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.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 11 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC or the Commission) Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) will host a stakeholder engagement to discuss and analyse the challenges associated with Temporary Relocation Areas (TRAs). This engagement was prompted by complaints received by the WCPO from individuals in the province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 10 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) welcomes the announcement made by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, on Tuesday, 5 February 2025, regarding the publication of the National Register for Sex Offenders.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Saturday, 08 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) has taken a strategic decision to escalate its current investigation on Stilfontein’s Operation Vala Umgodi into a national inquiry. This investigation was instituted pursued to a complaint lodged at the SAHRC’s North West Provincial Office (NWPO) alleging that for a prolonged period, estimated to be approximately three months, miners have been unable to exit the mine shafts and have had no access to water, food, or adequate medical assistance.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Saturday, 08 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office calls on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)/Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in iLembe District Municipality in KwaZulu Natal Province to engage with the Commission in detailing the state of human rights in the district and province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Saturday, 08 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Eastern Cape Provincial Office (ECPO) will launch its Investigation Report on School Sanitation in the Eastern Cape Province. The report is part of the Commission’s constitutional mandate to promote, protect, and monitor the realisation of human rights in South Africa.

Wednesday, 05 February 2025
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The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) in the Northern Cape Province will host a stakeholder engagement on human settlements to assess the realisation of the right to adequate housing in the Northern Cape province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 04 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) in the Northern Cape Province, together with Commissioner Aseza Gungubele, the Commissioner responsible for Migration, Climate Justice, and Human Settlements, will conduct targeted monitoring in correctional facilities and informal settlements in the Frances Baard District Municipality, covering Kimberley and surrounding areas.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 31 January 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will launch a provincial human rights awareness campaign from 03 to 09 February 2025.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 31 January 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Northern Cape Provincial Office will conduct a stakeholder engagement focused on migration trends and issues affecting migrants in the Northern Cape Province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 31 January 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) will be convening a National Investigative Inquiry into the Impact of Load Reduction on Human Rights (national investigative inquiry).

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 29 January 2025

29 January 2025 marks one year since the release of the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/Commission) July Unrest Report, ‘July’s People’, the SAHRC sought to determine the progress made on two of the report’s recommendations in particular.