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SAHRC
SAHRC on inclusive education in FS
The South African Human Rights Commission in the Free State says more still needs to be done to promote inclusive education.
Exclusion of persons with disabilities not allowed – FS SAHRC
Unemployment of persons with disabilities, accessibility to the government, municipal buildings and public transport are some of the major challenges still experienced by persons living with disabilities.
Media Statement: SAHRC Commemorates International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 3 December 2018
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) commemorates International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992. It aims to promote the rights and well-being of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of PwD in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. The theme for 2018 is “Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. This theme is inspired by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which pledges to “leave no one behind”.
Media Alert: The South African Human Rights Commission to conduct a site inspection at key discharge points in the City of Ekurhuleni following the Vaal Inquiry
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
30 NOVEMBER 2018
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) will conduct an inspection of key discharge points in the City of Ekurhuleni which are responsible for removal of effluent flowing into the Vaal River. These key plants are allegedly the point of discharge of the pollutant-containing effluent.
Media Invite: SAHRC in partnership with Legal Aid South Africa and Ptobono.Org to embark on a community awareness and information session in Durban
Attention: Editors and Reporters
29 November 2018
The SAHRC, Legal Aid SA and ProBono.Org will be hosting an outreach clinic at Warwick Junction in Durban. This initiative is designed to inform the community about their rights and responsibilities; to create a platform for the community to engage directly with stakeholders and to provide a free legal advisory desk.
Media Invite: SAHRC Mpumalanga Provincial Office to convene an investigative inquiry into sewerage spillage and waste challenges in Nkomazi and Lekwa Local Municipalities
Attention: Editors and Reporters
28 November 2018
In the last few years, the South African Human Rights Commission in Mpumalanga (“Commission”) has received a number of complaints relating to sewerage spillages and waste water treatment challenges in various municipalities in Mpumalanga. The complaints alleged that the sewerage spillages and/or the inadequate treatment of waste water violated the affected communities’ right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being (section 24 of the Constitution), as well as the affected communities’ right to clean water (section 27 of the Constitution) and their right to dignity (section 10 of the Constitution).
Herman Mashaba's ebola remarks 'border on xenophobia' - SAHRC
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has rejected an apology by Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba for his remarks about ebola. And the Human Rights Commission says it will be contacting Mashaba about his remarks "which could be regarded as a violation of the constitution".
Velaphi Khumalo apologises for anti-white hate speech
Velaphi Khumalo, the man who wrote on Facebook that blacks should do to white people what “Hitler did to the Jews”, on Friday apologised to the nation.
The High Court and Equality Court, sitting in Johannesburg, declared last month that Khumalo’s comments that he made in his January 2006 post were hate speech.
SAHRC to begin second leg of probe into Vaal River contamination
The inquiry will now investigate what could be causing the contamination.
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission will begin the second leg of an inquiry into allegations of raw sewage spilling into the Vaal River on Monday.
Mashaba in trouble with Human Rights Commission over ebola claim
Rights body is gunning for Herman Mashaba over his controversial comments about ebola.
Mashaba yesterday apologised for his "insensitive" comments following his "citizen's arrest" of an undocumented foreign national transporting cow heads in a trolley in the Johannesburg CBD.
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