Attention: Editors and Reporters

27 September 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) will conduct a newsroom visit to provide an opportunity for media houses to interact with the North West Provincial Office (NWPO) and for the NWPO to share information on the work of the Commission.

Attention: Editors and Reporters
27 September 2022

The objective of the stakeholder engagements is to engage with government departments, civil society organisations and communities with the view to heightening awareness about human rights and institutions that can help with redress for human rights violations, with a specific focus on the role of the Commission in promoting, monitoring and protecting human rights.

26 September 2022 

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is a Constitutional body, established to support constitutional democracy in terms of Section 181 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Constitution). Section 184(1) (b) of the Constitution obliges the SAHRC to promote the protection of human rights and monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic of South Africa.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

26 September 2022

The Eastern Cape provincial office will conduct a human rights champion workshop on Monday, 26 September 2022. The identified human rights champions will be empowered on the mandate of the South African Human Rights Commission and how to be champions for human rights.

By Fatima Chohan

24 September 2022

At a recent seminar held by the South African Human Rights Commission on the topic of “The Erosion of Rule of Law”, the notion of a South African nation was disputed by the presenter who argued that we are not now, nor have we ever been, anything akin to a nation.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

26 September 2022
Over the years, the South African Human Rights Commission in Mpumalanga (“the Commission”) has received and investigated complaints relating to the placement and removal of markers on holders’ identity documents.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Saturday, 24 September 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC/Commission) joins the rest of the country in celebrating Heritage Day 2022.  Heritage Day in South Africa is celebrated yearly on the 24th of September to appreciate the nation’s unique wealth of cultural diversity.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Thursday, 22 September 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC) invites members of the media to the launch of the Social Harmony National Effort (SHiNE). 

The SAHRC is a national human rights institution mandated by the Constitution to promote respect for and a culture of human rights; promote the protection, development and attainment of human rights; and monitor and assess the observance of human rights in South Africa.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

21 September 2022

In the matter of Solidarity & Another v Black First Land First & 2 Others EQ2/19 Equality Court Gauteng Local Division, a complaint of hate speech in terms of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (‘the Equality Act’), was instituted against the Black First Land First (First Respondent) and two members of Black First Land First (the Second and Third Respondents) for comments they made following the death of three white learners arising from the collapse of a bridge at Driehoek Hoerskool in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng.

31 August 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious, and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) are hosting a two-day National Conference on Local Governance.

Government ministers, municipalities, Chapter 9 institutions, civil society, community members, and other stakeholders are participating in the conference, which began on Wednesday morning.