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'Farm workers are forcibly evicted and dumped by the roadside'

22 December 2017

Regional Commissioner at South African Human Rights Commission, Chris Nissen speaks to CapeTalk's John Maytham after his visit to farm workers who were forcibly evicted in Wellington.

More students come forward in class action lawsuit against Higher Education Department

22 December 2017

At least seven more students from central South Africa will be a part of a class action lawsuit to be launched against the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) early next year.

DA councillor suspended for anti-biker Facebook rant

20 December 2017

Kimberley - DA councillor at the Sol Plaatje Municipality Ockert Fourie, whose 'vitriolic' Facebook post against bikers has gone viral, has not only been suspended from the party, but it also facing a hate speech investigation by the South African Human Rights Commission.
Fourie caused a social media storm at the weekend with a post calling riders of motorcycles, quads and scramblers "rubbish” who made him “blind with anger as they revved their engines” adding that he wanted to see their “blood and brains on lamp poles and in the tar on the road”.

DA councillor suspended after calling for motorcyclists to die

19 December 2017

Cape Town – The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape has suspended a councillor over a social media post in which he said he would like to see motorcyclists die gruesome deaths, the leader in the province said on Tuesday.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Sol Plaatje Municipality councillor Ockert Fourie posted in Afrikaans: "I wish I could just take pieces of steel [and see the] blood and intestines and brains [of motorcyclists] against lamp poles and on tar roads."
Fourie said motorcyclists have little care for the elderly or people who work at night when they make a noise.
"You can’t educate them because they swear and gang up on you and just make more noise," he wrote.

SAHRC receives letter from Unisa to investigate allegations of racism, sexism, and harassment at its Law College

14 December 2017

The Human Rights Commission says it’s received a letter from the University of South Africa (Unisa), asking it to intervene and deal with allegations of racism, sexism, and harassment at its Law College.

Source: SAFM

Human Rights Commission to probe allegations of racism at Unisa’s college of law

14 December 2017

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has confirmed that it has received a request from the vice-chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa) asking it to intervene and deal with allegations of racism, sexism, and harassment at its college of law.

Children illegally detained under Bosasa's watch at Lindela as healthcare crumbles

13 Dec 2017

Dozens of children have been illegally detained at the country’s migrant repatriation centre, Lindela, a report by medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reveal. The accusations come on the heels of allegations of bloody beatings and suspicious deaths at the Krugersdorp centre that activists say operates behind a potentially widening veil of secrecy.
In April, Bosasa guards beat a group of detainees with pipes and fired on them at close range with rubber bullets, says the head of the detention monitoring unit at Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) Kayan Leung.

Suspended KZN health department head quits

12 December 2017

The department head was recently suspended pending an investigation into issues relating to repairs of oncology machines.
Amid ongoing interventions to deal with the oncology crisis in KwaZulu-Natal, Premier Willies Mchunu says he has accepted the resignation of KZN health department head Dr Sifiso Mtshali, Zululand Observer reports.

South African Human Rights Commission commemorates International Human Rights Day

11 December 2017

SAHRC commemorates nternational Human Rights Day by looking back at its work
The 10th of December 2017 marked the commemoration of International Human Rights Day. The day is globally observed annually in remembrance of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by (the then newly formed) United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. This proclamation was the first global expression of human rights and is globally recognised as one of the first major achievements of the fledgling UN. This year, International Human Rights Day began a year-long campaign to mark the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, is the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500 languages.

Know your rights – use the law to save a life

08 December 2017

While we are being called on to wear ribbons of different hues to show our support for campaigns against gender-based violence and there will no doubt be many reminders of what it is we need to do, we, as a society, as a whole need to care more about each other and take a minute to think of those who may need us. That minute may just change or save someone’s life.

