Friday, 16 May 2025
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) confirms that it has settled a complaint against Mr Renaldo Gouws in relation to a video he published in 2010, which contained racially offensive and harmful language directed at Black South Africans.

Joint Media Statement
Wednesday, 14 May 2025

The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission), the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) have noted media reports that the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) has decided to appeal Mr. Timothy Omotoso’s acquittal.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 13 May 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) will resume the third and final sitting of its investigative inquiry into the state of scholar transport in the province. This sitting will specifically focus on finalising the oral evidence of the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Community Safety and Transport Management (COSATMA).

Tuesday, 08 April 2025

To: Members of the Media

The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission), the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) are inviting members of the media to a press briefing to discuss observations from their court monitoring processes and their collective concerns regarding the handling of the Timothy Omotoso case, gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) court cases in the country. In this press briefing, the CRL Commission, CGE, and SAHRC will announce their concerted plans to address systemic failures in the justice system.

Sunday, 27 April 2025
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) joins the country to mark Freedom Day 2025. This day is celebrated annually to remind us of an historic moment where on 27 April 1994, Black people in South Africa were for the first time able exercise their democratic right and vote.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 25 April 2025                                                                                       

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/ the Commission) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) is resuming its investigative inquiry into scholar transport challenges in the province. This inquiry seeks to examine and assess the challenges affecting the provision of learner transport, especially in rural and underprivileged communities, following numerous complaints about inadequate, unreliable, and unsafe scholar services that undermine learners’ constitutional rights.

Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has received and accepted unconditional apologies from Mr Nhlamulo Baloyi and Ms Belinda Magor, following findings of prima facie hate speech contravention of Section 10 of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA).

Editors/Reporters
Monday, 22 April 2025

The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) have learnt with a sense of great loss and sadness about the passing away of Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 15 April 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) has learned, with grave concern, news of a tragic shooting incident that occurred this morning at Walter Sisulu University (WSU). Preliminary reports indicate that one student has lost his life, while three others sustained injuries, allegedly after an altercation with security officials . The Commission extends its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased, and wishes the injured students a full and speedy recovery.

23 March 2025

Zululand, having been conquered by us, really belongs to Her Majesty the Queen, but as an act of grace to the Zulu people, she has now parcelled out the country into independent chieftainships. It is for her officers, on her behalf, to decide the extent of territory that is by her favour to be allotted to each Chief. This was a right freely exercised by Cetshwayo, as well as by his predecessors, and it is that right which devolves upon the Great Queen by right of conquest, and that must not be disputed.”