26 Feb 2024

SAHRC probes alleged extortion ring at Pretoria East flats Residents at the Nellmapius Heatherly flats have detailed harrowing accounts of being terrorised by alleged gang members in their own homes. Nellmapius Heatherly flats residents are being targeted by gang members.

26 Feb 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission in Mpumalanga will on Monday launch its 2021/2022 service delivery report in Mbombela. The commission launched an inquiry after it received a number of service delivery complains under all the local municipalities in Mpumalanga.

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11 March 2024

On the 11^th of March 2024, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Limpopo Provincial Office is set to meet with Mr Ben Vorster and Dr Anneri Vorster, parents of a minor who was allegedly seen on social media uttering a racial slur towards Sonwabile, on an online platform. The meeting is part of the ongoing investigation into the complaints that were received from several individuals regarding the utterance which sparked racial tensions across social media platforms in South Africa.

19 Feb 2024

Former prisoner sues ministry of justice for R4m as correctional services confirms probe into two assault claims at East London jail ZIYANDA ZWENI and SITHANDIWE VELAPHI The correctional services department has confirmed two assault cases are under investigation as allegations of abuse emerged from the women's prison in East London at the weekend, with one woman filing a multimillionrand civil claim. Serving and former female inmates at the Correctional Centre in West Bank have made damning allegations against some prisonwarders, accusing them of physical abuse and other criminal acts. A former warder at the facility has given credence to some allegations including that inmates were beaten with batons and fists saying this was a commonplace occurrence.

13 Feb 2024

The SA Human Rights Commission's Eastern Cape office has been inundated with complaints about a lack of basic rights, such as access to clean water, road infrastructure, health, food, dignity and education. The Buffalo City and Nelson Mandela Bay metros lead the charge in bringing submissions to the commission. Complaints include violations of sections 27, 10 and 29 of the Bill of Rights. Section 27 deals with the right of access to healthcare services, including reproductive healthcare, sufficient food and water and social security.

06 Feb 2024

The Eastern Cape Human Rights Commission has been forced to subpoena officials from the OR Tambo district municipality and Transnet to an inquiry into the state of the province's roads, after Transnet and municipal officials were noshows at a hearing in November. The representatives were forced to appear before the commission in East London on Monday. The inquiry was prompted by a surge in complaints about Eastern Cape roads, which complainants said were significantly hindering access to their fundamental rights.

03 Feb 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission SAHRC has promised not to give up on finding a solution to the eThekwini water crisis until all areas have running water. The SAHRC said this after receiving a memorandum from the Democratic Alliance DA KZN provincial leader Francois Rodgers during a picket at the SAHRC Durban offices yesterday. The party said it is concerned over the SAHRC's "nonresponse" to issues affecting eThekwini residents. Since the floods in 2022, the water situation in the eThekwini Municipality, particularly in the North of Durban encompassing Phoenix, Tongaat, Durban North, Greenwood Park, Glenashley, Virginia, Sunningdale and Umhlanga has become progressively worse. According to the memorandum the residents of Bester have been without water for 14 years. Rodgers The DA picket outside the SAHRC offices over "ongoing nonresponse" to issues affecting eThekwini residents.

04 Feb 2024

After its inquiry into the July 2021 riots, the SA Human Rights Commission says it can't link them to the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma, and doesn't know who the chief instigators were. Chris Barron asked commissioner PHILILE NTULI ... Your inquiry found the riots were orchestrated by wellresourced "primary actors". How can you not know who they were? Within the scope of the submissions we received we found quite valuable information we were able to unpack ... Shouldn't finding out who the primary actors were have been one of your most urgent priorities? Of course, it was.

26 Feb 2024

"I asked them to call my parents but again they ignored me. They put us in the cells where we found other detainees." The girl said she used one of her fellow detainees' cellphone to call her parents, whose phones went to voicemail. She eventually reached her sister, who alerted their father. "I was scared, tired, worried and anxious. I just wanted to go home. Every time I see a police van I wonder whether they will arrest me again." The teenager's father said on arrival at the police station no one could tell him why his daughter was locked up.

24 Feb 2024

THE decision to discontinue Cape Town City's DialaRide service to Atlantis from March 18, will affect commuters with disability who rely heavily on the service. Among those who are unhappy are two regular customers with disability, and a couple who complained of discrimination because their threeyearold daughter could not accompany them as she was a minor in terms of the service's rigid registration policy. The City's Mayco member for urban mobility, Rob Quintas, said budget cuts and an oversubscribed service had led to a review of the service which had high cancellations, and passengers who lived close to MyCiTi bus stops. He said the annual budget was R28.1 million with an additional R5m for the 2023 24 financial year.