5 April 2018

Johannesburg - Convicted racist Vicki Momberg could sink into deeper trouble as she has until Friday to file answering papers to the contempt charges laid by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

5 April 2018

Anti-apartheid leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who died in Johannesburg on 2 April 2018, spent a large part of her 81-year life in Gauteng. She will be buried in Johannesburg on 14 April, and there is a 10-day national memorial period.

5 April 2018

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is to ask President Cyril Ramaphosa to keep a promise made in 2014 to stop farm evictions until people can be given dignified housing.

4 April 2018

OFM News was just informed that an agreement has been reached between The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Mangaung Metro in the Brandwag-eviction crisis that was unfolding in Bloemfontein today.

4 April 2018

Various residents are still locked out of their homes at the Brandwag flats in Bloemfontein.

This comes despite an agreement reached earlier between the South African Human Rights Commission and the Manguang Metro.
This morning more than 65 Bloemfontein families were evicted out of their Brandwag Municipal flats . Residents and their belongings were also left stranded in the rain before the SAHRC intervened.

4 April 2018

The sentencing of former estate agent Vicki Momberg has sparked debate about the differences in the sentences various courts have imposed for crimes stemming from similar incidents.

4 April 2018

Momberg was found guilty last year for shouting racial slurs at a black police officer trying to assist her following an alleged smash and grab incident.

4 April 2018

Despite numerous high-profile cases, South Africans are still being snared by their own social media platforms. Legalbrief reports that the latest case involves two Department of Justice employees who have been suspended after they used racial slurs to describe a colleague in Facebook exchanges.

04 April 2018

In a unanimous show of unity by its members the SA Country Clubs have invited representatives from the SA Harness Racing Club based at Globe Derby Park to attend and participate in future Country Club Meetings.

4 April 2018

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) received 486 racism complaints for the 2016/2017 period and most centred around hate speech and the use of the k-word, among others.