Date: 21 June 2024

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The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Limpopo Provincial Office (LPO) conducts a Community Outreach in the Tolwe Farming Community in Limpopo.

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21 June 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (“the Commission”) Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) is holding a community public outreach engagement to educate and empower the public about their rights and the rights of others. This involve explaining how human rights principles apply in everyday life.

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20 June 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC/ Commission) will today institute proceedings at the Equality Court in Gqeberha against Mr Renaldo Gouws, a Member of Parliament, for the alleged racial utterances relating to online media posts.

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16 June 2024

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) joins the rest of the country to commemorate National Youth Day 2024 and calls for more efforts to address challenges the youth face.

This day is observed annually on June 16 to commemorate the bravery and resilience of the youth in pursuit of justice and equality. It holds deep significance in South Africa's history as it marks the Soweto Uprising of 1976, where many young people lost their lives protesting against the compulsory teaching of Afrikaans in black township schools by the Apartheid regime.

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14 June 2024

The Child Rights Unit (CRU) of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be honoring National Youth Day on June 17, 2024, in Olivenhoutbosch.

This day is observed annually on June 16 to commemorate the bravery and resilience of the youth in pursuit of justice and equality. It holds deep significance in South Africa's history as it marks the Soweto Uprising of 1976, where many young people lost their lives protesting against the compulsory teaching of Afrikaans in black township schools by the Apartheid regime.

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14 JUNE 2024

The Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) of the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) and the Black Lawyers Associations Wits Student Chapter will be hosting a Lawyers Under 35 Dialogue to commemorate Youth Day.

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14 June 2024

Commissioner Aseza Gungubele together with the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Eastern Cape Provincial Office are conducting monitoring visits to Kouga and Koukamma Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province. The engagements are informed by the Commission’s mandate to monitor the observance of human rights.

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12 June 2024

The Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will host the Provincial Heads of Chapter 9 bodies in the Western Cape. The Chapter 9 Forum meeting follows stakeholder engagements of provincial heads of the SAHRC, Electoral Commission, Commission for Gender Equality and Public Protector to discuss the need for collaborations in order to avoid duplicating resources.

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Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Access to water is a fundamental human right which is enshrined in section 27(1)(b) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. In the provision of water, particularly to domestic households, municipalities, designated as Water Services Authorities (WSAs) in terms of the Water Services Act (1997) play a crucial role. Regrettably, 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.