22 September 2021

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) joins the rest of the nation in mourning the passing of Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Hlengiwe Mkhize who, sadly, passed away on the 16th September 2021 after a short illness.

20 September 2021

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in partnership with the Health IQ Consulting will be hosting a dialogue on ‘Dignified Rights’ which seeks to raise awareness about the vulnerability of Mental Health Care Users.

20 September 2021

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) will hold a National Investigative Hearing into the July 2021 unrest, which affected especially the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, the causes of the unrest as well as the impact of the unrest on human rights. The Hearing will commence on the 15th November 2021 and is planned to be heard over a three week period until the 3rd December 2021.

17 September 2021

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

On 18 September 2021, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will host the oral round of the National Schools Moot Court Competition (NSMCC). The NSMCC is a collaboration between the National Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) and the SAHRC.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
16 September 2021

As part of the 2021 Schools Moot Court Competition and following the success of Mpumalanga learners who participated in the essay writing phase of the competition, the Mpumalanga provincial office of the South African Human Rights Commission in collaboration with Department of Basic Education and the Department of Justice in Mpumalanga will be hosting the learners as they now take part in the provincial oral round of the competition.  

13 September 2021

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office, working with the Department of Justice and Community Advice Office South Africa, will conduct capacity building workshops on the right to equality.

13 September 2021

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) launched its Position Paper and campaign on the Right to Read and Write on 8th September at the Constitutional Court (Braamfontein). The Position Paper was prepared by the Section 11 Committee on the Right to Read and Write, a formally constituted sub-committee of the South African Human Rights Commission. The Section Eleven Committee is comprised of esteemed members of academia, organisations and individuals dedicated to the advancement of education, children’s rights, education, literacy, language, disability, economic and constitutional law.  The Committee’s work was ably coordinated by Prof Nic Spaull from Stellenbosch University.  The project was sponsored by the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and the Zenex Foundation.

10 September 2021

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission will be hosting a virtual Moot Court preparatory workshop aimed at preparing learners from the ten participating schools, for their provincial moot court oral rounds.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

09 September 2021

The South African Human Rights Commission working in partnership with the Eastern Cape Education Department, Walter Sisulu University and Fort Hare University, will host the provincial rounds of the moot court competition. 

ATT: Editors and Reporters
7 September 2021

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) will launch a position paper and campaign on the Right to Read and Write on 8th September at the Constitutional Court (Braamfontein). This paper defines the core necessary conditions as well as the required outcomes or minimum standards of the right to read and write, and outlines what it means to read for meaning.