12 April 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called for swift action against any criminality in Diepsloot but also warned residents not to take the law into their own hands.

12 April 2022

Cape Town - Community activist Lucinda Evans has written to the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the national secretariat of the police, asking them to urgently investigate the Steenberg and Muizenberg police stations.

12 April 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has sent a letter of demand to Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr over comments made to the LGBTQI+ community.

Hofmeyr caused a stir on social media when he claimed Disney's agenda is to groom children to have sex with animals, adding that the channel's agenda promotes bestiality.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 06 May 2022

The SAHRC (“the Commission or the SAHRC”) has noted that the residents of Tongaat and the surrounding areas have been without water for approximately 24 (twenty-four) days due to extensive infrastructure damage caused to the water treatment plant following the recent floods in the Province.  The SAHRC is extremely concerned with the impact of the disruption of the water supply on the local community/s, businesses, schools and other organisations/institutions and the length of time that the necessary repairs are expected to take.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

05 May 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission will be conducting a human rights champion workshops on 05 and 06 May 2022. The identified human rights champions will be empowered on the mandate of the South African Human Rights Commission. 

Attention: Editors and Reporters

04 May 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

From complaints received and reports obtained  from various media outlets, the Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has noted that there is increasing allegations of a lack of adequate Termination of Pregnancy services (TOP/Abortion) within the Province, as well as Nationally. Women seeking legal abortions appear to face a lack of accessible information on where to obtain an abortion, often experience stigma at facilities, and several obtain illegal procedures which may be fatal. Abortions were legalized in South Africa in 1996, during the country's transition from apartheid to independence and democracy.

03 May 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

During the past month, disruptive and heavy rains have lead to localized flooding of vulnerable settlements, infrastructure, roads, low-lying areas and bridges within the Eastern Cape Province. Damage has been reported to areas within the Alfred Nzo District municipality, as well as the Joe Gqabi and OR Tambo District Municipalities. The Eastern Cape South African Human Rights Commission (“Commission”) conducted monitoring visits in Libode and its surrounding villages and the King Sabatha Dalindyebo District’s surrounding villages to assess damage to various areas as has been reported to our office.

Date: 03 May 2022  

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) is a Constitutional body, established to support constitutional democracy in terms of Section 181 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Constitution). Section 184(1) (b) of the Constitution obliges the Commission to promote the protection of human rights, and monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic of South Africa.

21 April 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission/ SAHRC) has been actively monitoring areas most impacted by the floods, which ravaged the KwaZulu-Natal province last week. Commissioners visited families and shelters housing hundreds of displaced children.

20 April 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

During the past two weeks, disruptive and heavy rains have lead to localized flooding of vulnerable settlements, infrastructure, roads, low-lying areas and bridges not only in Kwa-Zulu Natal, but also within the Eastern Cape Province. Damage has been reported to areas within the Alfred Nzo District municipality, as well as the Joe Gqabi and OR Tambo District Municipalities. The South African Human Rights Commission has been in contact with the Eastern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and will be embarking on its own monitoring activities from today onwards.