Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 17 January 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) in the Northern Cape Province will be conducting monitoring during the schools reopening for the 2025 academic year. The main objective of this monitoring initiative is to evaluate the current state of human rights in education, emphasising aspects that directly impact on learners, parents, and educators.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has learned with grave sadness of the death of another child after being hit by a stray bullet in what is believed to be a gang-related shooting in the Cape Flats, Western Cape.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 15 January 2025

As the 2025 school year commences, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) would like to wish all learners, educators, parents and other stakeholders involved in advancing the realisation of the right to education a successful academic year ahead. The Commission further wishes to congratulate all matriculants and educators on achieving the highest matric pass rate since the dawn of democracy. May this coming academic year see even higher pass rates.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 9 JANUARY 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) has noted media reports regarding the completion of the first phase of the Magalies Klipdrift Water Treatment Plant by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. It is reported that water supplied from the Magalies Klipdrift Water Treatment Plant is safe for consumption.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 09 January 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) confirms that it has received complaints and has noted the various social media posts related to the alleged racist incident which took place during a flight from Durban to Cape Town on 26 December 2024.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 31 December 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) takes this opportunity to reflect on significant human rights issues in 2024, integral to its ongoing constitutional mandate. The Commission expresses deep concern that despite the concerted efforts of various stakeholders to foster the full realisation of human rights, considerable challenges remain entrenched in society.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 23 December 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has written to the National Commissioner, Lt. Gen. Fannie Masemola, of the South African Police Service to express its deep concern over the number of human rights complaints that it continues to receive in respect of the arrest of adult private users, possessors and cultivators of cannabis – particularly within the Rastafari community.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Sunday, 22 December 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has noted the saddening reports of the burning of the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court in the Western Cape on Saturday night, 21 December 2024.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 20 December 2024

On Thursday, 20 December 2024, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) hosted the first launch of the Intersex Children: Guide for Parents Pamphlet. The SAHRC note that the rights of intersex persons, particularly children, are perpetually overlooked. In line with its constitutional mandate to promote, protect, and monitor the observance of human rights, the Commission augment the promoton of the rights of intersex persons, beginning at the time of birth.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 19 December 2024

On Tuesday, 18 December 2024, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission), through the Office of Commissioner Madlingozi, together with the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office (KZNPO), met with the KwaZulu Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, supported by the KZN South Africa Police Service (SAPS) Senior Management to discuss a range of human rights issues.