SAHRC
Media Statement: The SAHRC to institute a National Inquiry into Policy Framework around Artisanal Mining, the Impact of Artisanal Mining on the human rights of surrounding communities and the scope and tactics employed in Operation Vala Umgodi
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Saturday, 08 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) has taken a strategic decision to escalate its current investigation on Stilfontein’s Operation Vala Umgodi into a national inquiry. This investigation was instituted pursued to a complaint lodged at the SAHRC’s North West Provincial Office (NWPO) alleging that for a prolonged period, estimated to be approximately three months, miners have been unable to exit the mine shafts and have had no access to water, food, or adequate medical assistance.
Media Advisory: SAHRC to meet with ILembe District Civil Society regarding the state of human rights in the region
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Saturday, 08 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office calls on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)/Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in iLembe District Municipality in KwaZulu Natal Province to engage with the Commission in detailing the state of human rights in the district and province.
Media Advisory: SAHRC Eastern Cape to launch investigation report on school sanitation concerns
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Saturday, 08 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) will launch its Investigation Report on School Sanitation in the Eastern Cape Province. The report is part of the Commission’s constitutional mandate to promote, protect, and monitor the realisation of human rights in South Africa.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’s Northern Cape Provincial Office to host a stakeholder engagement on human settlements in the Northern Cape Province
Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) in the Northern Cape Province will host a stakeholder engagement on human settlements to assess the realisation of the right to adequate housing in the Northern Cape province.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’s Northern Cape Provincial office to conduct targeted monitoring in the Frances Baard District
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 04 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) in the Northern Cape Province, together with Commissioner Aseza Gungubele, the Commissioner responsible for Migration, Climate Justice, and Human Settlements, will conduct targeted monitoring in correctional facilities and informal settlements in the Frances Baard District Municipality, covering Kimberley and surrounding areas.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’s Mpumalanga Office embarks on a provincial human rights awareness campaign
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 31 January 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will launch a provincial human rights awareness campaign from 03 to 09 February 2025.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC holds stakeholder engagement on migration trends and issues affecting migrants in the Northern Cape Province
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 31 January 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Northern Cape Provincial Office will conduct a stakeholder engagement focused on migration trends and issues affecting migrants in the Northern Cape Province.
Media Statement: The SAHRC is to convene a national investigative inquiry into the impact of ‘load reduction’ on human rights
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 31 January 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) will be convening a National Investigative Inquiry into the Impact of Load Reduction on Human Rights (national investigative inquiry).
Media Statement: SA Human Rights Commission meets with the South African Police Services, National Prosecuting Authority, and the Judiciary on July 2021 Unrest
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
29 January 2025 marks one year since the release of the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/Commission) July Unrest Report, ‘July’s People’, the SAHRC sought to determine the progress made on two of the report’s recommendations in particular.
Media Advisory: SAHRC Eastern Cape Provincial Office to conduct a human rights engagement with the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) will host a strategic stakeholder engagement with the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature to strengthen working relationship between the two institutions.
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