08 November 2017

A strike by workers in KwaZulu-Natal’s Ugu district municipality ended on Monday, but water is still not available across much of popular tourist destinations on the South Coast, including Port Edward, Shelley Beach, Oslo Beach and Port Shepstone.

08 November 2017

OHANNESBURG –The South African Human Rights Commission is instituting its own investigation into Emfuleni Mayor, Simon Mofokeng.

12 November 2017

Of the 500 buildings audited by the city, 134 of them were found to be 'illegally occupied'

Officals in Johannesburg have promised to root out the illegal immigrants who have hijacked buildings in the city centre.

14 November 2017

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has asked the SA Human Rights Commission to investigate the breakdown of mobile clinic systems in KwaZulu-Natal‚ North West and Limpopo.

14 November 2017

It was impossible to say how much the state spent on care for mentally ill patients each year because there was no set budget for this in the provinces‚ the Department of Health disclosed on Tuesday.

14 November 2017

A medical professional on Tuesday painted a grim picture of the state of mental healthcare in South Africa‚ saying professionals were not well-equipped to deal with the sector.

15 November 2017

Doctor Mvuyiso Talatala says he tried to inform disgraced former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and other senior officials of this, but his warning fell on deaf ears.

14 November 2017

It was impossible to say how much the state spent on care for mentally ill patients each year‚ because there was no set budget for this in the provinces‚ the national Department of Health revealed on Tuesday.

15 November 2017

press release

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or SAHRC) will host a National Investigative Hearing on the Status of Mental Health Care in South Africa, on Tuesday, 14 November 2017 until Wednesday, 15 November 2017 at the SAHRC Head Office in Johannesburg. In handing down his report into the Esidimeni debacle, the Health Ombud, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, recommended that the Commission be requested to undertake, nationally, a systematic and systemic review of human rights compliance and possible violations nationally related to mental health in South Africa. The National Investigative Hearing (the Hearing) is therefore a direct response to that recommendation and aims at looking at the national picture on mental health care.

15 November 2017

Government departments, regulatory bodies, civil society organisations, and researchers are among those taking part in the two day hearings.

The Human Rights Commission will on Tuesday morning begin its national investigative hearings into the status of mental healthcare in the country.