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Thursday, 11 May 2017 06:16
SA Human Rights Commission agrees to DA’s request to investigate SADTU
11 May 2017
The DA has been informed that the South African Human Rights Commission is investigating the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) for its role in denying children the right to a basic education.
The DA has been informed that the South African Human Rights Commission is investigating the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) for its role in denying children the right to a basic education.
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Monday, 15 May 2017 05:37
Media Invite: SAHRC meets Portfolio Committee on Basic Education
15th May 2017
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be participating in an engagement with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education.
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Thursday, 11 May 2017 08:05
Media statement: SAHRC succeeds in legal action on provision of water to the Community of Klipgat C
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Thursday, 11 May 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission welcomes the judgment by the North Gauteng High Court compelling the Madibeng Municipality, MEC for Local Government & Human Settlement, and Minister of Water and Sanitation & Minister of Health, to provide adequate water to the Community of Klipgat C.
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Tuesday, 04 April 2017 10:51
I don't feel like a 'junk' person - judge candidate
04 April 2017
Johannesburg – South Africa’s credit ratings downgrade must not reflect how South Africans feel about themselves, Judge Jody Kollapen said on Tuesday.
“I don’t think that our credit rating as junk status must reflect how we feel about who we are, as citizens of this country. I don’t feel like a junk person, I feel like a proud South African,” he said during interviews at the JSC for a position at the Constitutional Court.
Johannesburg – South Africa’s credit ratings downgrade must not reflect how South Africans feel about themselves, Judge Jody Kollapen said on Tuesday.
“I don’t think that our credit rating as junk status must reflect how we feel about who we are, as citizens of this country. I don’t feel like a junk person, I feel like a proud South African,” he said during interviews at the JSC for a position at the Constitutional Court.
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Wednesday, 05 April 2017 10:38
Four recommended for Constitutional Court post
5 April 2017
“Judges should keep away from the media space. They should speak through their judgments.”
This was one of the statements made by Judge Boissie Mbha during his interview before the Judicial Service Commission on Tuesday for a seat on the Constitutional Court bench.
“Judges should keep away from the media space. They should speak through their judgments.”
This was one of the statements made by Judge Boissie Mbha during his interview before the Judicial Service Commission on Tuesday for a seat on the Constitutional Court bench.
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Monday, 17 April 2017 10:22
Huffington Post SA blog calling for white men to be disenfranchised a ‘sad day for journalism’‚ says Media24 boss
17 April 2017
Media24 has launched an investigation following its publication of the controversial blog “Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?” on Huffington Post South Africa.
The blog was posted on April 13 but removed from the publication's website on April 15‚ after it could not “confirm the veracity of the source”‚ a Media24 statement said.
Media24 has launched an investigation following its publication of the controversial blog “Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?” on Huffington Post South Africa.
The blog was posted on April 13 but removed from the publication's website on April 15‚ after it could not “confirm the veracity of the source”‚ a Media24 statement said.
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Tuesday, 25 April 2017 08:59
Foreign nationals hit with lead pipes, claims LHR
25 April 2017
Cape Town – Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) claim foreign nationals held at the Lindela Repatriation Centre have been assaulted, intimidated and their human rights violated by contracted private security officers of the Bosasa Group.
The lawyers want an inquiry into the what they called complaints of abuse and human rights violations at the facility, an action the Scalabrini Centre has welcomed.
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Friday, 28 April 2017 08:37
Is freedom from racism possible?
28 April 2017
South Africa can rid itself of racism but eliminating it would require a concerted effort‚ guests heard at a panel discussion at the Apartheid Museum on Freedom Day. “Is an Anti-Racist South Africa Possible‚” was the theme of the discussion‚ hosted in partnership with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. University of Pretoria’s Professor Christi van der Westhuizen said: “When it comes to confronting race‚ white people should address it and take on other white people for racism.” Academic Sithembile Mbete agreed‚ but said black people with access to capital and state power would also have to make sacrifices and spread the benefits they had received from being accepted into white supremacy.
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Sunday, 30 April 2017 08:19
Identity of dead Coligny boy still a mystery
29 April 2017
The identity of the 12-year-old boy, whose killing sparked violence in Coligny near Lichtenburg last week, remains a mystery. Despite efforts by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to trace the boy's relatives, no next of kin has come forward to claim the boy's remains.
The identity of the 12-year-old boy, whose killing sparked violence in Coligny near Lichtenburg last week, remains a mystery. Despite efforts by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to trace the boy's relatives, no next of kin has come forward to claim the boy's remains.
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Monday, 01 May 2017 08:19
Identity of dead Coligny boy still a mystery
29 April 2017
The identity of the 12-year-old boy, whose killing sparked violence in Coligny near Lichtenburg last week, remains a mystery. Despite efforts by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to trace the boy's relatives, no next of kin has come forward to claim the boy's remains.
The identity of the 12-year-old boy, whose killing sparked violence in Coligny near Lichtenburg last week, remains a mystery. Despite efforts by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to trace the boy's relatives, no next of kin has come forward to claim the boy's remains.
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