7 February 2018

THE SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has found education authorities are responsible for a fire that killed three pupils at the North West School for the Deaf (NWSD) in  2015.

7 February 2018

Screenings in parts of the Eastern and Western Cape had to be cancelled due to protests.

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has confirmed that it has received a complaint about the cancelled screenings of Inxeba: The Wound following protests against the film and threats of intimidation and violence.

07 February 2018

A KwaZulu-Natal Democratic Alliance leader's attempt to fight Islamophobia on Facebook almost five years ago is going to the dogs. Literally.
On the eve of its provincial elective congress at the weekend‚ the DA instructed deputy provincial chair nominee and Women's Network provincial leader Shehana Kajee to apologise for an online post in which she called for the Muslim community to "go on the attack" in the name of Islam in 2013.

7 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has confirmed it has received a complaint about the cancelled screening of the movie Inxeba: The Wound following protests, threats of intimidation and violence.
The film has received a lot of criticism following its release with claims that it violates the sanctity of cultural practices, which by nature are secret.

6 February 2018

The Inkatha Freedom Party calls on the South African Human Rights Commission to urgently institute its own investigation into the reports that workers’ rights are being violated at King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban.
“Workers employed in the maintenance hospital department are complaining that since 2015 they have not been provided with protective clothing and they are wearing worn out clothing. If they raise this issue with relevant authorities their complaints fall on deaf ears.

5 February 2018

Debate on the film Inxeba remained contentious yesterday, with the Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA (Contralesa) holding urgent talks on the film in the Eastern Cape.

04 February 2018

DURBAN - A DURBAN family still reeling from the death of their father plan to report his ordeal to the South African Human Rights Commission because of the inhumane treatment he received at a Durban hospital.
Hoosen Noor Mahomed, 60, who shared his story with the Sunday Tribune Herald, last week, about how he was allegedly refused treatment at Addington Hospital, died on January 27, a few days after the interview.

04 February 2018

The film ‘Inxeba’ (The Wound) was “the best performing film” at the seven movie sites where it played on Friday.
That’s according to Helen Kuun, the managing director of Indigenous FilmDistribution, the company releasing the film in South Africa.
Kuun was reacting to a statement by the executive director of Man and Boy Foundation, Nkululeko Nxesi, who told ANN7 that “99%” of the South African population are against the movie, which has already won 19 awards at 44 festivals in 25 countries, including South Africa.

02 February 2018

Cape Town - Responding to violent threats against the release of the film Inxeba (The Wound) and its cast, the producers have laid complaints with the South African Human Rights Commission and the Commission for Gender Equality.

9 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission or SAHRC) has concluded its investigation into a complaint received about a medical practice in Limpopo in which patients were allegedly segregated according to race.