The SAHRC will further conduct a follow up inspection at Greenville Primary School on the same day

02 June 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (The Commission) will be instituting legal proceedings against Mr Steve Hofmeyr.

31 May 2022

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The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will conduct National Schools Moot Court Competition (NSMCC) workshops with schools in the Ngaka Modiri Molema, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, DR Kenneth Kaunda and Bojanala Districts.

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24 May 2022

As part of Child Protection week, the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office in collaboration with the KZN Provincial Office of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development will be embarking on an integrated advocacy campaign in schools in the Zululand District, Mahlabathini CMC.

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18 May 2022

The Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO), in collaboration with Community Advice Office South Africa (CAOSA), will be hosting a Human Rights capacity building workshop in Mpumalanga.  The workshop is aimed at capacitating the Commission’s human rights champions and CAOSA coordinators to be able to conduct monitoring and submit reports on human rights violations in their localities.

Media Advisory

18 May 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission has sadly learned of the untimely death of Professor Barry Hanyane. Professor Hanyane died on 11 May 2022 in hospital in Johannesburg. Prof Hanyane was an Associate Professor at the North West University in the Department of Public Management and Administration.

17 May 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) was first  commemorated in 2004 to raise awareness of the violence and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, including all people who have diverse gender identities or gender expressions. The date of May 17th was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. The theme for 2022 is ‘Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights’.  

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12 May 2022

As part of the 2022 National Schools Moot Court Competition (NSMCC), the SAHRC KZN Provincial Office and the KZN Department of Education are conducting workshops on essay writing. The Workshops have been organised into clusters for mainstream schools and individual workshops for schools admitting learners with disabilities. 

16 April 2022

Human rights activist Rhoda Kadalie, 68, has died after a battle with lung cancer.

Her daughter, Julia Pollak, confirmed the death to News24.

15 April 2022

SAHRC also called for more attention to be given to the impact of climate change

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said the State must ensure that humanitarian aid actually reaches those that need it after the floods in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and is not lost to corruption or maladministration.

4 April 2022

Close to 60 schools across  North West have poor infrastructure, says the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

Osmond Mngomezulu, the commission’s office manager in the province, said even though it initially received complaints about six schools, its scope was widened when it identified more schools during their assessment.