07 Mar 2018

The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) in partnership with other government departments, private and civil organisations will commemorate Human Rights Month through dialogues and other activities under the 2018 theme, “The year of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: promoting and deepening a human rights culture across society.” The dialogues will be led by DAC Social Cohesion Advocates and Living Legends in various venues around the country.

8 March 2018


A PROBE into remarks made by Mangaung metro mayor Olly Mlamleli during a budget meeting in June last year has been referred back to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in the Free State.

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9 March 2018
 
The Department of Social Development (DSD) will appear at a subpoena hearing at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Friday 9 March 2018.

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07 March 2018

The Free State FISD will host a joint public outreach clinic on the 08th of March 2018 at Thaba Patchoa, Free State.

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06 March 2018

In line with the South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan targets, the Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will be hosting a media press dialogue discussion under the theme: “Media Informs, Educates and Transforms the Public.”

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26 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“SAHRC”) has subpoenaed the Minister of Social Development, the Honourable Ms Bathabile Dlamini, MP. The subpoena is in relation to the Commission’s National Investigative Hearing on the Status of Mental Health Care in South Africa which was held on 14 – 15 November 2017.  Despite numerous attempts to secure submissions from the Department of Social Development (DSD) at the hearing, neither the Minister nor officials of the DSD have responded.

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23 February 2018

On the 26 February 2018 and 27 February 2018, the South African Human Rights Commission will be hosting roadshows in the Zastron and Aliwal North.

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22 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission or SAHRC) condemns the killing of five police officials and a retired soldier in the early morning hours of Wednesday, the 21st February 2018, at Ngcobo Police Station, in the Eastern Cape. Another police official was murdered in Pretoria, on the same day. Three robbers broke into the police official’s home and killed him while he was asleep. Just under a year ago, on 28th March 2017, the South African Police Service (SAPS) issued a statement, stating that 57 police officials had been killed during the 2016/2017 financial year.

22 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission or SAHRC) acknowledges that the annual budget speech, delivered by the Minister of Finance, in the National Assembly, is a complex and difficult balancing act in ensuring that government allocates funds to render its services in the realisation of human rights. Particularly under the current difficult economic conditions, the Commission is fully aware of the difficulties in limiting expenditure, whilst collecting revenue through taxes and stimulating economic growth.

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22 February 2018

The Mpumalanga Provincial Office will be conducting an information session on its child friendly campaign which is aimed at popularising the Commission’s Child Friendly Complaints Handling Procedure (CFCHP). The engagement is also aimed at empowering children with information that shall enable them to identify human rights violations and report the violations directly to the Commission.