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SAHRC
Monday, 05 June 2017 08:23
Don’t let our kids suffer
03 June 2017
South Africa ranks lowly 103rd in world on index which shows threats a child faces.
One quarter of the world’s children are being denied a proper childhood, with a staggering 700 million missing out on their formative years.
Child Protection Week comes to a close with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) asserting that the South Africa was failing to act in the best interests of its children.
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Friday, 02 June 2017 08:20
SAHRC launches investigations into issues around children and education in FS
02 June 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission says the lack of teacher-learners support material, corporal punishment, and gang violence in schools are some of the issues that children in the Free State Province are still faced with.
The Commission’s Acting Provincial Manager, Shirley Mlombo, says during this week’s visit to schools in Bloemfontein they have discovered that a number of children still have to travel long distances to schools. She says some of the children also allege that they are sometimes turned away when they arrive late at schools.
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Tuesday, 20 June 2017 07:36
Media Invite: South African Human Rights Commission and Centre for Human Rights launch travelling exhibition I Decide=I Am
15th June 2017
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The globally acclaimed exhibition entitled: I Decide = I Am opens for the first time in South Africa at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on 19 June 2017. The thought provoking pictorial images by illustrator Nadezhda Georgieva, and award winning journalist Yana Buhrer Tavanier, featuring art works by Daniel Mosako which pieces together the Life Esidimeni tragedy. The exhibition is infused with poignant audio narratives in vernacular, of persons living with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities telling their stories of life without voice, choice and control.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The globally acclaimed exhibition entitled: I Decide = I Am opens for the first time in South Africa at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on 19 June 2017. The thought provoking pictorial images by illustrator Nadezhda Georgieva, and award winning journalist Yana Buhrer Tavanier, featuring art works by Daniel Mosako which pieces together the Life Esidimeni tragedy. The exhibition is infused with poignant audio narratives in vernacular, of persons living with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities telling their stories of life without voice, choice and control.
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Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:12
SAHRC Acts to Protect Cancer Patient’s Rights to Adequate Healthcare
MEDIA STATEMENT:
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 15 June 2017
On or about 19 February 2016, the Commission received a written complaint raising a number of challenges regarding the provision of health care services to oncology patients in the KZN Province.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 15 June 2017
On or about 19 February 2016, the Commission received a written complaint raising a number of challenges regarding the provision of health care services to oncology patients in the KZN Province.
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Thursday, 15 June 2017 10:01
SAHRC with Nyanga CPF Community hosts dialogue on Crime and its Impact on Social Cohesion
Media Release: SAHRC with Nyanga CPF Community hosts dialogue on Crime and its Impact on Social Cohesion
Attention: Editors and Reporters
15 June 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), together with the Nyanga Community Policing Forum (CPF) will be hosting a multi-sectoral community dialogue in Cape Town.
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Thursday, 15 June 2017 09:57
Media Statement: SAHRC is here to protect the rights of youth and children
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Thursday, 15 June 2017
The commemoration of the Day of the African Child coincides with Youth Day, on 16 June every year. The Day of the African Child has been commemorated since 1991, when it was first initiated by the African Union (AU) which was previously known as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), to honour the youth who participated in the Soweto Uprising of 1976.
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Thursday, 15 June 2017 06:56
It's a parent's duty to teach their child about racial tolerance
14 June 2017
Marchelle Abrahams
Discrimination is rife in South African schools – and it’s becoming a problem that is getting hard to deal with, writes Marchelle Abrahams.
"I'm so offended right now. F***ing k*****s don’t know how to pronounce my name. Yoh they going to get it from me on Monday. You don’t dare put me on that (sic)”.
Marchelle Abrahams
Discrimination is rife in South African schools – and it’s becoming a problem that is getting hard to deal with, writes Marchelle Abrahams.
"I'm so offended right now. F***ing k*****s don’t know how to pronounce my name. Yoh they going to get it from me on Monday. You don’t dare put me on that (sic)”.
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Monday, 12 June 2017 09:35
Child labour is exploitative and violates the rights of the child
Media Statement:
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 12 June 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) recognises and commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June 2017.
World Day Against Child Labour was launched by the ILO on 12 June 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 12 June 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) recognises and commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June 2017.
World Day Against Child Labour was launched by the ILO on 12 June 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.
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Friday, 09 June 2017 15:19
SAHRC: The ‘K’ Word Is Unacceptable In Any Context
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Friday, 9 June 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the Randburg Equality Court’s judgment, handed down on 8 June 2017, in the matter of Mkhondo & SAHRC v Vicky Momberg. The Court has found Ms Momberg guilty of hate speech in terms of Section 10 of the Equality Act, and further found that Constable Mkhondo’s right to human dignity were infringed upon.
Friday, 9 June 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the Randburg Equality Court’s judgment, handed down on 8 June 2017, in the matter of Mkhondo & SAHRC v Vicky Momberg. The Court has found Ms Momberg guilty of hate speech in terms of Section 10 of the Equality Act, and further found that Constable Mkhondo’s right to human dignity were infringed upon.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:08
Combating all injustices
10 May 2016
Discrimination is not only often racist in nature, equality in education and other rights are denied to many
By Commissioner Bokankatla Malatji
PRIOR to 1994 South African society was built on an institutionalised system of segregation thot was racially oppressive and discriminatory. However, discrimination did not only take the form of racism hut also manifested through discrimination on the basis of and disability. Read more
Discrimination is not only often racist in nature, equality in education and other rights are denied to many
By Commissioner Bokankatla Malatji
PRIOR to 1994 South African society was built on an institutionalised system of segregation thot was racially oppressive and discriminatory. However, discrimination did not only take the form of racism hut also manifested through discrimination on the basis of and disability. Read more
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