10th December 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The 10th December 2012 marks International Human Rights Day. The  South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) commemorated this day at its last provincial Water and Sanitation hearing at Suurman Community Hall in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria.

6th December 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission would like to express displeasure and disappointment at the manner in which the Department of Human Settlements and Gauteng Department of Housing and Local Government has conducted itself by unilaterally calling a meeting on the Lenasia housing matter without involving other stakeholders serving on the Special Lenasia Intervention Team (SPLIT).

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission invites members of the media to the seventh round of its provincial Water and Sanitation Hearings which will be held in the Gauteng Province.

5 December 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has welcomed the decision by the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) to re-accredit it with an A status.

28 November 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission welcomes the creation of the Special Lenasia Intervention Team (SPLIT) by the Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale.

27 November 2012
ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

On Monday the Deputy-Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission, Dr Pregs Govender led the Commission’s Provincial Hearing on Water and Sanitation in the Western Cape in Zwelethemba, Worcester.

23 November 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission and the residents of Lenasia today registered a victory in the South Gauteng High Court after the court issued an order that there will be no further demolition of houses in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg.

Delivered by Commissioner Bokankatla Malatji: Commissioner responsible for disability and older persons focus areas

21 November 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission wishes to commend the South African government for the progress it has attained in trying to implement the right to equality in the country. However, the Commission has to point out that in spite of this progress, a lot still needs to be done to accommodate people living with disabilities.

20 November 2012
ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission would like to express regret and disappointment in the manner in which the Department of Housing and Local Government in Gauteng conducts itself in the Lenasia matter.

16 November 2012

ATTTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission held a meeting on Friday morning with the residents of Lenasia and other interested parties that included the SA Communist Party, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, and SA National Civic Organisation as part of its engagements with stakeholders in its investigation into the demolition of houses in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, by the Gauteng Department of Housing.