Attention: Editors and Reporters

22 JUNE 2022

Human rights are universal legal guarantees protecting individuals and groups against actions and omissions that interfere with fundamental freedoms, entitlements, and human dignity. South Africa is hailed as one of the leading economic countries in the African continent, with one of the most celebrated Constitutions in the world because of its progressive human rights framework.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

22 June 2022

The Eastern Cape Provincial Office (“ECPO”) will host a human rights engagement with the Provincial Executive Committee of the province to strengthen the working relationship with the South African Human Rights Commission (“Commission”). Further, the engagement will focus on engaging on the systematic human rights challenges the ECPO has identified in the province and the need for government to be held accountable. The Provincial government will also be appraised on most prevalent complaints within the Province, the most unresponsive government stakeholders, as well as general human rights trends within the Province.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

22 June 2022

The Constitution of the Republic requires all spheres of government and all organs of state within each sphere to secure the well-being of the people of South Africa; provide effective, transparent, accountable and coherent government for all people; and to co-operate with one another in mutual trust and good faith by fostering friendly relations; assisting and supporting one another; consulting one another on, matters of common interest; and adhering to agreed procedures.

21 June 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office of the South African Human rights Commission (KZN PO) (the Commission or the SAHRC) will hold a Provincial Inquiry on access to water in KwaZulu Natal. The Inquiry will commence on the 4 July 2022 and will continue until 15 July 2022.  

21 June 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters

Tomorrow, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (“Commission”) Gauteng Provincial Office will host a stakeholder engagement on the plight of homeless community in Mogale City. In the recent past, the Mogale City Municipality’s Public Safety unit has been accused of serious human rights violations and heavy-handed treatment of homeless people.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

20 June 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission (“Commission”) has noted media reports of violence resulting in multiple deaths in the Qhumanco Village in Cofimvaba, and growing tensions between South Africans and non-nationals within the area. Reports have also alluded to allegations of xenophobia which has emanated from criminal conduct and a growing distrust between members of the community.

20 June 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) has opened an own accord investigation into a leaked audio recording in which the UNISA Principal and Vice-Chancellor and other women staff members are threatened with molestation and violence.

20 June 2022

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Today the world marks World Refugee Day, which is an international day for commemorating and honouring the strength and courage of refugees from across the globe. The day was first organized by the United Nations in June 2001, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees – to which South Africa is a member State. The day is also aimed at raising awareness about the particular challenges that occur in the refugee lived experience.  

20 June 2022

Attention:  Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) will conclude the receipt of oral evidence in the National Investigative Hearing into the July 2021 Unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng Provinces, on Tuesday, 21 June 2022.

Date: 17 June 2022  
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) 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).