9 February 2018

Polokwane – A Limpopo doctor accused of racially segregating his patients and staff, and charging different rates according to race, released a general public apology on Friday, insisting he was not aware of what was going on.

9 February 2018

Mokopane medical doctor Jimmy van der Berg, accused of racist conduct at his private surgery, and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) agreed that the commission will actively monitor his future actions and should it find that the terms of the conciliation agreement has not been met, the council will proceed to institute immediate civil or criminal action against Van der Berg or any other appropriate redress it may deem fit as determined by its constitutional mandate.

8 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it is disappointing that municipalities fail to provide quality services to communities whilst they continue to record irregular and fruitless expenditure year on end.

9 February 2018

SAHRC investigators visited the doctor’s practice and found there are separate consultation rooms and bathrooms for white and black patients.

8 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it will engage with the Mangaung Metro Municipality regarding the on-going water crisis in the area.

8 February 2018

The number of children who grow up without birth certificates is on the increase in the Free State. This is according to the recently appointed Provincial Manager at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in the Free State, Thabang Kheswa.

7 February 2018

This comes after three girls were killed by fire at the North West School for the Deaf.
The North West department of education must conduct a full audit of all special needs schools in the province, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Wednesday.

7 February 2018

Bloemfontein – The EFF in the Free State says it is "disturbed and infuriated" by the death of a man, allegedly at the hands of police officers, during a protest at Sekoto village in QwaQwa on Wednesday.

07 February 2018

The commission has finalised its report into a fire that claimed the lives of three pupils at the North West School for the Deaf in August 2015.

07 February 2018

The lobby group African Diaspora Forum (ADF) is looking for general amnesty for all undocumented immigrants in SA.
The organisation’s chairperson‚ Marc Gbaffou‚ was speaking at the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) two-day national investigative hearing on migration‚ xenophobia and social cohesion hearings.
"Many immigrants’ kids cannot go to school because their parents are illegal in this country‚ making the children illegal as well. Although the South African Constitution stipulates that every child has a right to education‚ some children of immigrants have continuously been denied these rights‚" Gbaffou said.