12 January 2018

The North West province has recorded a high increase in the number of human rights violation complaints as compared to other provinces.

According to the South African Human Rights Commission’s report, the number of complaints received during the 2015/16 fiscal year increased by more than 300 from the year before that. By the end of 2016, the number stood at 514 while it was only 180 by the end of 2015.

13 January 2018

A video of a Cape Town man using the “K word” against a black woman is doing the rounds on social media.
A man could be seen arguing with the woman before threatening her.

16 January 2018

The group of black teachers from the Klipspruit West Secondary School in Eldorado Park who were on the receiving end from protesters who wanted them removed from what they deemed a “coloured school” last year were back at work on Monday‚ preparing for the year ahead.

17 January 2018

The Centre for Child Law says better planning by the Gauteng education department could have prevented the current backlog in schools‚ which has left more than 30‚000 pupils unplaced at the start of the academic year.
The province had in the past failed to plan properly to predict pupil numbers and calculate how many of them provincial schools could cater for‚ according to research done by the centre.

17 January 2018

The SA Students Congress (Sasco) and the National Health Education and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) have joined forces to shut down the University of SA‚ forcing potential students to abandon their applications and registrations at the university's Sunnyside campus in Pretoria on Wednesday.

18 January 2018

FOLLOWING a report released by the Human Right Commission late last year that indicated that Free State province has the highest number of bucket toilets remaining in the country, local residents have now urged the provincial government to speed the process to eradicate the bucket system.

18 January 2018

The Human Rights Commission has asked Durban’s Equality Court to find Edward Zuma guilty of hate speech and order him to pay a fine of R100 000 to a suitable non-governmental organisation.

18 January 2018

As conflict continues at Hoërskool Overvaal, the SA HRC reminds all stakeholders that rights must be exercised in accordance with the Constitution.

The South African Human Rights Commission's Andre Gaum told HuffPost on Thursday that there should be more dialogue about language policy at schools.
"We are not intervening or interfering as far as the court case and the merits of the matter are concerned, although we do feel the broader discussion about language and education and the right of language of choice is necessary in South Africa," he said.

18 January 2018

Both the South African Schools Act and the National Admission Policy for Ordinary Schools require schools to admit learners without unfair discrimination.

20 January 2018

Cape Town - An anti-racism workshop will be held with H&M to "develop a deeper understanding" of the issues its controversial hoodie provoked, the company said on Friday.