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SAHRC

SAHRC

12 May 2017

Bloemfontein - Recent incidents that have occurred in the North West town of Coligny has underlying tones of racism.
12 May 2017

Bloemfontein - The office of the South African Human Rights Commission in North West says the granting of bail to any accused person does not mean they are acquitted of their crimes.
IFNASA provides legal assistance for the incarcerated.

May 16, 2017

Indigenous First Nation Advocacy South Africa (IFNASA) is a lot more than just a pressure group that pertains to the issues involving the Boesman, KhoiKhoi and coloured enlightenment.
16 May 2017

Parliament - The National Prosecuting Authority is preparing to open inquests into the cause of deaths of over 100 patients who died when they were transferred from Life Esidimeni to various unlicensed NGOs into Gauteng.
18 May 2017

Cape Town — Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he will soon give Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, a progress report on the implementation of the Life Esidimeni Ombudsman's report.
18 May 2017

The DA will today write to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, to have the closing date for written submissions on the “Feasibility of the Establishment of a Single Human Rights Body” extended.
17 May 2017

The institution has been reported to the Human Rights Commission for allegedly violating the rights of students with disabilities.

CAPE TOWN – The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been reported to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for allegedly violating the rights of students with disabilities.
20 May 2017

Cape Town - An outcry over the short time given to the public to make written submissions on whether they would support a single human rights body has forced Parliament to extend the deadline.
21 May 2017

A former town secretary of Louis Trichardt and currently Commissioner in the SA Human Rights Commission, Mohamed Shafie Ameermia, was selected to receive the prestigious 2017 Robert G. Storey International Award for Leadership.
22 May 2017

Bloemfontein guest house owner has to pay R15 000 for using the K-word | News Article
The owner of a guest house in Bloemfontein was ordered by the Equality Court to pay R15 000 in damages to a fast food outlet manager in Bloemfontein after she called him the K-word.

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