27 January 2017

Recriminations and blame-shifting do not inspire confidence in our leaders and this confidence will be needed in the coming months, says SAHRC spokesperson.

The South African Human Rights Commission has been monitoring the water crisis unfolding in the City of Cape Town, having received complaints from various individuals and organisations regarding the issue.

27 January 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has been monitoring the water crisis unfolding in the City of Cape Town and has received complaints from various individuals and organisations regarding the issue, the commission said on Saturday.
"The complaints express the concerns which all Capetonians share," The SAHRC said in a statement.

28 January 2018

The Western Cape is currently experiencing its worse drought in more than 100 years.
At a planned briefing scheduled for later on Sunday, the Water and Sanitation Department will reveal how it plans to manage day zero and beyond.

29 January 2018

IOL News reports that a teacher union has turned to the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), asking that it probe complaints of hate speech and racism emanating from protests at the Hoërskool Overvaal. 

28 January 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission says that far from the situation reported following a media conference by DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Wednesday‚ it can confirm that the City of Cape Town does indeed have a water plan.

29 January 2018

THE University of the Witwatersrand is investigating an alleged racist incident following social media posts that one of the lecturers referred to protesting workers as “monkeys”.

30 January 2018

The commission found he treated black patients in a different room from to his white patients and made them use separate bathrooms.

The Health Department in Limpopo says it’s confident an investigation by the South African Human Rights Commissio n (SAHRC) into alleged racism by a Mokopane doctor will be done diligently.

30 January 2018

Durban - Umgeni Water said on Monday there was no danger of KwaZulu-Natal running out of water in the near term but responsible consumer behaviour was vital if the province was to achieve water security.

While KZN was still recovering from the devastating drought which is now threatening to run Cape Town taps completely dry, KZN dam levels are between 63% and 114%.

30 January 2018

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is concerned by the deteriorating situation and the intensity of violent armed conflict between organised groups of illegal miners in many areas of the country, where illegal mining is taking place. The reports of gang violence and of armed gangs shooting at the police should send the alarm bells ringing to our authorities. The federation has repeatedly called for action to from our government to deal with this unremitting deaths of artisanal miners all across the country.

30 January 2018

The current drought gripping the south-western parts of South Africa started as far back as the end of the 2015 summer when the rains expected to fall during the 2016 and 2017 winter seasons did not arrive.
This situation has been exacerbated by the fact that at the same time‚ the demand for water in the Western Cape Province increased because of fairly rapid economic and population growth.