24 February 2022

Unrest in Soweto was inevitable, a community leader has said, due to housing shortages and unemployment.

Soweto community leader Themba Makhubela gave testimony before the South African Human Rights Commission, during its investigation into the July unrest, on Thursday.

He detailed the socio-economic conditions that had eroded faith in the authorities, saying it was unsurprising the community had begun looting.

24 February 2022

Soweto community leader told the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Thursday that it was “immoral” for police to confiscate fresh food, perishables and liquor from households and shacks in the township because residents were suspected of taking part in the July riots.

25 February 2022

JOHANNESBURG - Community leaders have warned that if no one is held accountable for the July unrest then there is a risk of it happening again.

The South African Human Rights Commission hearings resumed on Thursday with testimony from community leaders from Soweto and Alexandra.

26 February 2022

A Soweto community leader wants the SAHRC to come up with concrete recommendations that will prevent a repeat of the anarchy that broke out in July last year.

CAPE TOWN - A Soweto community leader wants the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to come up with concrete recommendations that will prevent a repeat of the anarchy that broke out in July last year in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that left over 300 people dead.

26 february 2022

Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel said although the failure of law and order was one of the causes of the incidents, there was socio-economic context as well.

DURBAN - Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel on Friday said the country's economic state also contributed to last year's July unrest.

26 February 2022

Police Minister Bheki Cele reiterated the words of President Cyril Ramaphosa when he described the civil unrest that occurred in South Africa in July last year as a "failed insurrection".

26 February 2022

Budgetary constraints and insufficient resources were two issues Police Minister of Police Bheki Cele testified about this week, during the last leg of a South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) hearing into the unrest that caused destruction and led to widespread looting in South Africa in July last year.

Allegations workshop includes being sworn at, sexual degradation, physical abuse and sleep deprivation

27 February 2022

Employees of a direct-marketing insurance company in Durban have turned to the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) to save them from a leadership course in which they say they will be sworn at, belittled  and made to cross-dress and sing nursery rhymes — or face being fired.

28 February 2022

eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda says his knowledge of the July unrest is limited because he was down with Covid-19 at the time.

"Most of the damage had already occurred by then. My personal understanding of the causes was constrained or limited by the fact that I was in isolation and my primary sources of information were the media, social networks and what was told to me by others."

28 February 2022

ollowing his testimony at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Monday, one could be forgiven for thinking that eThekwini’s mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, single-handedly brought about peace and stability in the metro in the aftermath of the July riots.

So self-assured was the mayor regarding his positive influence on matters that he mentioned the word ‘leader’ – in reference to his own leadership – more than 25 times while giving evidence.