27 July 2019

Scathing submissions by staff in the Auditor-General’s office revealed that the Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP) had poor record-keeping, which severely compromised its audit. For example, the original ARP business plan, for which the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements was responsible, is untraceable.

17 July 2019

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has successfully mediated in meetings between residents of Plettenberg Bay,  municipal officials and the local business chamber.

16 July 2019

Parents at a Limpopo primary school are calling for action against the principal who allegedly ordered a group of pupils to empty toilets.
The parents said the children's health was put at risk after they were made to empty the 16 toilets last week, an incident the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said was a "violation of their rights".

15 July 2019

Virtually three 000 pupils, who had been pressured out of sophistication for greater than three months by residents demanding a tarred highway in Zebediela, Limpopo, have now all returned to highschool.

27 July 2019

JOHANNESBURG – The South African Human Rights Commission investigating problems in Alexandra has expressed disappointment over what it calls the conduct of Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile.

29 July 2019

The office of the Auditor-General was unable to confirm on Friday to a South African Human Rights Commission hearing if it had found instances of corruption in the embattled Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP).
Earlier this year, the SAHRC and the Office of the Public Protector launched an investigations into what had happened to the ARP funds, following protests in the township earlier this year.

29 July 2019

Alex inquiry reminds Jones of days he used bucket toilet.

Buang Jones the Gauteng provincial manager of the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), has recently been cast into the spotlight in his quest to restore the dignity of poor black people.

29 July 2019

A routine SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) inspection of Messina Hospital has exposed some shocking conditions - including dirty areas and rotten food - and the CEO has conceded there are not enough staff to clean and manage it.
SAHRC chairperson Bongani Majola visited the hospital in Musina, Limpopo, on Monday and found that it was more "dilapidated and dirty" than expected.

31 July 2019

GDE is facing challenges when it comes to accommodating foreign learners.

The MEC for Education and Youth Development in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, appeared before the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in Alexandra on Wednesday, 24 July.

31 July 2019

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is looking into a video that has surfaced of a woman being forced to eat dog faeces in Elsies River, Cape Town.