09 July 2017

Parents of pupils at Mapani Primary School in Makushu village expressed displeasure in the way the Limpopo Department of Education had ignored their pleas for the department to build new toilets and classrooms for the school.

Conditions haven’t improved at the Wattville Hostel.

08 July 2017

he DA Benoni/Daveyton Constituency Head and Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL), Michele Clarke, conducted another visit to the Wattville Hostel in Actonville on July 5.

08 July 2017

The Equality Court has ordered the Department of Labour to pay an asylum seeker his Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) benefits.

The South African Human Rights Commission said on Friday it welcomed the judgment handed down on Tuesday by the court at the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court‚ particularly as the Constitution prohibits discrimination based on country of origin.

06 July 2017

While the ANC in KZN protects their inept health MEC, the province's cancer sufferers are left waiting for treatment that might not even come.

As KZN says farewell to the last of its oncologists, chilling revelations by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) show that people diagnosed with cancer who are unlucky enough to find themselves living in the crumbling province can wait up to eight months for treatment.

July 7, 2017

“The Commission welcomes the KZN MEC’s response, received on Friday, 30 June 2017, and notes the KZN Health Department’s compliance with the first deadline for response.”

THE South African Human Rights Commission has confirmed that it has received a received a response from the MEC of Health for Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN), Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, in response to the SAHRC’s investigative report on the state of oncology and health rights in KZN.

08 July 2017

Commission says South Africa has a legal duty to ensure crimes against humanity do not play out in other countries.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Friday said government had a moral and legal duty to ensure it joins legal efforts to help stamp out crimes against humanity across the world and on the continent.

08 July 2017

The Human Rights Commission says the government should avoid making the same mistake as in the Omar Al Bashir case in future.

JOHANNESBURG - The Human Rights Commission (HRC) says the South African government has a crucial role to play in supporting international efforts to probe human rights violations.

05 July 2017

Durban - The company that initially supplied and maintained cancer equipment at Addington Hospital has lashed out at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, accusing it of lying and using an unqualified, untrained and newly registered supplier to maintain “sophisticated” medical equipment.

05 July 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission has confirmed that it has received a response from KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo, in relation to its investigation into the state of public oncology services in the province.

05 July 2017

Pretoria - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called on Andile Mngxitama and his organisation Black First Land First (BLF) to immediately cease intimidating and harassing journalists.