Attention: Editors and Reporters
17 April 2023
As part of the 2023 National Schools Moot Court Competition (NSMCC), the SAHRC KZN Provincial Office and the KZN Department of Education will be conducting workshops on essay writing. The workshops have been organised into joint education district clusters.
03 April 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission in Gauteng kicks off its Social Harmony Through National Effort (SHINE) initiatives in the month of April 2023. The SHINE initiative is intended to encourage social harmony through national efforts. The Gauteng provincial office theme is “POSITIVE DIALOGUE IS OUR SAVING GRACE” focusing on the importance of dialogue and the sharing of lived experiences through our own narratives.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
27 March 2023
In terms of sections 13(1) (b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) Act 40 of 2013, the Commission must develop and conduct educational programmes to foster public awareness and understanding of Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Further, the Commission has a duty to maintain close liaison and institutions with similar objectives in order to foster common policies, practices and to further the objectives and mandate of the Commission. Finally, the Commission may consider recommendations, suggestions and requests concerning the promotion of respect of human rights it may receive from any other source. This includes the media.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
20 March 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) Eastern Cape Provincial Office will be hosting a Human Rights Day event in Kariega KwaNobuhle in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
In order to raise awareness and combat human rights challenges, the SAHRC in Eastern Cape intends to host an information sharing session to provide a platform where the Commission has invited different stakeholders that support democracy and provide services. A complaints handling helpdesk will be provided.
17 March 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
To commemorate and celebrate Human Rights Day, the Gauteng Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission and Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc will host a Human Rights Day Celebration with Ikaneng Primary School. The school's learners were given the task to “Design a Human Rights Logo” based on their understanding of human rights and the responsibilities accompanying them.
15 March 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Annually, South Africa commemorates national Human Rights Day on 21 March and March as human rights month. The day commemorates the sacrifice of the 69 people who lost their lives, whilst protesting repressive, apartheid pass laws on the day in 1960 at Sharpeville, but also celebrates the Constitution as the key framework for the achievement of a rights-based society as well as the advancement of human rights.
15 March 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
On 14 March 2023, the SAHRC released its report following an investigation of allegations that, during the March 2021 welcoming period at certain Stellenbosch University residences, students were compelled to not speak any language other than English.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
13 March 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is pleased to announce that a settlement has been reached with Mr Steve Hofmeyr in a matter pertaining to comments he made on social media relating to the LGBTIQ+ community. The settlement agreement has been made order of court.
13 March 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office will conduct human rights month commemorative events, in the Zululand and Amajuba Districts from the 13th – 22nd of March 2023.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
8 March 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) KZN provincial office will be hosting a roundtable discussion on “Balancing the right to basic education and the best interest of the child in Independent Schools”.
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