15 March 2017

Cape Town - A Grade 1 pupil is waiting to be old enough to date the gangster that killed her "mommy" so she can kill him with poison.

A 17-year-old in juvenile prison dreams not of rushing to his mother when he gets out, but of killing someone first to make things right.

17 March 2017

Cape Town - The Western Cape Education Department and the governing body of Uitzig High School came to an agreement on Friday to suspend legal action in relation to the school's closure, the department said in a statement.

20 March 2017

Bloemfontein - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) urges South Africans to celebrate diversity and unite towards combating all forms of discrimination as the country celebrates Human Rights Day tomorrow.

20 March 2017

The right to equality remains one of the rights most violated in South Africa. This is according to South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Spokesperson, Gail Smith. March marks Human Rights Month in South Africa with the focus on human rights issues.

“Since 2012, the number one human right violation in South Africa has been around the right to equality. So, that remains the right we go to court on the most as the South African Human Rights Commission ... specifically those cases (which) would involve the use of the "K" word and other derogatory comments with racial undertones such as the use of terms baboon or monkey. So, it is the right to equality that is a top right, followed by labour disputes. We get a lot of labour disputes, most of those we send to the CCMA because they are another body that is setup to deal with specific labour rights and the third top right we deal with is around access to health care services, water, food and social security.”

22 March 2017

The Human Rights Commission's Gail Smith says the country has come a long way and people are now more aware of their rights.

JOHANNESBURG – As South Africa marks 57 years since the Sharpeville Massacre, the Human Rights Commission says it's encouraged that citizens are becoming increasingly aware of their rights.

29 March 2017

Bloemfontein - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is to collaborate with the Free State Provincial Government to ensure that the government is more responsive and accounting to complaints of human rights violation.

29 March 2017

Bloemfontein - The right to water and proper sanitation are the most violated human rights in the Free State.

The South African Human Rights Commission’s Provincial Senior Legal Office, Shirley Mlomb, says it’s concerning that the province and the country at large is still crippled with issues pertaining to poor service delivery.

27 March 2017

South Africa's experience with reconciliation has made it a stronger and more prosperous nation. South Africa's experience can provide valuable lessons for Canada as we continue on our own path to reconciliation with our Indigenous Peoples.

28 Mar 2017

Bloemfontein - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it is going to intensify measures in dealing with the increasing number of evictions, more particularly farm evictions in the Free State.

27 March 2017

Were you ever told by your parents that ‘sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me’?

In recent months, the South African slang word makwerekwere has become a powerful example of how words can, indeed, be very hurtful. For those caught up in its reach, it can attract deadly consequences. In its narrowest form, it serves as a pejorative description of black African migrants to South Africa. The targeting of migrant black Africans does not distinguish between those who might be refugees and asylum seekers, and those who could have arrived as legal or illegal immigrants. Sometimes other minority groups, such as migrant Bangladeshis, have been caught up in its violent grip. It is a blunderbuss of a word.