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SAHRC
Media Statement: Western Cape Provincial Office alert on severe weather being experienced in the Western Cape
Attention Editors and Reporters
Friday, 8 May 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) notes with concern the impact of severe weather across the Western Cape, particularly in the Garden Route District and other parts of the country. Schools and clinic closures and infrastructure damage have disrupted the rights to education, healthcare, freedom of movement, and consequently human dignity as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
The SAHRC launches a Rights-and-Responsibilities Campaign and calls for an Afrocentric notion of Human Rights and Freedom
As Freedom Month draws to a close, we would do well to remember Madiba’s words: "The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility.” Nelson Mandela spoke these words in 1995 during the State of the Nation address. It could be said that Mandela was invoking a notion of freedom that goes beyond the Eurocentric and liberal model. The Botho/Ubuntu notion of freedom conceptualises freedom as ‘freedom for responsibility’, rather than the freedom to do as one pleases.
Media Statement: South African Human Rights Commission celebrates Freedom Day
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 27 April 2026
On this Freedom Day, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) joins the country in celebrating 32 years since the transition from apartheid to a democratic dispensation.
Media Statement: Constitutional Court Clarifies the Powers of the SAHRC in Agro Data Judgment
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 23 April 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) notes the judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court concerning the nature and scope of its powers under section 184 of the Constitution.
Media Statement: The South African Human Rights Commission releases an inquiry report highlighting that municipalities in the NORTHERN Cape Province are in a dire state
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
Today, 22 April 2026, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) launched its Inquiry Report into the state of service delivery at local government level in the Northern Cape Province (Report). The Report emanates from a comprehensive inquiry conducted by the SAHRC through its Northern Cape Provincial Office following a series of complaints regarding service delivery challenges across several municipalities in the Northern Cape Province.
Media Advisory: Constitutional Court to deliver judgment on the nature of the South African Human Rights Commission’s powers
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Tomorrow, 22 April 2026, at 10:00, the Constitutional Court will hand down judgment in the matter of SAHRC v Agro Data CC and FC Boshoff, concerning the binding nature of directives issued by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission).
Media Advisory: The South African Human Rights commission to release an Inquiry Report into the State of Service delivery at Local Government Level in the Northern Cape Province
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 20 April 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) will officially release its Inquiry Report into the state of service delivery at local government level in the Northern Cape Province on Wednesday, 22 April 2026.
Media Statement: SAHRC calls for accelerated land reform on the International Day of Peasant Struggles
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 17 April 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) joins the global community in commemorating the International Day of Peasant Struggles, a day that honours the resilience, dignity, and vital contributions of peasants, smallholder farmers, farm workers, and rural communities in advancing food systems and sustaining livelihoods.
Media advisory: The South African Human Rights Commission calls for submissions to its Investigative Inquiry into Water Crisis in Gauteng Province
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 13 April 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) is initiating an investigative inquiry into the Water Crisis in the Gauteng Province. This follows a large volume of complaints received by the Commission on the persistent and widespread water shortages, infrastructure failures, governance challenges, and recurring service delivery disruptions affecting communities across the province.
Investigative Inquiry into Water Crisis in Gauteng Province
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