daily Dispatch
Failing to improve literacy levels robs children of a future Call for urgent action to address instruction in schools SUE MACLENNAN Failing to ensure SA's children can read and understand what they're reading is condemning them to a life without a future. In a damning comparison, Rhodes University vicechancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela suggested there was little difference between apartheid education's goal of restricting opportunities for black people and the current shocking statistic that only 19% of SA's Grade 4 pupils can read for meaning. Mabizela was the keynote speaker at the Eastern Cape launch of Right to Read at Fikizolo Primary School in Makhanda recently. The campaign is spearheaded by the South African Human Rights Commission SAHRC , which holds that failing to ensure children have the skills needed to understand basic concepts is not just an educational handicap, but a fundamental violation of their constitutional and human rights. Guests were welcomed to the launch by SAHRC commissioner, advocate Andre Guam. In May 2023, minister of basic education Angie Motshekga revealed the statistic from a Progress in International Reading Literacy Study Pirls 2021 that only 19% of SA's Grade 4 pupils could read for meaning. Mabizela pulled no punches. Apartheid was a system to limit the opportunities available to black people, and control their social and political ambition, he noted. "Apartheid education was designed with the express purpose of entrenching and supporting apartheid ideology" he told the audience of teachers, academics, education officials and activists. He said the results of the Pirls study were shocking: "It amounts to condemning the young people of our country to a life without a future, a life with no hope." Reminding his audience that the right to a basic education is set out in Section 29 1 a of the constitution, Mabizela said: "It is therefore not just a social justice matter: it is a constitutional imperative. "The preamble of our constitution speaks of our intention to use it to 'heal the divisions of the past' and 'free the potential of each person'. "Fulfilling the right to a basic education is what unlocks all the other rights enshrined in the constitution." The Legal Resources Centre's Cameron McConnachie said: "It's not like this is a new problem." Referring to the projection that it would take 86 years to correct the deficit, he said: "That's 2108: surely something has to be done!" He said SA was not short on policies, frameworks and strategies that had been developed in the past 20 years to address the reading crisis in the foundation phase. McConnachie referred to the February 2023 document he and Sipumelele Lucwaba of Funda Wande authored, "Moving from inputs to outcomes". Past campaigns and strategies included Drop Everything and Read, Read to Lead, the Early Grade Reading Studies, the 2008 National Reading Strategy the Eastern Cape's Reading Plan 20192023 and the Western Cape Reading Strategy 20202025. Unlike regulations, these were not laws. "They represent what national and provincial governments hope to achieve their good intentions and aspirations with some principles and methods that the state hopes will be used to achieve them. "As excellent as many of these policies may be, they are not binding. "They do not set standards or procedures that must be followed. "There is also a real threat of policy overlap and contradic tion, with multiple role players pushing different policies and interventions." The campaign proposes binding regulations to improve literacy levels as quicldy as possible. "It's our collective responsibility" Mabizela said. He noted the significant social progress in various areas that had been made by civil society entities, such as the Treatment Action Campaign and universally available ARVs, Equal Education and school infrastructure, and the media's role in exposing corruption. McConnachie emphasised that while the campaign sought legal reform as a way to secure children's rights, it recognised this needed the support of the whole community including parents and teachers. The campaign was also intended to be realistic in what it could push for. "We might not be able to make it a rule that every parent spends 30 minutes a day reading to their child, but there are things that can be regulated," McConnachie said. The campaign proposes the regulations include the socalled four T's: time, text, teaching and testing. "Much of this is already there in the department's policies but is not carried out," McConnachie noted. He said the proposed regulations were not intended as a guide to best teaching practice, or another level of bureaucracy, or as a cure for the problem. "This is just one thing that we could adjust in helping to move the dial. "We are also not replacing the good work already done on literacy: this is adding another layer." The Right to Read campaign aims to make earlygrade literacy a national priority through legislative reform and the development of binding regulations for the first three grades. SIZWE NIABIZELA Apartheid education was designed with the express purpose of entrenching and supporting apartheid ideology
Source: Daily Dispatch
25 October 2023
'Funelani Nganeno' under the spotlight in Mangweni Sesane Mabuza MANGWENI The Kwalugedlane Tribal Authority was put under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons on Thursday October 12 during the stakeholders' engagement held in the trust. The meeting, which was facilitated by the Human Rights Commission of South Africa HRCSA , was attended by the SAPS provincial commissioner's office, the Department of Social Development, the Department of Basic Education, Octopus Network, the Nkomazi Paralegal Services Hub, the Hawks, the Gender Commission and the Kwalugedlane Tribal Authority.
