19 December 2021

THE South African Human Rights Commission has appealed for calm and peace in the country. This follows the court nullifying the decision on the Department of Correctional Services’ granting medical parole to former president Jacob Zuma.
The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, rescinded the decision last week, and ordered that Zuma return to the department’s facilities to serve the rest of his sentence, amid threats of violence from Zuma's supporters.

27 December 2021

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) joins the rest of the Nation and the world in mourning the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

21 December 2021

Good morning everyone, and welcome especially to members of the media and everyone else participating in this, the final Monthly Media Briefing by the South African Human Rights Commission for the year 2021.

20 December 2021
Attention Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or the Commission) will host its final monthly media briefing for the year 2021, on Tuesday the 21st December 2021 at 10:00 AM.

The briefing will be led by the Deputy Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission, Fatima Chohan and Commissioner André Gaum.

15 December 2021

Attention:  Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights (the Commission) appeals to the people of South Africa for calm.

It has noted the decision of the North Gauteng High Court nullifying and setting aside the decision of the head of the Department of Correctional Services to grant medical parole to former President Jacob Zuma and ordering the latter to return to Correctional Services to serve the remainder of the sentence that had been imposed on him by the Constitutional Court. The Commission also notes that the social media is already abuzz with statements that have the potential to inflame the situation in the country. Some statements have been made on public news media which can have the same effect. The Commission recalls that such media statements did in fact inflame the situation in June / July 2021 and led to the July unrest that took many innocent lives and resulted in large scale destruction of property in addition to violations of other human rights of many people in the country.  The Commission is in the process of investigating that July unrest.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

12 December 2021

The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) Mpumalanga Provincial office will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Greater Rape Intervention Programme (GRIP).

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 10th December 2021

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the University of Cape Town’s Online High School have partnered on an initiative that aims to accelerate access to Online Learning, particularly for girl children in rural areas. In its pilot phase, set for the 2022 school calendar, this important collaboration will focus on the communities of the Valley of a Thousand Hills, about 50 km northwest of Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 10th December 2021

                      
This year, 2021, the 10th December marks an auspicious day at is the 25th anniversary of the signing of the South African Constitution on International Human Rights Day.

9 December 2021

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The SAHRC Limpopo Provincial Office (LPO) will commemorate International Human Rights Day at the Hlaneki Royal Kraal on 10 December 2021.

‘They still have to tell us who was orchestrating the violence’

26 November 2021

Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Friday the response by the police to the unrest that gripped Gauteng in July was inadequate.

“I have no doubt the police were running around, but their response was not adequate,” Makhura said at the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) hearings on Friday.
“The police still have to tell us who was orchestrating the violence.”