30 May 2022

A Pietermaritzburg residents and ratepayers body has approached the South African Human Rights Association (SAHRC) over Msunduzi’s ongoing billing issues.

According to the letter of complaint from the Msunduzi Association of Residents Ratepayers and Civics (Marcc), the municipality has allegedly violated the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 in respect of illegal disconnection of water and electricity of local residents.

30 May 2022

The parliamentary ad hoc joint committee on flood disaster relief and recovery was briefed on Saturday by Premier Sihle Zikalala and the mayor of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality.

07 June 2022

It is no secret that South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. From class to gender to race to sexuality, it seems that anything we could be unequal about, we excel in.

According to the outgoing South African Human Rights Commission CEO Tseliso Thipanyane, poor governance has plagued the country and become one of its biggest human rights atrocities but the question, here, is if that is our only problem. Is poor governance the only one to blame, or are we, as people in the country, just as to blame.

16 May 2022

The city of Tshwane is investigating water quality concerns in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria following complaints.

The city says it has immediately sent our water and sanitation teams to check the system and conduct tests on the quality of water.

16 May 2022

‘It needs to be understood that the SAHRC is not a punisher of human rights violations, it is an educator, transformer and empowerer,’ says Judge.

A court has declined to grant a “blanket order” that all directives issued by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) are automatically binding.

17 May 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has weighed in on the alleged Stellenbosch University racist incident and confirmed it was probing the matter.

14 May 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it has moral and constitutional obligations to ensure that whistleblowers are protected because of the important role they play in fighting corruption.

09 May 2022

THE South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is squaring off with three major banks for their tendency to apply for default judgments in the high court against debtors who owe amounts as small as R7 000 on their home loans.

10 May 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission says it's received numerous complaints about the lack of running water in parts of eThekwini.

In most instances, supply was cut when water infrastructure was damaged during last month's floods.

12 May 2022

DURBAN - THE SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is looking at a provincial investigation into areas affected by last month’s disaster as communities continue to struggle without water and electricity almost a month after flooding left more than 400 dead and thousands without homes in KwaZulu-Natal.