21 April 2017

Cape Town – The South African Human Rights Commission will investigate Western Cape premier Helen Zille’s tweets about colonialism.

“A complaint was received in regards to the violation of a human right. The complaint said the tweet could constitute violation of something in the Bill of Rights,” SA Human Rights Commission spokesperson Gushwell Brooks said on Friday.

21 April 2017

The SAHRC says police need to be more sensitive to human rights when executing their duties.

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has heard that pre-trial detention, accountability and the use of force by police officers need urgent attention in South Africa.

20 April 2017

The majority of the cases involved unlawful arrests and mistreatment of suspects.

JOHANNESBURG - The portfolio committee on police has revealed the SAPS racked up a staggering R14 billion in civil claims in the last financial year.

20 April 2017

Civil claims totalling more than R14-billion rand – mainly for alleged human rights violations - were received by the police ministry in the last financial year.

This was revealed on Thursday by the chairperson of the portfolio committee on police‚ Frans Beukman in Braamfontein‚ Johannesburg‚ during a dialogue on police and human rights hosted by the South African Human Rights Commission and the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum.

20 April 2017

Johannesburg – The escalation of the amount of civil claims against the SAPS over the past two financial years is of concern, Parliament’s police portfolio committee chairperson said on Thursday.

19 April 2017

Kimberley - The Democratic Alliance in the Northern Cape province says it will consult the office of the Public Protector and the South African Human Rights Commission following alleged unfair ward committee elections that took place in Roodepan.

The DA Provincial Leader, Andrew Louw, says the municipality failed to ensure that the ward committee elections for Ward 1 were free and fair. He says last night community members were influenced to vote for names that were on a predetermined list of ward candidates who had been handpicked by the ANC. Louw says they are calling to the speaker of the municipality to launc.

Source: OFM

19 April 2017

Momberg’s trial was postponed several times after she axed her previous lawyer.

A date has been set for estate agent Vicky Momberg to finally take the stand next month after the case of crimen injuria against her was postponed by the Randburg Magistrates’ Court.

Thursday, 20 April 2017

Attention: Editors

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) will host a Dialogue on Policing and Human Rights in South Africa at the SAHRC Offices in Braamfontein on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 April 2017.

19th April 2017

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) together with the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) invites members of the media to a two day joint dialogue on human rights and policing in South Africa.

17 April 2017

Foreign and local currency bonds were downgraded to the "junk" level, following a similar move from the S&P rating agency earlier this week.

"I am marching to get the ANC to take us seriously and respect our wishes by letting the president go", said one of the protestors to Reuters.