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Attention: Editors and Reporters
Today the world marks World Refugee Day, which is an international day for commemorating and honouring the strength and courage of refugees from across the globe. The day was first organized by the United Nations in June 2001, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees – to which South Africa is a member State. The day is also aimed at raising awareness about the particular challenges that occur in the refugee lived experience.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) will conclude the receipt of oral evidence in the National Investigative Hearing into the July 2021 Unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng Provinces, on Tuesday, 21 June 2022.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) is a Constitutional body, established to support constitutional democracy in terms of Section 181 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Constitution).
Attention: Editors and Reporters
On Friday, 17 June 2022, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (“the Commission”) Provincial Manager will visit Mogale City following reports of continued harassment and abuse by the Mogale City Public Safety unit against homeless people.
16th June 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or SAHRC) joins in the commemoration of Youth Day, observed each year on the 16th June, under the important theme seeking to focus our attention on: “Promoting sustainable livelihood and resilience of young people for a better tomorrow”.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Commemoration of Youth Day on the 16th of June coincides with the Day of the African Child every year.
In South Africa, the 16th of June 1976 has left an indelible mark on South Africa’s history and transition toward a constitutional democracy. Approximately 10 000 black school children marched peacefully to demonstrate and protest against the then government’s directive of decreeing Afrikaans as the language of instruction for the Bantu education curriculum. The youth of 1976 are remembered for their struggle for human rights, a struggle that insisted on an equal and quality education.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
13 June 2022
The SAHRC Eastern Cape provincial office will this week be embarking on conducting various monitoring activities within the Amathole West and Chris Hani West Districts. Section 184 (1) (c) of the South African Constitution states that the Commission must monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic.
13 June 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Free State provincial office in partnership with the Free State Department of Education, University of the Free State and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development will be conducting a workshop for schools in the Xhariep District in preparation for the National Schools Moot Court Competition essay rounds.
Friday, 10 June 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission is concerned that the Rahima Moosa Hospital has suspended Dr. Tim de Maayer for airing the concerns regarding conditions which appear to him to be threatening the lives of children at the hospital. The Commission recalls that it had to visit the same hospital in 2018 after a number of babies died. At that time, the hospital complained of a variety of problems, including staff shortages and a lack of equipment and other necessities.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission, Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) working in partnership with the Eastern Cape Education Department and Fort Hare University, will conduct the workshop for schools in the Amathole West District in preparation of the moot court competition essay rounds.
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.
02 June 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (The Commission) will be instituting legal proceedings against Mr Steve Hofmeyr.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
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.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
Friday, 06 May 2022
The SAHRC (“the Commission or the SAHRC”) has noted that the residents of Tongaat and the surrounding areas have been without water for approximately 24 (twenty-four) days due to extensive infrastructure damage caused to the water treatment plant following the recent floods in the Province. The SAHRC is extremely concerned with the impact of the disruption of the water supply on the local community/s, businesses, schools and other organisations/institutions and the length of time that the necessary repairs are expected to take.
05 May 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission will be conducting a human rights champion workshops on 05 and 06 May 2022. The identified human rights champions will be empowered on the mandate of the South African Human Rights Commission.
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