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SAHRC

SAHRC

18 August 2017

Cape Town - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Friday hailed the ruling in the high court in Johannesburg declaring a 2008 anti-gay newspaper column by former SA ambassador to Uganda, Jon Qwelane, as hate speech as a victory for the protection of the rights of members of the LGBTI community.
18 August 2017

The high court on Friday found the statements Qwelane made in his July 2008 column‚ titled "Call me names‚ but gay is not ok"‚ constitute hate speech.
18 August 2017

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has acknowledged that the crisis at health institutions in KwaZulu-Natal is caused by lack of leadership and poor management.
18 August 2017

Human Rights Commission welcomes ruling on former SA diplomat and homophobe Jon Qwelane
18 August 2017

In what has been hailed as a victory for the country’s LGBTI communities, the Johannesburg High Court today delivered a ruling declaring comments made by Jon Qwelane in a 2009 column in Sunday Sun as hate speech.
18 August 2017

Johannesburg – The hate speech verdict against Jon Qwelane will ensure that freedom of expression is not used as a veil for hate speech, the SA Human Rights Commission said on Friday.
18 August 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission says freedom of speech must be balanced with the right to dignity.
21 August 2017

The likes of Jon Qwelane might try to claim their entitlement to bigotry based on the right to freedom of expression. However, seeking that protection – critical to an open society – is also subject to limitations. And in a court ruling last week, Jon Qwelane’s bigoted utterances against gays were declared to be hate speech. By MELANIE JUDGE.
21 August 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Monday it was assessing a complaint against African retail giant Shoprite following allegations of abuse and unlawful arrest of workers at a branch near Cape Town.
​​​Lucy Kubyana had a problem.

24 July 2017

The farm worker from the Mohodi Molemole, in the Limpopo district of South Africa, had been unable to work. One morning, while riding the back of a trailer provided by her then employer for transport, the trailer detached from the tractor and crashed.  Kubyana was injured and had been unable to work since. She was also unsure what to do. 

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