Attention: Editors and Reporters
Saturday, 16 November 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC / the Commission) has noted an article in the Daily Maverick on claims of political bias, racism and the muddling of the July’s People: National Investigative Hearing Report into the July 2021 Unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (July Unrest report). Given the significance of these topics, the Commission is taking this opportunity to clarify its position on several key issues highlighted in the article.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 15 November 2024

Today, 15 November 2024, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) has served court papers on Mr Louis Liebenberg over alleged racist utterances. This follows the SAHRC filing of an application in the Equality Court sitting in the Pretoria High Court on 7 November 2024, against Mr Liebenberg over the same utterances.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 15 November 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ Commission) has noted reports regarding the ongoing operation “Vala Umgodi” at a disused mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West Province.

Attention Editors and Reporters
Friday, 15 November 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Child Rights Unit (CRU) will be hosting activations on children’s rights across various provinces in South Africa. The activations aim to educate children from various socio-economic backgrounds on their rights and responsibilities.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) will conduct a human rights awareness workshop in the Devon area, together with the UP UP UP Youth Project.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Earlier today, 13 November 2024, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) launched its investigative report on the investigation it conducted on incomplete and inadequate Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses in the North West province. This investigation, initiated through multiple complaints dating back to 2021, underscores a systemic issue affecting housing projects across the province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 12 November 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) is set to launch its investigative report on the longstanding issue of incomplete and inadequate Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses in the North West province. This investigation follows multiple complaints dating back to 2021, underscores a systemic issue affecting housing projects across the province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 11 November 2024

Commissioner Tshepo Madlingozi is conducting monitoring visits and stakeholder engagements in the Free State on 11 and 12 November 2024. The two day-activities were necessitated by a number of human rights challenges in the province that fall within the purview of Commissioner Madlingozi’s focal areas of Equality, Anti-Racism, Justice & Education.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 8 November 2024

In line with its constitutional duty to promote and protect human rights, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has made a submission to the Meta Oversight Board (MOB), reiterating that South Africa’s courts have already pronounced on the issue of harmful symbols such as the apartheid-era flag. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision in Afriforum NPC v Nelson Mandela Foundation Trust confirmed that the gratuitous display of the apartheid flag constitutes hate speech. This settled legal position sets a clear standard, and Meta, as well as other social media platforms, are expected to align its content moderation policies accordingly.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 08 November 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Limpopo Provincial Office (LPO), with the support of the Office of Commissioner Nomahlubi Khwinana, have monitored several hospitals, schools, places of safety, and older persons homes in Limpopo Province.