Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office invites the media to attend the Commission’s media stakeholder engagement in KwaZulu Natal.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be convening its first Rights of Rastafari Roundtable as it has become deeply concerned with the continued marginalisation, discrimination, and criminalisation of Rastafari communities in South Africa, despite constitutional rights afforded to them.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) will host stakeholder engagement to analyse challenges in the allocation of housing in the province in accordance with the Housing Demand Database as identified through complaints received by the Provincial Office.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 24 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) will host a Human Rights and Disinformation Summit, which will critically examine the impact of disinformation on human rights. Disinformation—the deliberate spread of false or misleading information—threatens human rights, affecting freedom of expression, access to accurate information, and the right to participate in public affairs. South Africa has witnessed the dangerous consequences of disinformation in various forms.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 24 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) will institute Equality Court proceedings against Mr Nhlamulo ‘Nota’ Baloyi for alleged hate speech.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 21 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) will on Saturday, 22 February 2025, host a National Children’s Rights Conference in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The conference is facilitated through the Commission’s Child Rights Unit (CRU) and is funded by the United Nations Emergency Children’s Fund (UNICEF), themed: "Education is a Human Right”.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 20 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) is aware of an episode on The Hustlers Corner SA, published on YouTube on Monday 17 February 2025 where Mr Nhlamulo ‘Nota’ Baloyi made several statements expressing his views on white people.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 20 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) will commemorate the World Day of Social Justice, celebrated globally on 20 February.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ Commission) has made a submission to the National Treasury regarding the 2025 Budget. In its submission, the Commission calls on the National Treasury to prioritise a human rights-centric and pro-poor approach in the 2025 budget allocations.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) is aware of disturbing videos circulating on social media in which several people are being subjected to humiliation and sexual assault at Zanzou establishment, in Gauteng. The Commission has also noted a statement issued on 17 February 2025 by Zanzou management confirming the veracity of the videos.
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