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One Settler, One Bullet” – AfriForum Youth lays complaint 

23 May 2017

AfriForum Youth laid a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission on 23 May against students of the University of Pretoria (UP) who wore shirts on which the words “One Settler, One Bullet” were printed.

An urgent interdict to prohibit the move of the Angelo informal settlement to Germiston.

May 24, 2017

As building on the site where the Boksburg-based Angelo informal settlement residents will be moved to, just off Main Reef Road, in Germiston, continues, the fight by local residents has just begun.

At a follow-up public meeting, held last Saturday, at Hoërskool Goudrif, Primrose, Sector One chairperson Debbie Watkins told the community that it had been decided that an urgent interdict to prohibit the move will be applied for.
29 May 2017

Vicki Momberg should be ordered to pay R150,000 to a police officer she racially insulted‚ the Equality Court heard on Monday.

In a submission in their case against Momberg, the complainant, Clement Mkhondo, and the South African Human Rights Commission said courts had, in recent years, recognised the need to act firmly against racist conduct.
Attention: Editors and Reporters

Wednesday, 25 May 2017

This week, as the world commemorates and celebrates Africa Day, representatives of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from across the African continent will gather in Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss and strengthen their understanding of some of the most pressing human rights challenges facing the continent today.
Attention: Editors and Reporters

Friday, 26 May 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) expresses its concern about violent protests around the country.
Thursday, 25 May 2017 07:54

SAHRC Commemorates Africa Day

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Thursday, 25 May 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) wishes everyone a Happy Africa Day. Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) – the precursor to the African Union - on 25th May 1963.
This year’s theme for this important day is: ‘Harnessing the demographic dividend through investments in youth.’
23 May 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) recognises that people with disabilities can make up a significant portion of South Africa’s productive workforce – if barriers preventing them from actively participating in employment are identified and removed.
Monday, 08 May 2017 06:51

No time for emergencies

07 May 2017

SA’s grandmothers are breadwinners in their old age, and their inability to access decent healthcare quickly impacts on their children,  grandchildren and their entire  communities. Health-e News’ Kim Harrisberg reports.
8 May 2017

The DA will write to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate the sanitation situation at the L&J informal settlement in Ekurhuleni.
12 May 2017

Cape Town - The South African Human Rights Commission’s investigation into Premier Helen Zille’s “colonialism” tweets is moving a step further when the rights body serves her papers on Friday.

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