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Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 16 October 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) joins the world in observing World Food Day and takes the opportunity to announce the next phase of its National Investigative Hearing into South Africa’s Food Systems.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 15 October 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC / Commission) is pleased to announce the establishment of its Section 11 Committee on the Right to Education, which held its inaugural meeting on 14 September 2026 at the Commission’s Head Office in Johannesburg.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Date: Monday, 12 October 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) welcomes the judgment delivered by the Equality Court in Gqeberha in the matter of South African Human Rights Commission and Another v Dawood Lagardien (Case No. 2391/2023).
Sunday, 11 October 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) is elated to offer its congratulations to Judge Navanethem Pillay on the well-deserved honour of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. She was duly recognised on 09 October 2026 by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for her lifelong efforts to promote human rights, peace and international law.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 09 October 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) calls for calm and condemns violent protests in eThekwini and Soweto. Reports indicate these protests follow the resumption of asylum processing at the Durban Refugee Centre.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Date: Monday, 05 October 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC / Commission) joins South Africa and the international community in commemorating World Teachers’ Day and salutes the thousands of teachers who, every day, shoulder the immense responsibility of educating, nurturing and preparing the next generation.
Date: 05 October 2026
On 4 October 2026, through Justice Leona Theron of the Constitutional Court, the presiding judges of the 15th Annual South African National Schools Moot Court Programme declared the respondents’ team, comprising Nathi Thetha and Luvumo Bacela from Umtata High School in the Eastern Cape Province and Matsie Maenetja and Reneilwe Ncumalo from Klaas Mothapo Secondary School in the Limpopo Province, the winners of the coveted South African National Schools Moot Court Programme.
Date: 03 October 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), will host the Grand Finale of the 15th Annual South African National Schools Moot Court Programme on 04 October 2026 at the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Date: 01 October 2026
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) joins the international community in commemorating the International Day of Older Persons under the theme “The Age of Longevity: Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives.” This theme calls for fundamental changes to ensure that longer lives are accompanied by dignity, equality, security, good health and meaningful participation in society.
The Commission honours older persons’ contributions to families, communities and our constitutional democracy. Their knowledge, leadership, work and care continue to sustain society. Older persons are rights holders whose voices, choices and independence must shape the decisions that affect their lives.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
29 September 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), through its Child Rights Unit (CRU), will launch its Conference Report, Children's Rights to Privacy and Safety on Online Platforms: Legislative Gaps and the Case for Reform. The report captures the findings of a stakeholders' conference held on 28 March 2026 in Johannesburg to underscore the urgent need to safeguard children in an increasingly digital world.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 29 SEPTEMBER 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), will host the final rounds of the 15th Annual South African National Schools Moot Court Programme on 01 and 02 October 2026 at the University of Pretoria, with the grand finale taking place on 04 October 2026 at the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Date: 25 September 2026
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), and the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) will hold a Joint National Inquiry (National Inquiry) into the Reporting, Victim Support, Investigation and Pre-Trial Functioning of the Criminal Justice System Response to Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in South Africa.
Attention Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has initiated a systemic investigation into the human rights impact of delayed development and upgrading of informal settlements in the North West Province.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 21 September 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) launches its policy brief, Infrastructure Vandalism as a Human Rights Crisis: Copper Cable and Scrap Metal Theft, Regulatory and Enforcement Gaps, and the Erosion of Socio-Economic Rights.
Attention Editors and Reporters
Friday, 18 September 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will on Monday, 21 September 2026, launch its policy brief, Infrastructure Vandalism as a Human Rights Crisis: Copper Cable and Scrap Metal Theft, Regulatory and Enforcement Gaps, and the Erosion of Socio-Economic Rights.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) is appalled by the recent reports of the killings of women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. According to reports, 8 women have so far been killed in the area over the past two months. The Commission sends its condolences to the families that lost their loved ones.
Attention Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 08 September 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/Commission) will on Wednesday, 09 September 2026, host a webinar, titled Municipal debt to water boards: Exploring a human rights centric approach.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) has today, 26 August 2026, released a final investigative report into persistent water access challenges affecting residents of Mamerotse, Tlaseng and Tlapa villages, situated within the jurisdiction of the Royal Bafokeng Administration (“RBA”) and the Rustenburg Local Municipality (“RLM”).
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 24 August 2026
The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) has today, 24 August 2026, released two final investigative reports concerning the living conditions and human rights of occupiers residing on Portion 3 (Remaining Extent) of Farm Witfontein (Farm), situated within the jurisdiction of the City of Matlosana Local Municipality (Matlosana) in the North West Province.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
20 August 2026
Today, the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) released its investigative report into the complaint concerning the discontinuation of the Free Basic Alternative Energy (FBAE) programme by Matlosana Local Municipality (Matlosana).
The report release follows the Commission’s investigation of a complaint lodged on the matter on behalf of affected residents. In the complaint, it was alleged that the discontinuation of the programme had severely affected poor and vulnerable households living in areas without access to electricity, including unemployed and child-headed households that could not afford to purchase paraffin themselves.
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