14 March 2017

Johannesburg – The promotion of hate speech was evident in South Africa's former ambassador to Uganda Jon Qwelane's 2008 column, the High Court in Johannesburg heard on Tuesday.

15 March 2017

Bloemfontein - Institutions of higher learning need to adopt a broader approach to ensure they are fully transformed.

This is according to the chairperson of the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), Bongani Majola, who was speaking at the launch of the Free State Centre for Human Rights at the University of Free State (UFS) on Tuesday evening.

15 March 2017

The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) has rejected all arguments former ambassador to Uganda Jon Qwelane has put before the courts in defence of his homophobic column.

16 March 2017

According to government, drug use, alcohol abuse and unemployment are prime drivers of gang violence in the Western Cape. But people living in the Cape Flats paint a more complex picture of the circumstances and family gang life.

16 March 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will look into allegations that the Ekurhuleni metro is violating the human rights of the residents of the N12 informal settlement after failing to move them to more suitable land almost seven years after they were unlawfully removed from Bapsfontein.

15 March 2017

Cape Town - A Grade 1 pupil is waiting to be old enough to date the gangster that killed her "mommy" so she can kill him with poison.

A 17-year-old in juvenile prison dreams not of rushing to his mother when he gets out, but of killing someone first to make things right.

17 March 2017

Cape Town - The Western Cape Education Department and the governing body of Uitzig High School came to an agreement on Friday to suspend legal action in relation to the school's closure, the department said in a statement.

20 March 2017

Bloemfontein - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) urges South Africans to celebrate diversity and unite towards combating all forms of discrimination as the country celebrates Human Rights Day tomorrow.

20 March 2017

The right to equality remains one of the rights most violated in South Africa. This is according to South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Spokesperson, Gail Smith. March marks Human Rights Month in South Africa with the focus on human rights issues.

“Since 2012, the number one human right violation in South Africa has been around the right to equality. So, that remains the right we go to court on the most as the South African Human Rights Commission ... specifically those cases (which) would involve the use of the "K" word and other derogatory comments with racial undertones such as the use of terms baboon or monkey. So, it is the right to equality that is a top right, followed by labour disputes. We get a lot of labour disputes, most of those we send to the CCMA because they are another body that is setup to deal with specific labour rights and the third top right we deal with is around access to health care services, water, food and social security.”

22 March 2017

The Human Rights Commission's Gail Smith says the country has come a long way and people are now more aware of their rights.

JOHANNESBURG – As South Africa marks 57 years since the Sharpeville Massacre, the Human Rights Commission says it's encouraged that citizens are becoming increasingly aware of their rights.