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Media Advisory: SAHRC KZN Provincial Office will be monitoring various schools and health care facilities in Nkandla, Melmoth and Eshowe

Attention: Editors and Reporters

17 February 2021

The Commission will be conducting monitoring of schools and health care facilities in the areas of Nkandla, Melmoth, and Eshowe on the 17th - 18th February 2021. The Commission will be monitoring and assessing the observance of human rights at these facilities, and compliance with relevant legal prescripts regulating such facilities, including compliance with the COVID-19 regulations.


The Commission will further conduct an intervention at one of the health care facilities in Nkandla, particularly their capacity in rolling out critical chronic medication.

The following activities will be conducted:

Date    Activity
17 February 2021    -    Monitoring of Schools: Melmoth

-    Monitoring of Health Care Facilities: Nkandla

-    Closed Intervention/ Engagement: Roll out of chronic medication  

18 February 2021    -    Monitoring of Schools: Melmoth and Eshowe


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Prepared by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission.

For queries, contact the SAHRC’s KZN Provincial Manager, Adv. Lloyd Lotz on 031 – 304 7323/ 072 840 7910 or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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