19 May 2021

An international children’s organisation has told the South African Human Rights Commission that teachers in Limpopo who have long been in the profession use corporal punishment because that is the only form of discipline they know.

18 May 2021

JOHANNESBURG - The Human Rights Commission says bullying is rife in Limpopo and strong action needs to be taken against perpetrators.

18 May 2021

The South African Human Rights Commission in Limpopo heard on Tuesday that primary school learners in some schools are sexually assaulted by male teachers. This emerged on the first day of the commission’s hearings into bullying, corporal punishment and sexual relations between educators and learners in Limpopo.

16 May 2021

Limpopo Transport and Community Safety MEC, Mavhungu Lerule Ramakhanya, has urged other victims of abuse to break the silence.

He was reacting to the arrest of a 50-year-old Mbilwi Secondary School educator who is accused of repeatedly raping a learner in 2018.

The man will appear before the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court on Monday for three counts of rape.

17 May 2021

A 50-year-old teacher from Mbilwi Secondary School in Thohoyondou, in Limpopo, was in the dock for allegedly raping a 17-year-old pupil on multiple occasions.

17 May 2021

THE SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be conducting a hearing into bullying, corporal punishment and sexual relations between educators and pupils in Limpopo province.

4 June 2021

ATT: Editors and Reporters

03 June, 2021 (Tshwane): The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) met with Cornwall Hill College to offer its aid in the school’s transformation journey.

2 June 2021
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or the Commission), and the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) share a memorandum of cooperation and have, recently embarked on a collaborative new project with the support of the European Union  to support the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the prevention and response to racist and xenophobic violence, and related hate crimes.

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1 JUNE 2021

Since May 2020, the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) has been receiving service delivery complaints against Lekwa Local Municipality (Lekwa). The issues complained of ranged from water cuts to electricity cuts, as well as the non-collection of refuse, potholes and unattended water leakages and sewage spillages.

01 June 2021
Attention: Editors and Reporters

On Wednesday, 02 June 2021, the South African Human Rights Commission (“The Commission”) will be meeting with traders at KwaMai-Mai market to hear challenges they are facing. This follows a complaint in which they allege unjust treatment by the City of Johannesburg Property Company.