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Attention: Editors and Reporters

 

Wednesday, 18 January 2018

 

A delegation from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) today met with officials from the Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging, the South African Police Service (SAPS), and demonstrators.  The Commission’s intervention follows violent protests at the school that erupted this week and called on all parties to act with restraint and to ensure that demonstrations remain peaceful.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

 

Monday, 15 January 2018

 

As schools are about to open in a few days, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) wishes to gently remind all schools that the right to a basic education, as contained in section 29 of the Constitution, is compulsory, universal and immediately realisable – meaning that it is guaranteed to all persons, regardless of nationality, status, or documentation.


Attention: Editors

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

 

The South African Human Rights Commission today, 9 January 2018, released its Annual Trends Analysis Report (ATAR) outlining statistics and data on human rights violations received by the Commission during 2015-2016.  Compiled from cases received from all 9 of the Commission’s provincial offices, the report highlights that inequality remains one of the single biggest obstacles to the attainment of human rights, as envisaged by the Constitution.   

Attention: Editors and Reporters

 

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

 

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is closely monitoring the developments following the announcement on the provision of free higher education for poor and working class students in South Africa.

04 December 2017

Officials from the Gauteng Department of Education are set to meet with parents and community organisations opposing the appointment of a new principal at Noordgesig Primary School – allegedly due to race.
The engagement comes after classes were disrupted at the school on Friday by parents and organisations claiming the black headmaster was imposed on them.
Economic and Social Rights 2016/17 SAHRC Report | PMG
05 December 2017

Chairperson: Ms N Mafu (ANC)

Meeting Summary

The Committee welcomed the offer by the South African Human Rights Commission to assist the Committee in understanding the issues around special needs housing as that was one of the urgent policy needs that had to be dealt with by the Committee.

Tuesday, 05 December 2017 09:00

The CCMA hosts its annual Indaba in Durban

5 December 2017

The Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is hosting its annual 2017 CCMA Indaba on 7 and 8 December 2017, at the Elangeni Hotel, Durban. The conference will be attended by Members of the Portfolio Committee on Labour, representatives from the Ministry and Department of Labour, Judges of the Labour and High Courts, labour market experts, strategic partners, Members of the CCMA Governing Body and its Committees, as well as CCMA Staff and Commissioners.
07 December 2017

The two Mpumalanga farmers Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson who were jailed for assaulting Victor Mlotshwa after forcing him into a coffin have been denied bail by the Middelburg High Court on Thursday.
The duo had approached the court to grant them bail while they await the final decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal regarding their jail sentences.
07 December 2017

The Inkatha Freedom Party is extremely pleased to announce that the Human Rights Commission conducted their first seminar into GMOs and their impact on human rights, at the their offices in Braamfontein yesterday 6 December.
This was after a complaint had been lodged on 16 September 2016 by Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP, supported by the South African Traditional Doctors Union and the Cancer Association of South Africa [CANSA].

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