MEDIA STATEMENT

11th August 2014

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) found that the Kopanong Local Municipality, in the Free State violated the resident’s right to human dignity by its failure to provide safe and sustainable water supply fundamental for a healthy, productive and dignified life. The Municipality has been given 18 months to implement turnaround strategy to fix the water crisis.

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) invites members of the media to an Inspection that will be conducted together with the Sikhala Sonke “Women of Marikana” at Wonderkop Stadium, Marikana tomorrow.

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

30 July 2014

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) is concerned about lack of transformation at Universities. The Commission will host a national hearing to look at a systemic issue behind transformation challenges.

Media Statement

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

28 July 2014

The South African Human Rights Commission has found no violations in the complaint by musician Steve Hofmeyr, the Freedom Front Plus, and others over statements made arising from a research report on the murder of women in South Africa.

MEDIA STATEMENT

23 July 2014

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission is calling on the Free State Education Department to develop procedures for monitoring and reporting on initiatives to counter racism in public schools in the province.
This comes after a finding made by the Commission against the Principal and staff at Dr Viljoen Combined School in a racism case.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

14 July 2014

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be hosting a three day human rights awareness and legal consultation clinic in Gauteng Province. The event will be held this week at the Skills and Multipurpose Centre in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg.

11 July 2014

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) wishes to express its concern at the arrest of peaceful protestors staging a sit-in at the Free State Health Department’s Head Office. We have been advised that most of the protestors are women health care workers expressing dissatisfaction with the state of health care in the province and the alleged dismissal of about 3000 community health workers.

02 July 2014

ATTENTION: Editors and Reports


The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) would like to express its deepest concern at the continued deaths of the initiates at the circumcision schools across the country.

20th June 2014

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission invites members of the media to the release of a report on the effect of poverty in children.

MEDIA STATEMENT

08 June 2014

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has been monitoring the evictions of approximately 200 families that took place in Lwandle, in the Western Cape.