Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 21 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) will on Saturday, 22 February 2025, host a National Children’s Rights Conference in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The conference is facilitated through the Commission’s Child Rights Unit (CRU) and is funded by the United Nations Emergency Children’s Fund (UNICEF), themed: "Education is a Human Right”.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 20 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) is aware of an episode on The Hustlers Corner SA, published on YouTube on Monday 17 February 2025 where Mr Nhlamulo ‘Nota’ Baloyi made several statements expressing his views on white people.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 20 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) will commemorate the World Day of Social Justice, celebrated globally on 20 February.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 19 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ Commission) has made a submission to the National Treasury regarding the 2025 Budget. In its submission, the Commission calls on the National Treasury to prioritise a human rights-centric and pro-poor approach in the 2025 budget allocations.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 18 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) is aware of disturbing videos circulating on social media in which several people are being subjected to humiliation and sexual assault at Zanzou establishment, in Gauteng. The Commission has also noted a statement issued on 17 February 2025 by Zanzou management confirming the veracity of the videos.

17 February 2025
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) in the Northern Cape Province will be conducting a Social Harmony through National Effort (SHiNE) initiative.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
17 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) expresses deep concern over the tragic killing of Imam Muhsin Hendricks, widely known as world's 'first openly gay imam' who was fatally shot in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape on 15 February 2025. Details of his killing emerged via footage which was widely shared on social media over the weekend. The Commission extends its condolences to his family, friends,  and the communities he served.

Friday, 14 FEBRUARY 2025
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) national investigative inquiry into the Impact of Load Reduction on Human Rights is set to continue on 17 and 18 February 2025. Whilst the inquiry was initially scheduled to continue on 18 February 205, the sitting on 17 February 2025 was necessitated by the receipt of additional submissions from affected communities and other relevant stakeholders since the last inquiry sitting.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 13 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) confirms that it has received several complaints concerning unplaced learners in Gauteng for the 2025 academic year. These learners are those who should be attending school, including in schools for learners with special educational needs (LSEN) and centres, but have not been allocated a place in any school yet.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 12 February 2025

On 4 February 2025 the South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) met with the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, and the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen; and the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Rosemary Nokuzola Capa. The engagement sought to enrich the national discourse on the food safety implications of the contamination of food products from spaza shops and other places by agricultural pesticides, especially Terbufos.