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15 November 2017

Government departments, regulatory bodies, civil society organisations, and researchers are among those taking part in the two day hearings.

The Human Rights Commission will on Tuesday morning begin its national investigative hearings into the status of mental healthcare in the country.
15 November 2017

The hearings are aimed at addressing any violations of mental healthcare in the country following the Life Esidimeni tragedy.

JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Health says it doesn’t have a policy of deinstitutionalisation of mental health care in South Africa.
15 November 2017

The commission has concluded its first day of hearings looking at mental healthcare in South Africa.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it’s become apparent that psychiatric patients need to be heard.
14 November 2017

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has asked the SA Human Rights Commission to investigate the breakdown of mobile clinic systems in KwaZulu-Natal‚ North West and Limpopo.
14 November 2017

It was impossible to say how much the state spent on care for mentally ill patients each year because there was no set budget for this in the provinces‚ the Department of Health disclosed on Tuesday.
14 November 2017

A medical professional on Tuesday painted a grim picture of the state of mental healthcare in South Africa‚ saying professionals were not well-equipped to deal with the sector.
14 November 2017

It was impossible to say how much the state spent on care for mentally ill patients each year‚ because there was no set budget for this in the provinces‚ the national Department of Health revealed on Tuesday.
13 November 2017

THE legacy of the icon of liberalism Helen Suzman will live for many years to come after the South African Post Office issued a stamp to commemorate her birthday.
13 November 2017

The civil lawsuit against the State over the death of a six year-old Limpopo boy who drowned in a pit latrine got underway at the High Court in Polokwane on Monday.
12 November 2017

Of the 500 buildings audited by the city, 134 of them were found to be 'illegally occupied'

Officals in Johannesburg have promised to root out the illegal immigrants who have hijacked buildings in the city centre.
11 November 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has responded to a call made by the DA that the commission must give a status update on a case of rape and child marriage that took place in Orange Farm. This incident occurred a few years ago at a day-care centre for the mentally ill. Source: Jozi FM
10 November 2017

Simon Mofokeng was placed on special leave last week following accusations that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.
8 November 2017

JOHANNESBURG –The South African Human Rights Commission is instituting its own investigation into Emfuleni Mayor, Simon Mofokeng.

He's accused of sexually grooming a 14-year-old girl.
08 November 2017

A strike by workers in KwaZulu-Natal’s Ugu district municipality ended on Monday, but water is still not available across much of popular tourist destinations on the South Coast, including Port Edward, Shelley Beach, Oslo Beach and Port Shepstone.
08 November 2017

OHANNESBURG –The South African Human Rights Commission is instituting its own investigation into Emfuleni Mayor, Simon Mofokeng.
7 November 2017

Water services are trickling back in some South Coast towns after striking municipal workers returned to work.

But, with reservoir levels as low as 1% this week, other areas are still dependent on tanks for water to bath, flush and cook.
05 November 2017

Like the rest of the nation, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is shocked by recent reports of sexual violence directed against children in schools across South Africa.

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