Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 14 July 2025                                                                                                             

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) will be conducting subpoena hearings against several municipalities in the province, following sustained non-responsiveness to investigations conducted by the Commission.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 10 July 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is gravely concerned by reports of the abrupt delay of social grant payments by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), affecting thousands of children, elderly persons and people with disabilities.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 10 July 2025

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will issue its judgment on Semenya v Switzerland today, 10 July 2010 at 10:00. The Court will publicly deliver the judgment. The video of the hearing will be available at www.echr.coe.int

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 08 July 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) has noted serious allegations of corruption and political interference within the South African Police Service (SAPS). These allegations were made by KwaZulu-Natal Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, during a media briefing on Sunday, July 6, 2025.

By Tshepo Madlingozi and Lee-Anne Germanos ManuelOpinion 

1 July 2025 

South Africa hosted its first ever Pride March in 1990, thanks to the likes of Bev Ditsie, Simon Nkoli and Phumi Mthetwa. In 2006, South Africa became the fifth country in the world to legalise same-sex unions, enabling any person to enter into a civil union. A civil union recognises the same rights and responsibilities as Civil Marriages, with the main difference being its acceptance of all types of relationships on an equal basis.

By Tshepo Madlingozi & Naleli Morojele
04 June 2025

As Africa Month ends, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) wishes to draw attention to a key struggle for African self-determination, remembering and “re-membering”. That struggle is the struggle for the full liberation of cannabis. 

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 07 July 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) will host a high-level hybrid summit on Human Rights and Disinformation on 8 and 9 July 2025 in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 04 July 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (“SAHRC”) joins the rest of the country to mourn the passing away of former Deputy President, Mr David Mabuza. Mr Mabuza passed away at the age of 64 at a hospital in Johannesburg.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 02 July 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) reminds the public and all relevant stakeholders that the right to access healthcare services in South Africa is a universal right afforded to everyone within the Republic’s borders, as guaranteed by the Constitution.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 26 June 2025

Today, June 26, 2025, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) and the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) mark the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture. Under the theme "Torture: A Crime Against Humanity” the significance of this day is traced back to 26 June 1987 when the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) came into force.