Attention: Editors and Reporters
16 August 2023
The Commissioners and the North West Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission are scheduled to meet with the Provincial Executive of the North West Province to discuss human rights concerns in the province. Some of the issues of concern include service delivery challenges at the local and provincial government level, governance and leadership challenges faced by some municipalities and provincial departments which impact the realisation of human rights.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
15 August 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission Gauteng provincial office will visit Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) on 15 August 2023.
The hospital is an accredited central hospital which serves patients from across the Gauteng province as well as neighbouring provinces. Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital offers a full range of tertiary, secondary and highly specialised services.
Thursday, 10 August 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
In 2013, the South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC) instituted proceedings against Rev Bougardt regarding discriminatory statements he had made against gay and lesbian people between October 2011 and November 2012. In 2014, a court order (the 2014 Order) was issued in terms of which Rev Bougardt was found to have been in breach of Section 10 (1) of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (the Equality Act) by making the said discriminatory statements and ordered him to refrain from making similar statements in future.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
09 August 2023
09 August is National Women’s Day. This is a significant calendar day in the history of human rights, the dismantling of apartheid and the birth of equality rights in the country.
Women faced double discrimination during apartheid, they endured both racism and sexism.
7 August 2023
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s in North West Province will convene the second sitting of its provincial investigative inquiry into unfinished and inadequate RDP houses in the North West on 8 August 2023. The provincial investigative inquiry forms part of an ongoing investigation into the challenges relating to RDP houses in the province.
5 August 2023
ATT: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ Commission) met with Crawford College International, Pretoria as part of an own accord investigation.
The meeting follows the release of a video of a substitute Grade 8 English teacher writing racist terms on a whiteboard during a lesson. In the video, learners can be heard complaining about the conduct of the teacher.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
4 AUGUST 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) will meet with the management of Crawford International, Pretoria, on 4 August 2023.
02 August 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) in Limpopo undertakes the training of the clerks of the Equality Courts and court managers in the province on the procedure and operations of the Equality Courts.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
31 July 2023
The North West Provincial Office of the Commission (“NWPO”) will be launching its Social Harmony National Effort (“SHiNE”) initiative under the theme of “Good Governance Starts at Home: Empowered Women a Cornerstone of Strong Families and Communities”.
The closing date for entries has been extended to 8 August 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
25 July 2023
The SAHRC together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Clive Sithole Ceramics (Durban), Imiso Ceramics (Cape Town), and Van Schaik Bookstore, wishes to invite youth below the age of 18 years in the KwaZulu Natal Province to submit their clay works that demonstrate their interpretations and reflections on the meaning of the July Unrest and the April 2022 Floods.
20 July 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission has partnered with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and the Nelson Mandela Foundation to host a day of dialogue, memory and nation-building, reckoning with the “July Unrest” by invoking the legacies of Sanusi Credo Mutwa and Chief Albert Luthuli. The convening will take place on the 21st of July 2023 - Sanusi Credo Mutwa's birthday and the anniversary of the passing on of Chief Luthuli.
17 July 2023
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is mandated in terms of section 184(1) to promote respect for human rights and a culture of human rights, to promote the protection, development and attainment of human rights, as well as to monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic of South Africa. This mandate provides the Commission with an opportunity to ensure redress, and to ensure that the culture of human rights is upheld in the country.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
14 July 2023
The South African Human Rights Commission has partnered with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and the Nelson Mandela Foundation to host a day of dialogue, memory and nation-building, reckoning with the “July Unrest” by drawing on the legacies of Sanusi Credo Mutwa and Chief Albert Luthuli. The convening will take place on the 21st of July, 2023 - Sanusi Credo Mutwa's birthday and the anniversary of the passing on of Chief Luthuli.
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The Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to support constitutional democracy. It is committed to promote respect for, observance of and protection of human rights for everyone without fear or favour.
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