28 Feb 2023

NATION PRESSURE MOUNTS ON SAHRC TO SACK CEO Chantal Kisoon accused of calling staff 'black babies' NICOLA DANIELS This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. THE SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC was locked in meetings last night amid calls for the sacking of acting chief executive officer, Chantal Kisoon, for referring to staff as "black babies" during a strategic planning session last week.

27 Feb 2023

SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) employees are aggrieved after the acting CEO of the commission allegedly passed racist remarks against senior black managers, referring to them as "black babies" during a planning session.

According to reports from employees, the disgruntled managers showed the acting CEO, Chantal Kisoon, the door during a meeting in Thaba Eco Hotel in Johannesburg on Thursday and escalated her alleged racial comment to the chairperson of the commission, Bongani Majola.

27 Feb 2023

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16 Feb 2023

A date has been set in July for the High Court in Gqeberha to hear the legal matter between controversial Afrikaans singer, Steve Hofmeyr, and the South African Human Rights Commission.

The Commission has dragged Hofmeyr to court over his remarks on social media that Disney's plan to have more inclusive characters, is to groom children to have sex with animals.

Hofmeyr also said that the LGBTQIA+ community represents bestiality.

12 February 2023


EASTERN CAPE - Two people have died following heavy rains in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape.

Rescue teams are searching for more people who might have been swept away by floods.

13 Feb 2023

MORE than 1000 people were evacuated from Silvertown and eGoli townships in Komani after heavy rainfalls caused floods. The Komani river which runs through the town was overflowing. I Pictures: BHEKI RADEBE NATION Eastern Cape floods claim three lives SOME shacks along the Komani river banks were flooded. Gift of the Givers also arrived in the area to provide aid to the affected communities. CHEVON BOOYSEN This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. AUTHORITIES have so far confirmed three deaths following devastating floods in the Eastern Cape over the past week. Four local municipalities Enoch Mgijima, Dr AB Xuma, Emalahleni, and IntsikaYethu were affected by the flooding which left road infrastructure and bridges severely impacted, while some have collapsed.

5 Feb 2023

THE South African Human Rights Commission is probing why children in Cape Town, one as old as 13, have never seen the inside of a classroom. The investigation follows the story of a widowed father, Mario Claasen, who has been struggling to admit his three sons, aged seven, nine and 11, to at least three schools for the past five years. The resident of Happy Valley, near Blackheath, said his children have never received formal education after different schools slammed the doors on them despite their hunger to learn. "My eldest son who turns 12 this year cannot even write his name. His sevenyearold brother can because a good Samaritan found and paid for preschool for him to do Grade R. It's heartbreaking," said Claasen. The SAHRC said it would urgently look into the matter and escalated the case to the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga. "The failure to place the children at school will increase the level of poverty in communities, instead of getting people out of it through education," said commissioner Chris Nissen.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

06 March 2023

The objective of the stakeholder engagements is to engage with government departments, civil society organisations and community members with the view to heightening awareness about human rights and institutions that can help with redress for human rights violations, with a specific focus on the role of the Commission in promoting, monitoring and protecting human rights. The engagements are to further reflect on the issues that have been observed and communicated to the Commission by some community members in the Garden Route district.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

06 March 2023

Since 2009, there has been a United Nations (UN) observance known as “World Day of Social Justice”. The purpose of the day focuses on the plight of social injustice in the world and recognizes the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as exclusion, poverty, (un)employment, social well-being, gender equity and justice for all.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

03 March 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or SAHRC), as an institution supporting constitutional democracy, wishes to assure the public that it does not condone racism or any other violation of the rights entrenched in the Constitution. It greatly regrets the incident of Thursday, 23 February 2023 in which its then Acting Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Chantal Kisoon, was alleged by the staff of the Commission as having used a racial slur against them. It will leave no stone unturned in investigating the incident and dealing with the perpetrator should it be found, in an independent process, that she indeed used a racial slur and violated the dignity of her colleagues. The Commission has tirelessly fought against racism and will continue to do so even within its own ranks.