09 May 2019

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is concerned about how the visually impaired were treated at the polls on Wednesday.

08 May 2019

The identity of the man could not be confirmed by police at the time of going to press. However, we will follow the story closely and report on any subsequent arrests and/or court appearances.

06 May 2019

The party has been ordered to remove the slogan from its regalia and social media accounts and may face criminal charges, but plans to appeal.

The Equality Court on Monday found Andile Mngxitama’s party, Black First Land First (BLF), guilty of hate speech.

06 May 2019

The court has given the BLF a month to remove the contentious slogan from its website, as well as its regalia and other public platforms.

06 May 2019

The Equality Court has found that the Black First Land First (BLF) political slogan on land is hate speech.

05 May 2019

"Alexandra is quickly deteriorating every minute, soon the entire township will be a slum."
These were the words of community leader Sandile Mavundla, who took officials from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and members of the Office of the Public Protector on an inspection of the area, as their probe into the Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP) kicked off on Friday morning.

05 May 2019

BRAAMFONTEIN – This is connection with a Tweet he made last November on his ebola remarks.

Buang Jones, Gauteng provincial manager at the office of the Human Rights Commission announced that City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba will undergo a diversity programme next month.

03 May 2019

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will on Friday conduct a joint inspection in Alexandra, Johannesburg, together with the office of the Public Protector, as they begin their probe concerning the Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP).
The programme was meant to address urbanisation and housing challenges in South Africa. The estimated budget for the ARP in 2011, which was for the redevelopment of Alexandra, was R1.3bn over seven years.

19 May 2019

The Department of Home Affairs has approached the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to help it clear the 150,000 backlog of refugee status appeals, according to Director of Asylum Seekers, Mandla Madumisa.

21 May 2019

PRETORIA - Home Affairs has been criticised for the long wait for the turn around of asylum-seeking and permanent residency applications.
Some people have complained of wait times over two years for permanent residency applications.