The Commission recognizes that the events which led up to violent incidents in different provinces, along with the resultant consequences, are complex and multifaceted. The Commission will therefore host a candid dialogue in an effort to find resolution toward the circumstances   that gave rise to last week’s events.

The Commission’s constitutional mandate to protect, promote, monitor and assess the observance of human rights, places it in a central role in understanding and dealing with the prevailing conditions, which led to many South Africans forcibly looting even the most basic food items, amongst many other things of significant economic value.

During and following what the government has termed an “attempted insurrection”, the Commission has also taken note of tensions that have erupted within and between particular communities. These tensions have been exposed in the midst of the trauma experienced during and in the aftermath of the violence portending a state of fearfulness and general disharmony between neighbours and among fellow South Africans.

The SAHRC, in wishing to foster social cohesion among all people within the country, aims to pay special attention to this matter, in devising its response plan, which is being finalised.

The Commission will bring various community based organisations, civil society, faith based communities and other Chapter Nine organisations together for the dialogue to be held on Friday, in an an effort to ensure that there are sufficient responses throughout the country to support the protection and development of our constitutional values and respect for the rule of law.


You can view the event at the following link: https://sahrc1.webex.com/sahrc1/onstage/g.php?MTID=e50587cce6097c8bfb32a03d5b5f6e73a

The event will also be livestreamed via the SAHRC’s YouTube and Facebook pages.
Time and Date for online event: 08:45 AM to 12:00 PM, 23rd July 2021, Friday.



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Issued by the South African Human Rights Commission

Gushwell Brooks – Communications Co-ordinator Tel: 082 645 8573 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.