06 October 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) lauds the decision by the Equality Court, sitting in the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court, in the matter of the South African Human Rights Commission v Velaphi Khumalo and the Legal Resources Centre as Amicus Curiae EQ 6/2016 and EQ1/2108.

05 October 2018

In a moment of anger, ANC member Velaphi Khumalo let rip on Facebook that SA needed to be cleansed of whites, who needed to be treated as Hitler did to the Jews.

06 October 2018

A three-day inquiry hearing of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) was engaged by various water bodies that called for intervention and rescue plans by Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM).

08 October 2018

Velaphi Khumalo guilty of hate speech after he called on Facebook for the country to be “cleansed” of white people, in the same manner Adolf Hitler targeted Jews…
“The utterances of the respondent are declared to be speech prohibited in terms of Section 10(1) of the Equality Act,” ruled Judge Roland Sutherland.

09 October 2018

Velaphi Khumalo asked South Africa to be cleansed of whites, like Hitler did to Jews. By Ciaran Ryan for GROUNDUP.
ANC member Velaphi Khumalo let rip on Facebook that South Africa needed to be cleansed of whites. He said whites needed to be treated as Hitler treated the Jews.
He was responding to an earlier racist comment on social media from Penny Sparrow, who referred to blacks as “monkeys”.
Both, no doubt, have come to rue their remarks. Both recanted. But Judge Roland Sutherland of the Equality Court in Johannesburg was not satisfied with Khumalo’s retraction, especially after Khumalo more recently decided it wasn’t hate speech after all.

09 October 2018

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Tuesday said fashion retailer H&M was making significant strides in rectifying its wrongs after an outcry over a clothing item that featured the words "coolest monkey in the jungle".
The international clothing company caused a stir in January when it advertised the green hoodie in an ad with a black child. Amid a public outcry‚ the brand was accused of racism and was forced to shut over a dozen of its South African outlets after calls for boycotts and the trashing of some of its stores.

10 October 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to apply the same standards on other Ministers and other public office bearers as he did on former minister Nhlanhla Nene.

11 October 2018

The 11-year-old disabled girl who was seen being kicked by a caregiver at a crèche has been more “clingy” than usual.
Her mother, who does not want to be named, told the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Wednesday that the child did not want to be alone in her room after the incident.

Attention Editors and Reporters

2nd November 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) along with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) and the Conference of Western Attorneys General Africa Alliance Partnership (CWAG APP), will be hosting a symposium on human trafficking and trafficking in persons (TIP) on the 5th of November 2018 at the Capital On The Park, 101 Katherine Street, Sandown, Sandton, 2031.

15 October 2018

Banks are clogging the system by bringing cases to the high court that properly belong in the lower courts.
It hasn’t been a good month for the banks in court. Two major cases have gone against them, making it much harder for them to litigate financially distressed clients into surrender.