23 March 2022

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

On 24 March 2022, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will convene the second leg of the provincial investigative enquiry into allegations of inadequate infrastructure in public schools in the North West Province.

18 March 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters

On 29 March 2022, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in partnership with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) through the support of the European Union Delegation to South Africa will convene a workshop at The Old Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill, 286 Fox Street, Johannesburg to discuss the opportunities and challenges in the treatment and protection of women in the criminal justice system through the implementation of the Bangkok Rules in South Africa and the broader SADC region.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

18 March 2022

The Free State Provincial Office (FSPO) will be conducting human rights calendar day event on human rights and corruption.
The post-1994 marked a new dawn for most South Africans especially the historically marginalised groups (Blacks, Coloureds, and Indians) during the apartheid era. This era provided hope for the historically marginalised groups. The new government crafted the Batho Pele Principles White Paper (Setswana/Sesotho word meaning ‘people first’). This policy was planned to transform the public service by putting people first. The Government wanted the public administration, which would be centered around people. This policy has eight service delivery blueprints. These service delivery blueprints were perceived to be the key elements that will make citizens feel content about the public sector. However, for most communities there hasn’t been much change in the new dispensation.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 18 March 2022

The 21st of March, of every year is a day of commemoration for the South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or Commission). The SAHRC is established in terms of Chapter Nine of the Constitution, and is mandated to protect, promote and monitor the attainment as well as the observance of the human rights set out in the Bill of Rights, Chapter Two of the Constitution. Thus, as the day now represents the culmination of the very rights that give all within South Africa the inherent equality, freedom and dignity they deserve.

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17 March 2022

From observations during monitoring conducted at detention centres, the Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has noted that undocumented detainees are not afforded an opportunity to appear before presiding officers in person when extensions of court warrants in terms of Section 34 (1)(d) of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 and Section 34 of the Constitution are considered.

16 March 2022

On 1 March 2022, and as part of the processes of the national hearing into the July 2021 unrest, the South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) visited Alexandra township in Gauteng. For many, the July unrest, and general discontent in many communities like Alex, represent a nudge to society that the benefit of all, equally and without prejudice, from the post-1994 democratic project is a non-negotiable requirement for peace and security. It stands ghastly in the narrative of the democratic experience as a spectral reminder that until all are confident in the progressive realisation of their human rights, none can guarantee the security of theirs.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
17 March 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission in Mpumalanga will be having an engagement on access to sanitary products by menstruating learners within public schools in Mpumalanga.

16 March 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office will conduct human rights month commemorative event, training, and information sessions in the Ugu, Harry Gwala and uMgungundlovu Districts on the 14th - 18th March 2022.

15th March 2022

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission or SAHRC), will release its premiere report, the Trends Analysis Report for the financial year 2019-2020, on Wednesday the 16th March 2022.

15 March 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

On the 11th of March 2022 the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in the Eastern Cape Province hosted a successful engagement with tertiary institutions within the Province. The aim of the engagement was to embark on a formalised relationship with these institutions in order to bolster the SAHRC’s investigation efforts from a research, intervention and technical point of view.