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UCT sets aside R11m to accommodate disabled students

19 May 2017

The university was reported to the SA Human Rights Commission by a student who accused UCT of discriminating against people with disabilities.

CAPE TOWN - University of Cape Town (UCT) management says it has set aside more than R11 million to ensure the institution is more accommodating to students with disabilities.

South Africa: Life Esidimeni Progress Report to Be Handed Over to Speaker

18 May 2017

Cape Town — Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he will soon give Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, a progress report on the implementation of the Life Esidimeni Ombudsman's report.

Public should be properly consulted on the feasibility of a “Single Human Rights Body”

18 May 2017

The DA will today write to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, to have the closing date for written submissions on the “Feasibility of the Establishment of a Single Human Rights Body” extended.

UCT addressing concerns of disabled students

17 May 2017

The institution has been reported to the Human Rights Commission for allegedly violating the rights of students with disabilities.

CAPE TOWN – The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been reported to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for allegedly violating the rights of students with disabilities.

IFNASA to assist victims of Eldos protest

IFNASA provides legal assistance for the incarcerated.

May 16, 2017

Indigenous First Nation Advocacy South Africa (IFNASA) is a lot more than just a pressure group that pertains to the issues involving the Boesman, KhoiKhoi and coloured enlightenment.

LifeEsidimeni: NPA to open inquests into deaths of patients

16 May 2017

Parliament - The National Prosecuting Authority is preparing to open inquests into the cause of deaths of over 100 patients who died when they were transferred from Life Esidimeni to various unlicensed NGOs into Gauteng.

Zille gets served for 'colonialism' tweets

12 May 2017

Cape Town - The South African Human Rights Commission’s investigation into Premier Helen Zille’s “colonialism” tweets is moving a step further when the rights body serves her papers on Friday.

Zille gets served for 'colonialism' tweets

12 May 2017

Cape Town - The South African Human Rights Commission’s investigation into Premier Helen Zille’s “colonialism” tweets is moving a step further when the rights body serves her papers on Friday.

Underlying tones of racism in Coligny saga – NW SAHRC

12 May 2017

Bloemfontein - Recent incidents that have occurred in the North West town of Coligny has underlying tones of racism.

‘Granting of bail does not mean acquittal’ – NW SAHRC

12 May 2017

Bloemfontein - The office of the South African Human Rights Commission in North West says the granting of bail to any accused person does not mean they are acquitted of their crimes.

SADTU: SA’s most controversial union faces human rights probe

11 May 2017

No trade union in the democratic history of South Africa has attracted as much criticism as SADTU, the South African Democratic Teachers Union. In the past, attempts to weaken the union’s powerful hold on the country’s education system have largely come to naught. Over 18 months ago, the Democratic Alliance tried to go another route: asking the South African Human Rights Commission to probe whether SADTU is violating the constitutional rights of learners to a basic education. It’s now been confirmed that the investigation is under way. By REBECCA DAVIS.

SA Human Rights Commission agrees to DA’s request to investigate SADTU

11 May 2017

The DA has been informed that the South African Human Rights Commission is investigating the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) for its role in denying children the right to a basic education.

One bucket toilet for 22 people in Ekurhuleni a human rights violation

8 May 2017

The DA will write to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate the sanitation situation at the L&J informal settlement in Ekurhuleni.

A news report today revealed a case where one bucket toilet that must be used by 22 people in the L&J informal settlement. This is but one example of the gross shortage of service delivery that this community faces.

No time for emergencies

07 May 2017

SA’s grandmothers are breadwinners in their old age, and their inability to access decent healthcare quickly impacts on their children, grandchildren and their entire communities. Health-e News’ Kim Harrisberg reports.

One bucket toilet for 22 people in Ekurhuleni a human rights violation

8 May 2017

The DA will write to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate the sanitation situation at the L&J informal settlement in Ekurhuleni.

Identity of dead Coligny boy still a mystery

29 April 2017

The identity of the 12-year-old boy, whose killing sparked violence in Coligny near Lichtenburg last week, remains a mystery. Despite efforts by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to trace the boy's relatives, no next of kin has come forward to claim the boy's remains.

Identity of dead Coligny boy still a mystery

29 April 2017

The identity of the 12-year-old boy, whose killing sparked violence in Coligny near Lichtenburg last week, remains a mystery. Despite efforts by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to trace the boy's relatives, no next of kin has come forward to claim the boy's remains.

Is freedom from racism possible?

28 April 2017

South Africa can rid itself of racism but eliminating it would require a concerted effort‚ guests heard at a panel discussion at the Apartheid Museum on Freedom Day. “Is an Anti-Racist South Africa Possible‚” was the theme of the discussion‚ hosted in partnership with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. University of Pretoria’s Professor Christi van der Westhuizen said: “When it comes to confronting race‚ white people should address it and take on other white people for racism.” Academic Sithembile Mbete agreed‚ but said black people with access to capital and state power would also have to make sacrifices and spread the benefits they had received from being accepted into white supremacy.

Looting hits town hard after child’s death

27 April 2017

Locals clean up after overnight looting, when protesters took to the streets to demonstrate the death of a boy in Coligny, North West province, yesterday.
COLIGNY — After more than 70 years of conducting business in Coligny in the North West, a business owner says he is closing his shop after it suffered nearly half a million rands in damage during violent protests this week. “We are heartbroken because it is not only our shop, it is the whole town that’s been destroyed,” Buddy Shalala, who owns a furniture shop, told News24 yesterday. He said his family has been operating the business in the area since 1928.
“At the moment it’s very difficult to ascertain the damage but it must be close to half a million.”

Foreign nationals hit with lead pipes, claims LHR

25 April 2017

Cape Town – Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) claim foreign nationals held at the Lindela Repatriation Centre have been assaulted, intimidated and their human rights violated by contracted private security officers of the Bosasa Group.

The lawyers want an inquiry into the what they called complaints of abuse and human rights violations at the facility, an action the Scalabrini Centre has welcomed.

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