25 November 2022

A Benoni woman who described black men as being worse than pit bulls and called for their killing is facing a probe by the South African Human Rights Commission.

The voice recording was posted on the Facebook page of the Sizwe Kupelo Foundation, which is campaigning for the breed of dogs to be banned, and came on the same day as the death of another child who mauled by a dog in East London.

The woman was identified by the Sowetan newspaper as 60-year-old Belinda Migor, who reportedly provides bookkeeping and administrative services to businesses around Ekurhuleni.

25 November 2022


The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)  is assessing the origins of a voice note circulating on social media, where a white woman is heard referring to black people as rapists and thieves, and calling for them to be banned and killed.

The voice note relates to growing calls from South Africans for pitbulls to be banned as domestic animals after a 15-month-old child was mauled to death by a pitbull in East London.

9 November 2022

Johannesburg – The head of the SA Human Rights Commission has described Belinda Migor’s comments as “horrific and deplorable” while the EFF said it was gearing up to open a criminal case on Saturday against the “racist” white woman following her violent, racist comments.

In the now viral voice note, Migor can be heard saying, among other things, that black men should be banned because they rape, steal, and kill, worse than any pit bull could, and they get away with it.

25 November 2022

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has registered a complaint about a racist "pit bull rant" voice recording circulating online.

The commission's spokesperson, Wisani Baloyi, told News24 the Gauteng branch would investigate.

"Identification of the person behind the voice note is part of the internal complaints handling mechanism, which cannot be divulged at the moment."

25 November 2022

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has registered a complaint about a racist "pit bull rant" voice recording circulating online.

The commission's spokesperson, Wisani Baloyi, told News24 the Gauteng branch would investigate.

"Identification of the person behind the voice note is part of the internal complaints handling mechanism, which cannot be divulged at the moment."

24 November 2022

The SA Human Rights Commission is assessing the origins of an audio clip in which a white woman could be heard referring to black people as rapists and thieves and calling for them to be killed.

Commission spokesperson Wisani Baloyi said on Thursday that the body does not know the identity of the woman at this stage.   

22 November 2022

Durban – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it has planned to meet with the DA next week to address questions around its role in responding to KZN floods and the water and sanitation crisis.

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal took the commission to task last month and picketed outside the SAHRC Durban offices to demand a response to what it has dubbed “the human rights crisis in the province”.

15 November 2022


Cape Town - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says an investigation involving the EFF and its leader, Julius Malema, is ongoing and has not been concluded.

In a statement on Monday, the commission said it wanted to correct “certain misapprehensions held and widely expressed by the EFF and Malema” on the matter.

“The allegations, by the EFF and Mr Malema, that the commission has made adverse findings against them are incorrect. The commission has not conducted an investigation as contemplated by the SAHRC Act and, by extension, has not made any findings regarding this matter,” the SAHRC said.

10 November 2022

"We are not caving in; we are given two options which is to investigate or take the matter to court," says the SA Human Rights Commission, which maintains that "it is very clear that what they did incite violence, incite harm, and it propagated hatred."

Bongani Bingwa spoke to Advocate Bongani Majola - Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has denied being afraid of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and its leader, Julius Malema.

10 November 2022

Commission asks party to retract statements within 10 days

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has threatened to drag the EFF and its leader Julius Malema to court should they fail to retract statements made during the party’s Western Cape people’s assembly last month.

The commission’s acting spokesperson, Wisani Baloyi, said they received complaints relating to utterances made by party leader Julius Malema and posters that were held by members during the gathering on October 16.