Attention: Editors and Reporters

18 August 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Clive Sithole Ceramics (Durban)/ Phansi Museum, Imiso Ceramics (Cape Town), and Van Schaik Bookstore will host the finalist round/ workshop with the youth which advanced through the first phase of the competition.  The youth finalist round on clay works, is part of the second phase of the Ukhamba Youth Pottery Exhibition and Competition, which is part of the Commissions SHiNE initiative.

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17 August 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and the Department of Education will be hosting a Provincial Schools Moot Court preparatory workshop to help students prepare for the Provincial round of Schools Moot Court programme. The Commission and the Department of Education are collaborating with the University of the Free State, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and legal experts to provide learners with workshop in preparation for the Provincial School Moot Court Programme.

17 August 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office will conduct Human Rights Champions’ Workshop with the Sthabile Community Development Centre NPO located in Amatikwe, Inanda under eThekwini Municipality.

The workshop aims to empower Human Rights Champions on the role they play in supporting democracy, the mandate of the SAHRC and protecting the rights of impoverished communities.

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16 August 2023

The Commissioners and the North West Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission are scheduled to meet with the Provincial Executive of the North West Province to discuss human rights concerns in the province. Some of the issues of concern include service delivery challenges at the local and provincial government level, governance and leadership challenges faced by some municipalities and provincial departments which impact the realisation of human rights.

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15 August 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission Gauteng provincial office will visit Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) on 15 August 2023.

The hospital is an accredited central hospital which serves patients from across the Gauteng province as well as neighbouring provinces. Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital offers a full range of tertiary, secondary and highly specialised services.

Thursday, 10 August 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

In 2013, the South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC) instituted proceedings against Rev Bougardt regarding discriminatory statements he had made against gay and lesbian people between October 2011 and November 2012. In 2014, a court order (the 2014 Order) was issued in terms of which Rev Bougardt was found to have been in breach of Section 10 (1) of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (the Equality Act) by making the said discriminatory statements and ordered him to refrain from making similar statements in future.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

09 August 2023

09 August is National Women’s Day. This is a significant calendar day in the history of human rights, the dismantling of apartheid and the birth of equality rights in the country.

Women faced double discrimination during apartheid, they endured both racism and sexism.

7 August 2023

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission’s in North West Province will convene the second sitting of its provincial investigative inquiry into unfinished and inadequate RDP houses in the North West on 8 August 2023. The provincial investigative inquiry forms part of an ongoing investigation into the challenges relating to RDP houses in the province.

5 August 2023

ATT: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ Commission) met with Crawford College International, Pretoria as part of an own accord investigation.

The meeting follows the release of a video of a substitute Grade 8 English teacher writing racist terms on a whiteboard during a lesson. In the video, learners can be heard complaining about the conduct of the teacher.

 Attention: Editors and Reporters

4 AUGUST 2023

The South African Human Rights Commission Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) will meet with the management of Crawford International, Pretoria, on 4 August 2023.

02 August 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) in Limpopo undertakes the training of the clerks of the Equality Courts and court managers in the province on the procedure and operations of the Equality Courts.

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31 July 2023

The North West Provincial Office of the Commission (“NWPO”) will be launching its Social Harmony National Effort (“SHiNE”) initiative under the theme of “Good Governance Starts at Home: Empowered Women a Cornerstone of Strong Families and Communities”.

The closing date for entries has been extended to 8 August 2023

Attention: Editors and Reporters

25 July 2023

The SAHRC together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Clive Sithole Ceramics (Durban), Imiso Ceramics (Cape Town), and Van Schaik Bookstore, wishes to invite youth below the age of 18 years in the KwaZulu Natal Province to submit their clay works that demonstrate their interpretations and reflections on the meaning of the July Unrest and the April 2022 Floods.