Attention: Editors and Reporters

23 May 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) has noted with grave concern the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, North of Pretoria. According to reports, 16 people have so far died as a result of contracting cholera in the area.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

23 May 2023

The SAHRC Eastern Cape provincial office will be embarking on various monitoring activities in Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality this week. Section 184 (1) (c) of the South African Constitution states that the Commission must monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic. 

23 May 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission in Free State and Department of Education will conduct a Provincial School Moot Court workshop in partnership with the University of the Free State, Legal Aid-SA, Department of Justice and Constitutional Democracy as a preparation for the essay rounds.

09 May 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) in Eastern Cape working in partnership with the Eastern Cape Education Department and Fort Hare University will conduct the workshop for schools in the Amathole East and Amathole West Districts in preparation of the moot court competition essay rounds.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

18 May 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) acknowledges the role emerging technologies and online platforms play in the development of our societal growth and evolution. Through implementing its mandate, the Commission has however noted increased risk in potential threats emerging from the pace at which technologies such as Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) are developing.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

17 May 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC/ Commission) joins the rest of the world to observe International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). This day was created in 2004 to draw worldwide attention to the continued violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex people and all of those with diverse gender identities or expressions.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

16 May 2023

81% of SA Grade 4’s cannot read for meaning in 2021: The South Africa Human Rights Commission (Commission) is deeply concerned about the state of reading in South Africa. The results from the most recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) showed that in 2021, 81% of South African Grade 4 learners could not read for meaning in any language. This is up from 78% in 2016. South Africa was ranked last out of the 43 countries and experienced the largest decline of all the countries participating. It is additionally important to note that the South African assessment occurred a year later than most of the countries assessed.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

11 MAY 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in Western Cape is set to meet with the Breede Valley Municipality on the 12th of May 2023. The meeting is part of the investigation into a complaint against Municipality that was received from a community member regarding unavailability of services in the area for the past 5 years.

11 May 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) notes with grave concern the recent media reports on the alleged crisis relating to the administration of the school nutrition programme in the Eastern Cape. It has been reported that learners in the Eastern Cape have gone for almost a month without receiving meals at school due to a delay of allocation of funds.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

11 May 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in Limpopo is set to meet with the Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba on the 12th of May 2023. The meeting is part of the investigation into the complaints against MEC that were received from a number of individuals and institutions regarding utterances made by the MEC directed at a patient at Bela-Bela Hospital in August 2022.