02 February 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called for a catch-up plan for pupils who have lost out on time in the classroom because of rotational learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

9 February 2022

Two victims of the so-called ‘Masoyi Monster’ are yet to be buried. The Mpumalanga High Court found Julius Mndawe guilty on five counts of murder and defeating the ends of justice, last week.

Mndawe killed and buried the women in his yard at the Masoyi Village near Hazyview, between 2018 and 2019.

14 February 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will on Monday conduct a joint inspection with government in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg.

The commission will assess progress in implementing directives following its joint report with the Public Protector in July last year, which recommended that government urgently intervene to correct human rights violations in the township.

16 February 2022

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be visiting the Wemmer Pan on Tuesday morning to inspect the pollution and contamination that's already posing major health and environmental risks.

“The smell is unbearable and the environmental degradation is visible,” said Buang Jones, provincial head of the SAHRC

16 February 2022

A child’s sewage-soaked teddy bear lies amid plastic bottles and rotting waste, while an onshore breeze carries the stench of human excrement and rotten eggs to people gathered on the shore.

This was the sight and smell that greeted members of the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and media on a brief inspection of Wemmer Pan, a recreational lake south of Johannesburg’s CBD, on Tuesday.

16 February 2022

Communities under the Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality in Mpumalanga have once again raised service delivery complaints with the South African Human Right Commission (SAHRC).

18 February 2022

The SAHRC will now start testing the pan to see if the levels of E.coli drops in the lake as well as look for potential guilty parties that might be the source of industrial waste that ends up in the pan.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) visited Wemmer Pan on February 15 after receiving a complaint about the pollution and the stench coming from the lake.

18 February 2022

Cape Town - The Constitutional Court has given former Cosatu international relations spokesperson Bongani Masuku 30 days to apologise to the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) for harmful comments he made against South African Jews in 2009.

18 February 2022

Black First Land First (BLF) spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp has been ordered by the equality court to delete any offending statements from his social media feeds and not to advocate for the killing of, or violence against, any group in SA.

20 February 2022

The purpose of the meeting is to update parents on the progress made by the SAHRC’s investigation, and to listen to their concerns.

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is scheduled to meet with Hoërskool Jan Viljoen parents this afternoon, following the postponement of a meeting planned for earlier this week.