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Right to equality most violated human right - Human Rights Commission

11 January 2018

Johannesburg – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) received more than 4 000 complaints between 2015 and 2016, with the right to equality being the violation complained of the most, according to its annual trends analysis report (ATAR) (see here - PDF).
Less than half of these complaints were accepted, with the remainder being rejected or referred.
The report revealed that in the 2015/2016 period, the commission received 749 complaints about equality violations, 505 of which were related to race.

Human rights complaints linked to service delivery issues

11 January 2018

THERE has been a steady increase in the number of human rights complaints related to service delivery.
This is according to the Annual Trends Analysis report released by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) yesterday.
The report outlines statistics and data on human rights violations received during the 2015-2016 financial year.

ESJF lays complaint with SAHRC against universities’ poor planning

SABC Education - ESJF lays complaint with SAHRC against universities’ poor planning

10 January 2018

Many prospective students who did not apply are being turned away and told to apply online. Education for Social Justice (ESJF) says it has laid a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) about prospective students who were turned away at institutions of higher learning.

SAHRC calls for calm as varsities open

10 January 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is closely monitoring the developments following the announcement on the provision of free higher education for poor and working class students in South Africa.

Rights commission seeks answers on fee-free education plan

10 January 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says the government must provide clarity on the implementation of the fee-free education announced by President Jacob Zuma
“Recalling several incidents that have taken place in the past, which resulted in violence, disruption of academic programmes, the destruction of property and intimidation of persons across a number of university campuses, the Commission wishes to highlight the importance of resolving disputes through peaceful means,” the SAHRC said in a statement.

Increase in the number of complaints over racial slurs: Human Rights Commission

10 January 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission has noted an increase in the number of complaints involving racial slurs.
"During the four financial years under review‚ equality-related complaints have consistently been one of the top [five] rights violations that the commission has dealt with. The number of these complaints has steadily increased‚ peaking in the 2015/2016 financial year. With the increasing number of people being aware of their rights‚ and as technology evolves‚ the inequality of lived realities and the disparity in the social dynamics in South Africa has come to the fore‚" the commission said in a report.

SAHRC calls for clarity on free higher education

10 January 2018

South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it is closely monitoring the developments following the announcement of the provision of free higher education for poor and working-class students in South Africa.

Race violations in top spot

10 January 2018

HUMAN rights violations related to race continue to bedevil South Africa’s efforts to eradicate inequality and discrimination, a trend analysis by the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) has revealed.
The report found that despite the Constitution and a plethora of anti-racism laws, racism remains endemic in South Africa.
Of 749 complaints received by the commission between 2015 and 2016, 505 were those related to race.

You can’t come in, you’re black!

09 January 2018

MINISTER of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has called on all victims of racism at Club Zanandi to come forward.
This comes after a woman told the media she and her family were denied entrance to the resort near Hartbeespoort, North West because they are not white.

SAHRC finalises report on WC farm evictions

09 January 2018

In the first week of December alone, the HRC attended to dozens of these matters in 22 areas, including Wolwerivier, Clanwilliam and Citrusdal.

CAPE TOWN - The Human Rights Commission says that it has finalised a report on its interventions in hundreds of farm eviction cases in the Western Cape.

Human rights body steps in amid Unisa race row

09 January 2018

The Star reports that allegations of racial tension at Unisa have prompted the urgent intervention of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), that has called for the culprits to be punished.

SAHRC calls for calm during registration at institutions of higher learning

09 January 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission is urging the government‚ institutions of higher learning and students to work “collaboratively” to ensure that eligible poor students are accommodated and the registration process is peaceful.

Here’s how to include your elderly loved ones this festive

29 December 2017

The population of the elderly is increasing and so is the nation’s wisdom which should be tapped into and preserved for posterity.

'Act swiftly' and investigate Magaliesburg resort for alleged racism - Sanco

28 December 2017

Johannesburg – Authorities should "act swiftly" against Magaliesburg holiday resort Club Zanandi to avoid a "resurgence of racism in the tourism sector", the SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) said.
This followed a debate on Radio 702 on Wednesday morning, in which callers explained how they've been turned away from the resort, situated roughly 3km from Hartbeespoort Dam, because they were not white.

‘Racist’ guest lodge in Hartbeespoort raises the ire of South Africans on Twitter

27 December 2017

While most agreed the business is thriving because it is supported by racists, another asked why black people don’t support black businesses.
After several black callers told 702 host Chris Vick a guest lodge called Zanandi based in Hartbeespoort just outside Brits in North West is turning away black clients, social media began exposing the establishment.

'Farm workers are forcibly evicted and dumped by the roadside'

22 December 2017

Regional Commissioner at South African Human Rights Commission, Chris Nissen speaks to CapeTalk's John Maytham after his visit to farm workers who were forcibly evicted in Wellington.

More students come forward in class action lawsuit against Higher Education Department

22 December 2017

At least seven more students from central South Africa will be a part of a class action lawsuit to be launched against the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) early next year.

DA councillor suspended for anti-biker Facebook rant

20 December 2017

Kimberley - DA councillor at the Sol Plaatje Municipality Ockert Fourie, whose 'vitriolic' Facebook post against bikers has gone viral, has not only been suspended from the party, but it also facing a hate speech investigation by the South African Human Rights Commission.
Fourie caused a social media storm at the weekend with a post calling riders of motorcycles, quads and scramblers "rubbish” who made him “blind with anger as they revved their engines” adding that he wanted to see their “blood and brains on lamp poles and in the tar on the road”.

DA councillor suspended after calling for motorcyclists to die

19 December 2017

Cape Town – The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape has suspended a councillor over a social media post in which he said he would like to see motorcyclists die gruesome deaths, the leader in the province said on Tuesday.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Sol Plaatje Municipality councillor Ockert Fourie posted in Afrikaans: "I wish I could just take pieces of steel [and see the] blood and intestines and brains [of motorcyclists] against lamp poles and on tar roads."
Fourie said motorcyclists have little care for the elderly or people who work at night when they make a noise.
"You can’t educate them because they swear and gang up on you and just make more noise," he wrote.

SAHRC receives letter from Unisa to investigate allegations of racism, sexism, and harassment at its Law College

14 December 2017

The Human Rights Commission says it’s received a letter from the University of South Africa (Unisa), asking it to intervene and deal with allegations of racism, sexism, and harassment at its Law College.

Source: SAFM

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