SAHRC
Media Statement: The South African Human Rights Commission on allegations of racism, Tiktok
Attention: Editors and Reporters
05 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has noted with serious concern alleged racial utterances perpetuated by a minor on social media platform TikTok. The Commission condemns this alleged racial incident with the strongest term.
Media Advisory: SAHRC Mpumalanga Provincial Office to conduct community outreach engagements to promote human rights
Attention: Editors and Reporters
04 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) will be conducting community outreach in the form of information sessions to promote human rights as enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
Media Advisory: SAHRC Limpopo Provincial Office conducts a subpoena hearing against Fetakgomo-Tubatse Local Municipality and continues with its inquiry on Mining Activities in Limpopo Province.
Date: 03 September 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Limpopo Provincial Office (LPO) is conducting a subpoena hearing against Fetakgomo-Tubatse Local Municipality (Municipality) and it will continue with its hearing on mining activities in Limpopo today from 10h00.
Media Advisory: SAHRC Gauteng Provincial Office to conduct stakeholder engagement to discuss the prevalence of violence and discrimination in schools
Attention: Editors and Reporters
03 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/ the Commission) Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) has received several complaints regarding the issue of violence and discrimination in schools. This has raised the need for the Commission to do a follow-up on its previous report and the recommendations thereto on the issue of violence in schools.
Media Invite: SAHRC Mpumalanga Provincial Office to conduct a SHiNE dialogue on the right to culture
Attention: Editors and Reporters
03 September 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) initiated the Social Harmony National Effort (SHiNE) that aims to promote social cohesion, harmony, tolerance, and respect for human rights across South Africa. SHiNE anticipates a bottom-up approach that enjoins all South Africans toward positive change and a new culture of intense social interaction, solidarity and more mutual respect amongst people.
Media Statement: Violence on farms – SAHRC condemns the tragic killings in Sebayeng, Limpopo, and Laersdreift, Mpumalanga
02 September 2024
Attention: Editors and reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) strongly condemns the recent tragic incidents that have occurred in Sebayeng, Limpopo, and Laersdrift, Mpumalanga, where lives have been violently taken, underscoring the urgent need for justice and the protection of human rights.
Media Advisory: The SAHRC Northern Cape Provincial Office to conduct an engagement with the Northern Cape Department of Education
30 August 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (the Commission) Northern Cape Provincial Office together with Commissioner Nomahlubi Khwinana, responsible for the focal area of children and persons with disabilities, will be conducting an engagement with the Northern Cape Department of Education to address the state of access to education for learners with disabilities in the ZF Mgcawu District. This engagement is part of the Commission's broader investigation into complaints regarding the Department’s alleged failure to ensure the proper placement of children with disabilities in an appropriate educational setting, as mandated by the Constitution and the relevant legislation.
Media Advisory: SAHRC Chair Chris Nissen and Commissioner Nomahlubi Khwinana to lead targeted monitoring activities with the Northern Cape Provincial Office
28 August 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) Commissioner Chris Nissen and Commissioner Nomahlubi Khwinana, who is assigned to the Northern Cape Province will lead targeted monitoring activities in the province.
Media Statement: SAHRC calls for the City of Johannesburg to plan for emergency housing for fire victims
28 August 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
On Sunday 25 June 2024, the residents of Johannesburg woke up to yet another building fire in town. This incident resulted in the tragic deaths of at least 4 people and left over 200 people displaced. The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) sends condolences to the families of the fire tragedy victims. The fire in Jeppestown occurred on the eve of the 1st anniversary of the Usindiso fire, which claimed the lives of over 77 people and prompted an inquiry by the Gauteng Provincial Government.
Media Advisory: SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office and partners conduct moot court workshops and host the provincial oral orunds of the National School Moot Court Programme
27 August 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission, KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office (the Commission) in partnership with the KwaZulu Natal Department of Education (DoE), and other stakeholders, will conduct workshops in preparation for the Provincial Oral Rounds of the National Schools Moot Court Programme (NSMCP). The Commission and DoE following the workshops, will host the Provincial Oral Rounds at the Durban Magistrate Court.
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