25 July 2020


South African Human Rights Commission's Andre Gaum says There is a growing body of international and local research that indicates devastating and long-term effects for young children not reading and writing for extended periods.

26 July 2020

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has expressed concern over government’s decision to keep schools closed for all grades, except grades 7 and 12.

31 July 2020

The commission conducted a site inspection of the facility on Wednesday to assess its state of readiness ahead of the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

01 August 2020
 
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is expected to meet on Friday with the Competition Commission to probe potential price gouging relating to essential items during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

30 July 2020

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or SAHRC) wishes to clarify that the matter whether to investigate the procurement of PPE is still under discussion and that the announcement this afternoon was unfortunately pre-mature.

29 July 2020

Attention: Editors and Reporters

On Thursday, 30 July 2020, the South African Human Rights Commission (“The Commission”) will conduct a site inspection of the Nasrec field hospital in Johannesburg. The hospital has been established to help alleviate the burden of COVID infections in the province. The Commission seeks to ascertain the facility’s state of readiness to receive an increased number of patients and take stock of any challenges that the facility is facing. This inspection will include engagements with Department of Health officials, organised labour and medical staff.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

23 July 2020

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or the Commission) regards the South African government’s decision to keep schools closed for all grades (except Grades 7 and 12) until 24 August 2020 as regrettable and unjustifiable.
The decision means that by 24 August 2020 over 10 million South African children, depending on the grade they are in, will have lost over 50% or 100 scheduled school days as a result of COVID-19 school closures.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
23 July 2020

The South African Human Rights Commission welcomes the apology from Mr Tony Ehrenreich, to the South African Jewish Board of Deputies regarding a particular statement that circulated on social media in August 2014 which the Commission, after investigation of the complaint, had found demonstrates a clear intention to promote hatred of the members of the Second Complainant in the matter, the SAJBD. The Commission had directed that Mr Ehrenreich apologise to the SAJBD for the statement in question and hereby confirms that such apology has indeed been made by him.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

23 July 2020

In her media statement of 15 July 2020, Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach, MP and DA Spokesperson on Justice and Correctional Services, makes a number of unfounded allegations which, in the view of the South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC), go against the provisions of section 181 (3) read with section 181(4) of the Constitution, among others.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Wednesday, 22 July 2020
    
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) is deeply saddened by the passing of Andrew Mokete Mlangeni, the last remaining Rivonia Trialist.