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SAHRC
Media Advisory: The Gauteng Provincial Office in partnership with Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporated will host a Women’s Dialogue
Attention: Editors and Reporters
07 AUGUST 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (Commission) Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) in partnership with Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporated (CDH) will commemorate Women’s Day by hosting a “Lawyers in Various Spaces Dialogue”.
Media Advisory: SAHRC Limpopo Provincial Office continues with its inquiry on Mining Activities in Limpopo Province.
Date: 07 August 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Limpopo Provincial Office (LPO) will continue with its hearing on mining activities in Limpopo today from 09h00 to 12h00.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC Gauteng Provincial Office & Commissioner Madlingozi will meet with the Gauteng MEC for Social Development to discuss the NPO funding crisis
Attention: Editors and Reporters
06 AUGUST 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“SAHRC”) Gauteng Provincial Office is investigating the funding crisis experienced by Non-Profit Organisations (“NPOs”) since the beginning of the 2024/2025 financial year. The crisis has had a devasting impact on the operational running of various NPOs in the province. Several NPOs have been forced to make drastic decisions such as retrenching staff and cutting down on the delivery of essential services.
Media Advisory: SAHRC to engage with Water Services Authorities in Mpumalanga
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Water is central in leading a life with dignity. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 in section 27(1)(b) entrenches the right to have access to sufficient water. Municipalities which are designated as Water Services Authorities (WSAs) in terms of the Water Services Act 108 of 1997 play a crucial role in providing water. Unfortunately, some WSAs in the country are severely challenged and struggle to fulfil this important constitutional and statutory obligation of providing water to all households within their jurisdictions.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC North West Provincial Office will host a joint stakeholder engagement with relevant Government departments to address monitoring findings
Attention: Editors and Reporters
05 AUGUST 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will host a joint stakeholder engagement with the South African Police Service, the Department of Correctional Services and the Department of Public Works.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC Eastern Cape Provincial Office undertakes activities concerning service delivery concerns and climate change
Attention: Editors and Reporters
6 August 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (the Commission) Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) is undertaking series of activities in the Makana Local Municipality with a particular focus on service delivery concerns. A significant initiative this week involves engaging responsible stakeholders on the persisting challenge of access to water in the Makana Local Municipality. Access to water refers to the ability of individuals and communities to obtain safe, sufficient, and affordable water for drinking, sanitation, and other basic needs. The Constitution provides that the state must make water accessible in a progressively realisable manner.
Media Advisory: Call for submissions in respect of the Commission’s Inquiry to investigate the Walter Sisulu University Protest in the Eastern Cape
Attention: Editors and Reporters
5 August 2024
On or about 27 May 2024, the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) was alerted through various media publications to an incident during a protest at Walter Sisulu University. In this incident, nine (9) students were injured by rubber bullets allegedly fired by the South African Police Services (SAPS) and security personnel. Some reports indicated the use of live ammunition to disperse the crowds. These reports alleged that the crowd management methods employed were excessive and fall outside of the prescripts of the empowering legislation.
Media Statement: The South African Human Rights Commission statement on recent incidences of alleged racism
Attention: Editors and Reporters
31 July 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has noted with serious concern allegations of racism in Gauteng and the Western Cape. It is disturbing that these incidences continue to occur 30 years into democracy. It is more distressing to see that three of these incidents are alleged to have taken place in schools.
Media Advisory: The South African Human Rights Commission in the North West Province will conduct a Capacity-Building Workshop with civil society organizations and legal advice centres
Attention: Editors and Reporters
31 July 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will conduct a capacity-building workshop aimed at capacitating civil organizations and legal advice centers in Lichtenburg. The aim of the capacity-building workshop is to capacitate human rights champions on the Bill of Rights and the three mandates of the Commission.
Media Invite: SAHRC Mpumalanga Provincial Office to conduct a Social Harmony National Effort Community Outreach
Attention: Editors and Reporters
30 July 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“the Commission”) Mpumalanga Provincial Office will be conducting information sessions on the Social Harmony National Effort (SHiNE).
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