04 August 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is concerned about the escalating high level of gruesome and atrocious attacks on women. The recent reported incidence of alleged gang raping of 8 women in Krugersdorp is a cause for serious concern.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
3 August 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (“Commission/SAHRC”) in the Eastern Cape will be conducting a site inspection of a community stationed on the roadside on the N10 between Cradock and Middleburg. The community was established in 1997 and there have been numerous engagements throughout the years with the relevant acting agents of government to assist the community with housing and basic services. Sections 26 and 27 of the Constitution provides that everyone has the right to housing and basic services and the state must take reasonable measures within its available resources to ensure that these rights are realized. It appears that the community is still without basic services and housing.
Understanding PAIA
The Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to support constitutional democracy. It is committed to promote respect for, observance of and protection of human rights for everyone without fear or favour.
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