27th February 2014

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the announcement by the South African government that it will seek information from capitals around the world on the protection of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transsexual and intersex persons.

23 February 2014

The South African Human Rights Commission held a meeting on Friday with the National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Services, Riah Phiyega, police top management, and experts in policing and human rights matters to discuss particular areas of human rights concerns in relation to the work of the police.

22 February 2014

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is gravely concerned about the reported incidents of racism at the University of Free State (UFS).

Attention: Editors and Reporters

05 February 2014

The South African Human Rights Commission is concerned at the alarming growth of state-sanctioned homophobia taking place across the globe and particularly on the African continent.

MEDIA STATEMENT

22 January 2014

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission has learnt with great shock and disappointment of the death of a six-year-old boy who fell into a pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School in Chebeng, Moletji outside Polokwane.

16 January 2014

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) would like to expresses its concern at the continued use of force by the police following the killing of at least three people allegedly by the police during a protest over lack of water in Mothutlung, Brits in the North West province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

20 December 2013

Overview

The South African Human Rights Commission has found against various local municipalities and a provincial department of education for not providing access to the constitutional rights to water and sanitation.

20 December 2013

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

Overview

The South African Human Rights Commission has completed its investigation into the state of hospitals in the Mpumalanga Province. The SAHRC found that several hospitals in Mpumalanga are in a critical state resulting in the violation of the public’s right to access health care services.

MEDIA STATEMENT

10 December 2013

The SA Human Rights Commission calls on everyone to commemorate the International Human Rights Day to advance the human rights legacy of former President Nelson Mandela, and promote and protect the rights and dignity of all people everywhere.

The South African Human Rights Commission joins the rest of the world in expressing its immense sadness and sorrow, and pays tribute to the passing on of former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who was South Africa’s first democratically elected president.