"From the nature of the query to be researched, the commission was of the view that it would be a sizeable project. "It was a project that would require time and resources. "It had enquired about the availability of additional funding for the research and the time frames of the project. This did not yield any positive response. "The commission therefore did not do the research," he said. Parc petitioned Parliament in 2021 about the removal of the label "Coloured" from all official government and private institutions' documents, saying it is offensive to socalled Coloured people. The organisation is calling for a national debate on the naming and identification of citizens. In a report released by the committee last year, the Minister of Labour submitted that apartheid had left behind a legacy of inequalities and policies.

Parc founder Glen Snyman said the SAHRC was failing on its mandate primarily as a protector of all South Africans' human dignity. "Various bodies government institutions Home Affairs, Labour, the Ministry of Traditional Affairs and Sport, and the KhoiSan Cultural house all responded immediately when Parliament asked about their stance on the matter. "The Human Rights Commission should just publicly proclaim to all South Africans and the international community where they stand on race classification: for or against it, that is all that we want to know at this stage," he said. The chairperson of the Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings, Dimakatso Maleka, referred the Cape Times to a response on the matter by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Thembi Nkadimeng. In the response, discussing efforts to recognise KhoiSan communities, she said KhoiSan communities would have to apply for recognition. "For purposes of determining whether a particular community complies with criteria, the government has established the Commission on KhoiSan Matters."

Source: Cape Times