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SAHRC

SAHRC

22 November 2019
 
Alexandra residents march to the Johannesburg regional offices in Sandton, 8 April 2019, to protest for service delivery in the township. However, Former Johannesburg city manager Professor Trevor Fowler admitted he could also not rule out that corruption did happen.
25 November 2019

Some of the foreign nationals who have been taking refuge in Cape Town’s Central United Methodist Church have started to accept relocation to other areas within South Africa under a scheme offered by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Attention: Editors and Reporters
27 November 2019

The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”), Mpumalanga provincial office (MPO) will be observing the disability month through an information session on the rights of people with disabilities. The observance aims to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of people with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
26 November 2019

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or the Commission) will host a seminar, hosted by its Research Unit, on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), on Wednesday, the 27th November 2019, at the Commission’s Head Office at 33 Hoofd Street, Forum 3, Braampark, Braamfontein, 2001.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
25 November 2019

The SAHRC Free State Provincial Office will host a series of capacity building workshops in collaboration with Batho Legal Advocacy Centre at the following towns.  
18 November 2019

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and Office of the Public Protector will receive oral statements from individuals who previously held positions of oversight in relation to the Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP).
Friday, 15 November 2019 11:58

Tackle racism with a rights-based approach

15 November 2019

To address the systemic issues of racial discrimination, broad social and economic transformation is required in SA

The dust has settled on the 2019 national elections, and, while politics con-tinues, life goes on much as it always has for the majority of people in South Africa. Poverty and inequality remain stag-geringly high and the face of poverty remains black.
15 November 2019

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or the Commission) condemns the violent attack and assault of Commissioner Chris Nissen, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, other religious leaders and other individuals at the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town.
15 November 2019

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and the Office of the Public Protector will convene a closed-door session of the Alexandra inquiry.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
14 November 2019

On 14 November 2019, the South African Human Rights Commission (“Commission”) convened subpoena proceedings in terms of section 15(1)(c) and (d) of the South African Human Rights Commission Act 40 of 2013 (“SAHRC Act”), following the failure of Mr Rain Moreko, a retired police officer (“Mr Moreko”) and the Mnisi Traditional Council to respond to a complaint levelled against them by the late Mr James Dibuseng Mogakane (“Mr Mogakane”) on 15 October 2018.

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