08 June 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Free State Provincial Office will conduct a training for Human Rights Champions / Community Advice Offices in the Province. The purpose of the workshop is to empower Human Rights Champions on the role they play in supporting the mandate of the SAHRC, protecting the rights of communities and related legislations.

18 May 2022

University’s Juridical Society flags second case of racism, this time at law dance

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has confirmed it will investigate Theuns du Toit for violating a fellow student’s rights when he urinated on his belongings, as more than 85,000 people have called for his expulsion from Stellenbosch University.

20 May 2022

A petition calling for the alleged perpetrator's expulsion has been created.

Stellenbosch University has promised to set up an inquiry investigating allegations of racism, among other things, at the institution.

25 May 2022

Relatives of Fatima Callaghan, who was allegedly abused and ill-treated at an old age home in Mayfair West, Johannesburg, have laid a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

25 May 2022

Cape Town - SA Human Rights Commission has been asked to probe alleged continual harassment by the City’s law enforcement officers of homeless people in Mitchells Plain.

28 May 2022

KZN premier Sihle Zikalala has accused some NGOs of not sticking to their promise over flood relief efforts.

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) premier Sihle Zikalala has accused some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of not sticking to their promise to assist towards the recovery and rebuilding in the province.

30 May 2022

A Pietermaritzburg residents and ratepayers body has approached the South African Human Rights Association (SAHRC) over Msunduzi’s ongoing billing issues.

According to the letter of complaint from the Msunduzi Association of Residents Ratepayers and Civics (Marcc), the municipality has allegedly violated the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 in respect of illegal disconnection of water and electricity of local residents.

30 May 2022

The parliamentary ad hoc joint committee on flood disaster relief and recovery was briefed on Saturday by Premier Sihle Zikalala and the mayor of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality.

07 June 2022

It is no secret that South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. From class to gender to race to sexuality, it seems that anything we could be unequal about, we excel in.

According to the outgoing South African Human Rights Commission CEO Tseliso Thipanyane, poor governance has plagued the country and become one of its biggest human rights atrocities but the question, here, is if that is our only problem. Is poor governance the only one to blame, or are we, as people in the country, just as to blame.

16 May 2022

The city of Tshwane is investigating water quality concerns in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria following complaints.

The city says it has immediately sent our water and sanitation teams to check the system and conduct tests on the quality of water.