Date: 23 August 2022  

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) is a Constitutional body, established to support constitutional democracy in terms of Section 181 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Constitution). Section 184(1) (b) of the Constitution obliges the Commission to promote the protection of human rights and monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic of South Africa.

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23 August 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission KwaZulu Natal provincial office (KZNPO) in partnership with the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network will host a roundtable discussion on the special situation regarding women human rights defenders in KwaZulu Natal, to commemorate women’s month.

22 August 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) has learnt of the passing of Mr Lindokuhle Mnguni, the Chairperson of eKhenana Community and a leader within the Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement, a social movement representing the interests of shack dwellers in South Africa.  According to reports, Mr Lindokuhle Mnguni died on Saturday, 20th August 2022, at his home in eKhenana, Cato Manor Durban. Two armed men are alleged to have shot the activist to death.  

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22 August 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Eastern Cape provincial office will be embarking on various monitoring activities in Alfred Nzo and O.R. Tambo Districts. Section 184 (1) (c) of the South African Constitution states that the Commission must monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic.  The role of monitoring and assessing human rights and potential human rights violations provides an opportunity for the Commission to ensure redress and to ensure that human rights are upheld.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

19 August 2022

On 17 August, the Times Online published an article that implied that the MEC of Education in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, was not opposed to the use of corporal punishment in schools to enforce discipline. If these insinuations by the Times Live report are indeed accurate, the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) would be concerned, in light of the right to bodily and psychological integrity and the right not to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman and degrading manner and particularly given the lack of agency that learners have and the extremely violent society in which we live.

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19 August 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission will be conducting an Equality Workshop for MJ Labs. The workshop is aimed at capacitating workers on the right to equality and the rights of people living with disabilities.

18 August 2022

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The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Free State provincial office in partnership with the Free State Department of Education, University of the Free State and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development will be conducting a provincial workshop for schools as a preparation for the National Schools Moot Court Competition.

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18 AUGUST 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission will be conducting a Disability and Equality Workshop for Gibela Rail Transport Consortium. The workshop is aimed at capacitating workers on the right to equality and the rights of people living with disabilities.

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15 August 2022

The SAHRC Western Cape provincial office will this week be embarking on various monitoring and advocacy activities in the Overberg District Municipality. Section 184 (1) (c) of the South African Constitution states that the Commission must monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic.  The role of monitoring and assessing human rights and potential human rights violations, provides for an opportunity for the Commission to ensure redress and to ensure that human rights are upheld in the Republic.

14 AUGUST 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“the Commission”) KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Inquiry on access to water will commence on Monday, 15 August 2022 and will continue until Friday, 19 August 2022.