SAHRC
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’s Northern Cape Provincial Office to conduct a stakeholder engagement with Traditional Councils
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (the Commission) Northern Cape Provincial Office (NCPO) will be conducting a stakeholder engagement with traditional councils in the province to address key issues relating to traditional practices, human rights, and the role of traditional authorities in a democratic dispensation.
Media Advisory: SAHRC’S Free State Provincial Office will conduct SHiNE in Maluti-A-Phofung, Kestell Town
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) launched the Social Harmony National Effort (SHiNE), to promote social cohesion, harmony, tolerance, and respect for human rights across South Africa. This initiative envisions a bottom-up strategy that encourages all South Africans to embrace good change and create a new culture of intensive social contact, camaraderie, and respect for one another.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’s Western Cape Provincial Office will host an engagement regarding challenges affecting learners with special educational needs in the Western Cape
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) will host an engagement with stakeholders in the Education sector regarding challenges experienced in securing appropriate services for learners with special educational needs (LSEN) in the Western Cape.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’s Northern Cape Provincial Office to conduct a community outreach with the Maremane Communal Property Association in Kathu
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (the Commission) Northern Cape 27 September 2024Provincial Office (NCPO), will be conducting a community outreach with the Maremane Communal Property Association (CPA), as it recognises the importance of maintaining strong connections with local communities to fulfil its mandate.
Media Statement: The SAHRC, in its role as NPM Coordinator, will participate as an observer at the 14th Annual Funda Mzantsi Championship, taking place in George, Western Cape
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission), through its National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) coordination role, will be participating as an observer at the 14th Annual Funda Mzantsi Championship set to take place in George, Western Cape.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’S Western Cape Provincial Office will host a community outreach on the right to access to water and sanitation in Siyangena, Philippi.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (the Commission) Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) will host an engagement on Water and Sanitation Services Policy on Privately Owned Land with members of the community of Siyangena in Philippi. The objective of the engagement is to educate the community on this important policy which was promulgated on 16 February 2024. Representatives of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will support the Commission by providing valuable information on the role the DWS plays in the realisation of the right to access water.
Media Advisory: Concerns over budget cuts to the Basic Education Sector
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is gravely concerned about the announced budget cuts to the basic education sector. The announced budget cuts have already led to proposed job cuts in the Western Cape, with over 2400 jobs set to be cut in that province alone. Some reports suggest that these proposed job cuts will disproportionately affect schools in poor communities, exacerbating the adverse educational outcomes in those communities.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC’s North West Provincial Office to conduct a subpoena hearing against the Department of Human Settlement
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 12 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (the Commission) North West Provincial Office (NWPO) will conduct a subpoena hearing against, Ms Kgomotso Mahlobo, the Head of Department (HOD) of the North West Department of Human Settlements.
Media Statement: Commissioners Meeting with Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi
Attention Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) led by Commissioners Gungubele and Boshoff yesterday, 10 September 2024 met with the Minister of Human Settlement, Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi, to discuss challenges regarding human settlement in the country.
Media Statement: The South African Human Rights Commission to make submissions in a landmark case before the Land Court of South Africa
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
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