Transforming Society
Securing Rights
Restoring Dignity
18 September 2012
By Kayum Ahmed, SAHRC CEO
If you could choose to belong to any racial group, which one would you choose? Forget about the colour of your skin, your ethnic origin, or your mother tongue for a moment.
Would you stick to the racial group that you have historically been assigned to, or would you change your race?
02 October 2011
By Pregs Govender, SAHRC Deputy Chairperson, responsible for Basic Services & Health Care
Plant a tree - preserve our planet: a simple, profound idea. In 1977 Africa’s first Woman Nobel Peace Prize-winner, formed the Green Belt Movement. Built on the recognition and value of rural women’s contribution, it became a catalyst for global change. Wangari Muta Maathai understood humanity’s integral connection to the earth ‘I am part and parcel of the earth...whether you are alive or dead, you are still part of it.”This tribute honours her words of clarity and wisdom.
By the South African Human Rights Commission and Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII).
The South African Human Rights Commission.
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