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Wednesday, 07 February 2018 09:04

Media Statement: SAHRC signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Ekurhuleni Municipality Attention: Editors and Reporters

7 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Ekurhuleni Municipality have signed a memorandum (MOU) of understanding that seeks to ensure that all administrative action taken by the Municipality is consistent with the Constitution and informed by human rights principles.

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Wednesday, 07 February 2018 08:19

Media Statement: SAHRC releases its Final Investigative Report into a fire that claimed the lives of three learners at North West School for the Deaf, North West Province

Attention: Editors and Reporters

7 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC or ‘the Commission’) has finalised its investigation into a fire that killed three learners at the North West School for the Deaf (NWSD) in Leeudoringsstad in August 2014.

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Wednesday, 07 February 2018 08:08

Media Statement: SAHRC confirms receipt of complaint on Inxeba: The Wound

Attention: Editors and Reporters - 7 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC, or ‘the Commission) confirms it has received a complaint about the cancelled screenings of Inxeba: The Wound following protests against the film and threats of intimidation and violence.

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Tuesday, 06 February 2018 08:05

Media statement: SAHRC condemns the attack against a woman outside Luthuli House

Attention: Editors - Tuesday, February 6, 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC, or ‘the Commission) strongly condemns the attack on a woman protestor by Thabiso Setona outside Luthuli House on Monday 5 February 2018. The Commission is appalled by the violence directed at women. There is no justification for violence against women in any context.

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Wednesday, 07 February 2018 07:03

MEDIA ADVISORY: National Investigative Hearing on Migration, Xenophobia and Social Cohesion

7- 8 February 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission will convene a two-day National Investigative Hearing on Migration, Xenophobia and Social Cohesion from 7-8 February 2018.

Migration has become a prominent issue in South Africa in recent years, particularly following the most recent spate of violence against foreign nationals which spread throughout Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in March 2015 and 2017, leaving several people dead, hundreds injured, and thousands of migrants, primarily of African descent, displaced. Foreign national-owned shops in townships were looted and torched, while foreign nationals were attacked and driven out of local communities. Over 5,000 foreign nationals were reportedly left homeless, with countless livelihoods destroyed. The outbreak of violence, which was largely reflected as a manifestation of xenophobia in the country, triggered international outcry and condemnation. This has led to extensive debates of the effectiveness of the current migration policy and practice in the country, which includes the expressed intention to increase immigration control and to revisit existing laws and international obligations.

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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 10:54

You can’t come in, you’re black!

09 January 2018

MINISTER of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has called on all victims of racism at Club Zanandi to come forward.
This comes after a woman told the media she and her family were denied entrance to the resort near Hartbeespoort, North West because they are not white.

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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 10:48

SAHRC finalises report on WC farm evictions

09 January 2018

In the first week of December alone, the HRC attended to dozens of these matters in 22 areas, including Wolwerivier, Clanwilliam and Citrusdal.

CAPE TOWN - The Human Rights Commission says that it has finalised a report on its interventions in hundreds of farm eviction cases in the Western Cape.

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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 10:46

Human rights body steps in amid Unisa race row

09 January 2018

The Star reports that allegations of racial tension at Unisa have prompted the urgent intervention of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), that has called for the culprits to be punished.

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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 10:39

SAHRC calls for calm during registration at institutions of higher learning

09 January 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission is urging the government‚ institutions of higher learning and students to work “collaboratively” to ensure that eligible poor students are accommodated and the registration process is peaceful.

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Wednesday, 10 January 2018 10:31

ESJF lays complaint with SAHRC against universities’ poor planning

SABC Education - ESJF lays complaint with SAHRC against universities’ poor planning

10 January 2018

Many prospective students who did not apply are being turned away and told to apply online. Education for Social Justice (ESJF) says it has laid a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) about prospective students who were turned away at institutions of higher learning.

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