'Funelani Nganeno' under the spotlight in Mangweni Sesane Mabuza MANGWENI The Kwalugedlane Tribal Authority was put under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons on Thursday October 12 during the stakeholders' engagement held in the trust. The meeting, which was facilitated by the Human Rights Commission of South Africa HRCSA , was attended by the SAPS provincial commissioner's office, the Department of Social Development, the Department of Basic Education, Octopus Network, the Nkomazi Paralegal Services Hub, the Hawks, the Gender Commission and the Kwalugedlane Tribal Authority.
20 October 2023
The Human Rights Commission in the Eastern Cape has found that school uniform and appearance policies infringe on pupils' dignity, including the regulation of hair length, enforcing gender-stereotypical uniforms, and treating appearance violations as disciplinary issues.
Binary school uniforms, according to the commission’s report, oppressed individuality and limited self-expression, with the cost of school uniforms being prohibitive and possibly leading to discrimination.
7 Oct 2023
Traumatised children now able to 'feel safe' in court after massive changes to testifying room Candice Bezuidenhout The waiting room at the Gqeberha High Court has undergone a renovation to make it a safer space for children who have to testify. Leon Hugo The children's witness and testifying rooms in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha was recently renovated.The facelift aims to create a conducive environment for children who are already traumatised.Children's rights groups have welcomed this initiative. Being the victim of a crime - especially a sexual crime - is already traumatising enough, but attending court and having to testify while looking the perpetrator in the eye, is another enormous challenge. This task becomes even more daunting for children.
Traumatised children now able to 'feel safe' in court after massive changes to testifying room Candice Bezuidenhout The waiting room at the Gqeberha High Court has undergone a renovation to make it a safer space for children who have to testify. Leon Hugo The children's witness and testifying rooms in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha was recently renovated.The facelift aims to create a conducive environment for children who are already traumatised.Children's rights groups have welcomed this initiative. Being the victim of a crime - especially a sexual crime - is already traumatising enough, but attending court and having to testify while looking the perpetrator in the eye, is another enormous challenge. This task becomes even more daunting for children.
04 Oct 2023
The SAHRC delegation and ActionSA members inspect the filing system at Shongwe Hospital. SAHRC happy with hospital * 4, 4 , t t 't `'‘, .6 4, 4 t The SAHRC and ActionSA members inspect the dispensary room. Photos: Sesane Mabuza 1 Sesane Mabuza SCHOEMANSDAL The South African Human Rights Commission SAHRC says it is happy with the progress that was made at Shongwe Hospital and mostly impressed with its cleanliness, filing department and pharmacy. This was after the commission's recent visit to inspect the hospital after ActionSA had laid a formal complaint regarding a number of issues about it in October 2022.
The SAHRC delegation and ActionSA members inspect the filing system at Shongwe Hospital. SAHRC happy with hospital * 4, 4 , t t 't `'‘, .6 4, 4 t The SAHRC and ActionSA members inspect the dispensary room. Photos: Sesane Mabuza 1 Sesane Mabuza SCHOEMANSDAL The South African Human Rights Commission SAHRC says it is happy with the progress that was made at Shongwe Hospital and mostly impressed with its cleanliness, filing department and pharmacy. This was after the commission's recent visit to inspect the hospital after ActionSA had laid a formal complaint regarding a number of issues about it in October 2022.
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