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4 April 2018

The sentencing of former estate agent Vicki Momberg has sparked debate about the differences in the sentences various courts have imposed for crimes stemming from similar incidents.
4 April 2018

Momberg was found guilty last year for shouting racial slurs at a black police officer trying to assist her following an alleged smash and grab incident.
4 April 2018

Despite numerous high-profile cases, South Africans are still being snared by their own social media platforms. Legalbrief reports that the latest case involves two Department of Justice employees who have been suspended after they used racial slurs to describe a colleague in Facebook exchanges.
Wednesday, 04 April 2018 11:14

Shareholders show of unity

04 April 2018

In a unanimous show of unity by its members the SA Country Clubs have invited representatives from the SA Harness Racing Club based at Globe Derby Park to attend and participate in future Country Club Meetings.
4 April 2018

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) received 486 racism complaints for the 2016/2017 period and most centred around hate speech and the use of the k-word, among others.
April 3, 2018

The doctors in Malamulele Hospital downed their tools on Tuesday in protest for proper working conditions.
Attention: Editors and Reporters

Wednesday, 02 May 2018

The United Nations General Assembly declared the 3rd of May to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The day also coincides with the Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in 1991.

26 April 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) together with the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) will host a joint dialogue on human rights and policing in South Africa on 2 and 3 May 2018.
Attention: Editors and Reporters

Thursday, 26 April 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or the Commission) observes and commemorates Freedom Day on the 27th April, along with the rest of South African society.
Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 20 April 2018

While it is encouraging to see communities exercising their constitutional rights to demonstrate, to picket and present petitions, the level of violence, obstruction of freedom of movement and scale of destruction of property accompanying those activities in Mahikeng, is cause for great concern.

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