Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 6th July 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) on the 5th July 2018 in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation convened a national dialogue on the impact of protest action on the right to access to health care services in South Africa.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Wednesday, 4th July 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) will be hosting a national dialogue on the impact of protest action on the right to access healthcare services in South Africa. The National Dialogue will take place on Thursday, 05 July 2018, at the Commission’s Head Office at 33 Hoofd Street, Braampark Forum III, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

02 July 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (Limpopo Provincial Office) will be conducting investigation into the status of Public Health Care facilities in the Limpopo Province. The process will commence on 03rd to 05th July 2018 at the SAHRC Office.

28 June 2018

It's understood Stephanie Odendaal made offensive comments on Facebook late last year about Pamela MacDougall's choice to marry a man of a different race.

28 June 2018

The latest employment equity report shows a resounding lack of employment equity compliance, with the majority of offenders being companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Other major issues are whites still dominating top positions, Africans (blacks) not being promoted to higher positions while constantly being provided training, and an increasing employment of foreigners.
Oliphant told reporters on Thursday that she was disappointed that there were still non-complying employers.
“It is still clear that some employers don’t respect the Constitution of the country,” she said.

29 June 2018

Velaphi Khumalo‚ an employee of the Gauteng Department of Sports‚ Recreation‚ Arts and Culture‚ will return to court on Monday to answer to a case of hate speech.

02 July 2018

Velaphi Khumalo called for whites to be treated as Hitler did the Jews, leading to 19 complaints with the SA Human Rights Commission.
The case of a man who took to Facebook to call for the “cleansing” of white people from South Africa is now in the Equality Court.
It was reported in 2016 that the man was reinstated in his provincial government job after being suspended on full pay, which further incensed those he had offended.

02 July 2018

Velaphi Khumalo‚ the man who called for black South Africans to do to white people what "Hitler did to the Jews" says he has accepted that the statements he made were "grossly inappropriate".

The South African Human Rights Commission’s lawyer says Khumalo’s position of power is an aggravating factor in what amounts to an incitement to genocide

02 July 2018

Statements made by Velaphi Khumalo‚ the man who called on black South Africans to do to white people what "Hitler did to the Jews"‚ incited genocide on the grounds of race.

Transformasie aan universiteite is nie ’n blote kwotastelsel sonder ’n uitkomsgebaseerde fokus wat uiteindelik tot die uitsluiting en die verlaging van standaarde sal lei nie, skryf adv.

Beeld 23 Jun 2018André Gaum.

’NOnlangse hoofartikel in Beeld stel vrae aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie (MRK) oor dié se verslag voor die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor hoër onderwys en opleiding.