Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 04 March 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office calls on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in uMgungundlovu 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
Thursday, 27 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is saddened by the devastating floods that have struck the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, particularly in the Ntuzuma area. We mourn the tragic loss of six lives and recognize the immense hardship faced by countless residents who have been displaced. Reports indicate that six lives have tragically been lost due to the flooding, and many residents have been displaced, facing immense hardship.

Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Limpopo Provincial Office (LPO) will be holding a dialogue on mining and human rights with traditional leaders.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Wednesday, 26 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office invites the media to attend the Commission’s media stakeholder engagement in KwaZulu Natal.

 Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 25 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be convening its first Rights of Rastafari Roundtable as it has become deeply concerned with the continued marginalisation, discrimination, and criminalisation of Rastafari communities in South Africa, despite constitutional rights afforded to them.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Tuesday, 25 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC/the Commission) Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) will host stakeholder engagement to analyse challenges in the allocation of housing in the province in accordance with the Housing Demand Database as identified through complaints received by the Provincial Office.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 24 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) will host a Human Rights and Disinformation Summit, which will critically examine the impact of disinformation on human rights. Disinformation—the deliberate spread of false or misleading information—threatens human rights, affecting freedom of expression, access to accurate information, and the right to participate in public affairs. South Africa has witnessed the dangerous consequences of disinformation in various forms.

Attention: Editors and Reporters  
Monday, 24 February 2025 

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) will institute Equality Court proceedings against Mr Nhlamulo ‘Nota’ Baloyi for alleged hate speech. 

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 21 February 2025

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission) will on Saturday, 22 February 2025, host a National Children’s Rights Conference in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The conference is facilitated through the Commission’s Child Rights Unit (CRU) and is funded by the United Nations Emergency Children’s Fund (UNICEF), themed: "Education is a Human Right”.

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.