Attention: Editors and Reporters

02 October 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is a state institution established by Chapter 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 to support constitutional democracy. The SAHRC is mandated in terms of section 184 of the Constitution to promote the protection, development, and attainment of human rights, and to monitor the observance of such rights within the Republic of South Africa.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Saturday, 30 September 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or Commission) met with a delegation from Post Bank and the Department of Communications on Thursday 28 September 2023.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss various matters pertaining to the inaccessibility of social grants by some of the Post Bank account holders on the 5^th and 6^th of September 2023. In addition, amongst others to establish whether those persons who held bank accounts with Post Bank and who were unable to access their social grant money, due to switching glitches on the Post Bank payment system, have now been assisted. Secondly to establish whether these tech challenges are anticipated to recur during the October payment cycle.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

17 August 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and the Department of Education will be hosting a Provincial Schools Moot Court preparatory workshop to help students prepare for the Provincial round of Schools Moot Court programme. The Commission and the Department of Education are collaborating with the University of the Free State, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and legal experts to provide learners with workshop in preparation for the Provincial School Moot Court Programme.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

17 August 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and the Department of Education will be hosting a Provincial Schools Moot Court preparatory workshop to help students prepare for the Provincial round of Schools Moot Court programme. The Commission and the Department of Education are collaborating with the University of the Free State, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and legal experts to provide learners with workshop in preparation for the Provincial School Moot Court Programme.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

31 May 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) in Gauteng will conduct a follow-up inspection visit to Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, on 1 June 2023.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

28 September 2023

The SAHRC in Mpumalanga province is hosting a provincial dialogue under the topic: “The impact of homelessness on the right to access adequate housing.” The dialogue is aimed at entrenching a human rights culture deepening and the understanding of human rights in the province, specifically the right to access adequate housing.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

28 September 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in collaboration with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, the University of the Free State, and the Free State Education Department will hold the provincial workshop for the top eight learners who will be representing the Free State province at the National School Moot Court Finals.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

28 September 2023

International discourse on digital literacy and older persons has increased since the 2020 pandemic which accelerated the migration to digital interactions. The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) acknowledges the role emerging technologies and online platforms play in the development of our societal growth and evolution. However, the Commission has noted the social exclusion and limitation of enjoying particular human rights by older persons due to an increasing digital divide known as the “grey digital divide”. South Africa has committed in its Constitution to provide education, freedom of expression and access to information.

27 September 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or the Commission) met with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on Friday evening, 23 September 2023. Among the issues canvassed were the recent delay in the payment of grants to a large number of pensioners and persons with disabilities. The precise nature of the switching “glitches” experienced by Post Bank, as well as the important matter of whether those switching glitches will impact the next round of social grant payouts.

21 September 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Land restitution in South Africa is a critical component of the country's broader land reform programme, aimed at addressing historical injustices related to land dispossession. Since the enactment of the Restitution of Land Rights Act No. 22 of 1994, thousands of land claims have been lodged by individuals and communities who were forcibly dispossessed of their land during apartheid. The government has processed and settled many of these claims, resulting in the restoration of land to claimants or the provision of compensation.