ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office, working with the Department of Justice and Community Advice Offices South Africa, will conduct capacity building workshops on the right to equality.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office in partnership with DOJ &CD will conduct advocacy initiatives with the aim of educating communities on the equality toolkit, and to promoting the use and functionality of equality courts. The Commission will also monitor institutions & organisations servicing vulnerable persons i.e. Schools for learners with disabilities, Old Age Homes and Hospitals.
15 February 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Western Cape Provincial Office (WCPO) will conduct a capacity-building workshop for Community Development Workers (CDWs) to train them as Human Rights Champions. The capacity building workshop is aimed at empowering the local stakeholders by heightening awareness about human rights and structures that can help with redress for human rights violations with a specific focus on the role of the SAHRC in promoting, monitoring and protecting human rights.
11 February 2022
From 27 September 2021 to 1 October 2021, the Commission in Mpumalanga conducted an investigative inquiry into service delivery challenges within local municipalities in Mpumalanga. The inquiry followed service delivery complaints against various local municipalities in the province over the years. The issues raised in the various complaints included the failure by municipalities to provide water and housing, sewage spillages, sewage treatment challenges, electricity outages, non-collection of refuse and potholes on the roads.
09 February 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission Western Cape provincial office (WCPO) will conduct a capacity building workshop for Community Development Workers (CDWs) to train them as Human Rights Champions. The capacity building workshop is aimed at empowering the CDWs by heightening awareness about human rights and structures that can help with redress for human rights violations with a specific focus on the role of the SAHRC in promoting, monitoring and protecting human rights.
07 February 2022
The Eastern Cape Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) has noted from media reports the dangerous conditions learners face in attempting to access their right to basic education within areas of the province. In view thereof, as well as the urgent need to ensure that the safety and best interests of children are upheld, the SAHRC will be visiting the areas affected to inspect and assess the concerns herein.
07 February 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission’s Gauteng Provincial Office will, this week, embark on an awareness and information sharing roadshow and human rights monitoring in various parts of the West Rand and Sedibeng districts in Gauteng. During the four-day roadshow, the Commission will share information on human rights and engage with municipalities on service delivery challenges and specific areas of potential collaboration.
03 February 2022
On 3 February 2022, the North West Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will conduct a capacity building workshop with Community Human Rights Champions who are members of Community Advices Offices affiliated to the Community Advice Offices South Africa (“CAOSA”).
02 February 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) working in collaboration with the Langa Advice Office will host a community engagement to educate members of the public on the Equality legislation and the work of the Institutions Supporting Democracy in the Republic. This is meant to amplify basic human rights awareness with specific focus on the equality provision of the Bill of Rights as enshrined in Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Republic South Africa, 1996.
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