Op-Ed: The Glebelands killing fields: Dead - 100, Convicted - 1. And no end in sight for hostel violence

08 December 2017

Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft.
Since the killing began in March 2014, 100 people have died in Glebelands Hostel-related violence in Umlazi, Durban – either violently from the bullets of hit men, or more slowly, from stress-induced illnesses caused by the fear of living daily in the shadow of death. With a death toll now reaching almost four times the number of people killed at Marikana – which evoked worldwide outrage, political humiliation, commissions of inquiry and support groups – it is instructive to reflect on the state's and society's response to Glebelands' ongoing slaughter. By VANESSA BURGER.

MEC Dan Plato holds 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign in Langa and Bonteheuwel, 8 to 9 Dec

8 Dec 2017

As we approach the final days of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign for No Violence Against Women and Children, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, continues with the Department of Community Safety’s special safety outreaches.

This afternoon, Friday 8 December 2017, Minister Plato will take the awareness activities to Langa and conclude the campaign tomorrow morning, Saturday 9 December 2017, in Bonteheuwel (Kreefgat).

Convicted coffin assault duo bail application denied

07 December 2017

The two Mpumalanga farmers Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson who were jailed for assaulting Victor Mlotshwa after forcing him into a coffin have been denied bail by the Middelburg High Court on Thursday.
The duo had approached the court to grant them bail while they await the final decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal regarding their jail sentences.

IFP Applauds Human Rights Commission for Seminar on GMO Safety

07 December 2017

The Inkatha Freedom Party is extremely pleased to announce that the Human Rights Commission conducted their first seminar into GMOs and their impact on human rights, at the their offices in Braamfontein yesterday 6 December.
This was after a complaint had been lodged on 16 September 2016 by Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP, supported by the South African Traditional Doctors Union and the Cancer Association of South Africa [CANSA].

Shocking statistics were released about the LBGT community

06 December 2017

Shocking statistics were released about the LBGT community. The South African Institute of Race Relations study found that four out of ten LGBT South Africans know of someone who has been murdered for being gay. The presenter speaks to a researcher and he explains the findings.

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The CCMA hosts its annual Indaba in Durban

5 December 2017

The Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is hosting its annual 2017 CCMA Indaba on 7 and 8 December 2017, at the Elangeni Hotel, Durban. The conference will be attended by Members of the Portfolio Committee on Labour, representatives from the Ministry and Department of Labour, Judges of the Labour and High Courts, labour market experts, strategic partners, Members of the CCMA Governing Body and its Committees, as well as CCMA Staff and Commissioners.

MEDIA ALERT: Minister Plato takes 16 Days of Activism Campaign to Hangberg

5 December 2017

MEDIA ALERT: Minister Plato takes 16 Days of Activism Campaign - “SPEAK OUT – BE THE VOICE OF COURAGE” to Hangberg

This afternoon, Tuesday 5 December 2017, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, will take the Department of Community Safety’s 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign to Hangberg, Hout Bay.

Gauteng Education to meet parents over new Noordgesig principal

04 December 2017

Officials from the Gauteng Department of Education are set to meet with parents and community organisations opposing the appointment of a new principal at Noordgesig Primary School – allegedly due to race.
The engagement comes after classes were disrupted at the school on Friday by parents and organisations claiming the black headmaster was imposed on them.

Economic and Social Rights 2016/17 SAHRC Report

Economic and Social Rights 2016/17 SAHRC Report | PMG

05 December 2017

Chairperson: Ms N Mafu (ANC)

Meeting Summary

The Committee welcomed the offer by the South African Human Rights Commission to assist the Committee in understanding the issues around special needs housing as that was one of the urgent policy needs that had to be dealt with by the Committee.

The 2017 Child Gauge: How we can turn around R300bn in damage to SA's children

30 November 2017

The annual South African Child Gauge has been released, and the results were not surprising: our children are in trouble. But as State Capture becomes an increasingly familiar part of our national vocabulary, and the budget for tertiary education dominates headlines, one wonders: where is the money going to come from to take care of the next generation? By MARELISE VAN DER MERWE.

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Meeting Summary

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