22 December 2017

Regional Commissioner at South African Human Rights Commission, Chris Nissen speaks to CapeTalk's John Maytham after his visit to farm workers who were forcibly evicted in Wellington.

22 December 2017

At least seven more students from central South Africa will be a part of a class action lawsuit to be launched against the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) early next year.

27 December 2017

While most agreed the business is thriving because it is supported by racists, another asked why black people don’t support black businesses.
After several black callers told 702 host Chris Vick a guest lodge called Zanandi based in Hartbeespoort just outside Brits in North West is turning away black clients, social media began exposing the establishment.

28 December 2017

Johannesburg – Authorities should "act swiftly" against Magaliesburg holiday resort Club Zanandi to avoid a "resurgence of racism in the tourism sector", the SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) said.
This followed a debate on Radio 702 on Wednesday morning, in which callers explained how they've been turned away from the resort, situated roughly 3km from Hartbeespoort Dam, because they were not white.

29 December 2017

The population of the elderly is increasing and so is the nation’s wisdom which should be tapped into and preserved for posterity.

22 November 2017

On 22 November 2017, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in partnership with LEAD SA, will celebrate 10 young African activists (between the ages of 18 – 35), who are doing exceptional work in the Gender Justice Field.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

14 December 2017

The Mpumalanga Provincial Office will be conducting an information session on its child friendly campaign which is aimed at popularising the Commission’s Child Friendly Complaints Handling Procedure (CFCHP). The engagement is also aimed at empowering children with information that shall enable them to identify human rights violations and report these violations directly to the Commission.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Tuesday 12 December 2017


The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or SAHRC) is aware of allegations of racial tension amongst academic staff at the University of South Africa’s (Unisa), College of law. The Commission continues to remain concerned by allegations of racism which undermines the collective effort to build a culture of human rights in a society based on human dignity, the achievement of equality, the advancement freedoms, non-racialism, non-sexism, supremacy of the constitution, the rule of law, accountability, responsiveness and openness; as set out in section 1 of the Constitution.

ATTENTION: REPORTERS AND EDITORS

DATE: 11 DECEMBER 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission’s Mpumalanga Provincial Office will be commemorating the International World Aids Day, in a form of a dialogue, at Nkomazi Local Municipality. The commemoration is hosted under the theme: “Zero Discrimination against People Living with HIV/AIDS.”

Attention: Editors and Reporters

Monday 11 December 2017

The 10th of December 2017 marked the commemoration of International Human Rights Day. The day is globally observed annually in remembrance of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by (the then newly formed) United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. This proclamation was the first global expression of human rights and is globally recognised as one of the first major achievements of the fledgling UN.