13 April 2017

Human rights commissioner in Port Elizabeth to look at embattled facilities

The South African Human Rights Commission’s Chris Nissen was in Port Elizabeth this week to inspect frail care facilities – as the saga around moving 239 patients from Life Esidimeni facilities to facilities run by non-government organisations continues.

10 April 2017

Bronwyn Davids

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is to review why children born in South Africa to foreign parents are not automatically awarded citizenship by the Department of Home Affairs.

09 April 2017

Tens of thousands of South Africans took to the streets nationwide on Friday, calling on embattled President Jacob Zuma to resign. The African National Congress (ANC) party has rejected calls for him to quit.he main protest marches took place in six major towns: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein and Durban.

7 April 2017

BE AWARE of criminal elements planning to disrupt protests today and take note of road closures in and around Durban.

Buses are blocking Umgeni Road, Cannaught bridge, the M4 at Blue Lagoon and the N3 Spaghetti Junction.

Wilson-Raybould also held meetings with South Africa’s justice minister, justices of the constitutional court and chief human rights commissioners.

01 April 2017

OTTAWA—Canada’s justice minister is wrapping up a visit to South Africa, where she met with Desmond Tutu, the activist and former bishop best known around the world for standing in opposition to apartheid.

During their meeting, Tutu reflected on the challenge Canada faces in reconciling with its own indigenous peoples, and how it will be up to young people to drive the change, Jody Wilson-Raybould said Friday in an interview.

The department has to pay personal compensation to Nare Mphela, a transgender woman from Moletji following discrimination against her.
March 28, 2017

POLOKWANE – The Limpopo Department of Education was recently ordered by the Seshego Equality Court to pay R60 000 in personal compensation to Nare Mphela, a transgender woman from Moletjie, Ga-Matlala.

LAUNCH OF THE FREE STATE CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSFORMATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION - PERSPECTIVE OF THE SAHRC

PRESENTATION BY: CHAIRPERSON MAJOLA

I would like to warmly welcome everyone here today to the launch of the Free State Centre for Human Rights an institution which aims to assist, by means of appropriate research initiatives, in the cultivation of a human rights-oriented institutional culture at the UFS. I personally believe that this is a great step towards achieving the transformation in the University.

Thursday, 6 April 2017

Attention: Editors and Reporters

With various civil society organisations and political parties mobilising to stage protests on Friday, 7 April 2017, the South African Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned by comments, made in the media in recent days, which seem to encourage the use of violence in contravention of the law and disregard of entrenched constitutional rights.  

16 March 2017

Every year South Africans celebrate Human Rights Day on March 21 to commemorate the 1960 Sharpeville massacre when police opened fire on a crowd killing 69 unarmed people. They were protesting against the humiliating pass laws that controlled the movement of black people.

Besides a reminder of a dark period in the country’s history, this day also celebrates South Africa’s unique and highly acclaimed constitution. Its Bill of Rights guarantees human dignity and equal rights to all citizens.

17 March 2017

South Africa’s constitution is celebrated globally for its visionary Bill of Rights. It’s among a handful of countries which integrate economic, social and cultural rights alongside traditional civil and political rights as legally enforceable rights.