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    Media Alert: SAHRC Eastern Cape Provincial Office to conduct monitoring activities in the Sarah Bartman District Municipality and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

    Attention: Editors and Reporters

    18 AUGUST 2023

    The SAHRC in Eastern Cape will be embarking on various monitoring activities in Sarah Baartman District Municipality and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. Section 184 (1) (c) of the South African Constitution states that the Commission must monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic. 

    The role of monitoring and assessing human rights and potential human rights violations provides an opportunity for the Commission to inspect areas of potential violation and facilitate redress where required.

    Monitoring activities will include site visits to frail care centres, service delivery in farm areas, healthcare facilities, equality courts, living conditions of farm workers, schools, access of persons with disability to public transport and children rights.

    The provincial activities will take place as follows:

    Date

    Area

    Activity

    21 August 2023

    Gqeberha

    Monitoring of CRPD: Lorraine Frail Care Centre.

    Monitoring of CRPD: Access of persons with disability in public transport (Algoa Bus Depot in Motherwell).

    22 August 2023

    Addo

     

     

     

    Monitoring of Healthcare centres: Addo Clinic

    Monitoring of living conditions of farm workers and service delivery matters: Addo farms

    23 August 2023

    Petensie

     

     

     

    Monitoring of schools: Petensie schools.

    Monitoring of living conditions of farm workers and dwellers: Petensie farms.

    24 August 2023

    Kirkwood

     

    Monitoring of CRPD: Kirkwood Life Care Centre

    Monitoring of equality courts: Kirkwood Magistrate Court

    25 August 2023

    Kirkwood

    Monitoring of living conditions of farm workers and dwellers: Kirkwood farms

    Monitoring of schools: Kirkwood Schools

     

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    For further information, contact the SAHRC Provincial Manager, Dr Eileen Carter @ 043 722 7828/072 638 9016 or email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Advocacy and Research Officer, Zukiswa N Mqakanya @ 043 722 7828 or email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

     

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