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The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) has been allowed to join a matter before the Grahamstown High Court in which the applicants are taking the Minister of Basic Education to court to ensure the right to education for undocumented learners.
In a statement, the SAHRC said it had on Tuesday been allowed to join as an amicus curiae in the matter of Centre for Child Law and 25 others v Minister of Basic Education and 4 others.
The Red Ants’ services have been suspended by the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (PSiRA).
Their services were suspended pending investigation into their conduct.
The South African Human Rights Commission will on Tuesday ask to be admitted as a friend of the court in a groundbreaking case concerning the right of undocumented learners to have access to basic education.
The application, in the case launched by the Centre for Chid Law against the minister of basic education in 2017, will be heard in the Grahamstown High Court.
JOHANNESBURG - Standard B ank has been prevented from deducting money from their customer's accounts to settle debts without their permission following last week’s High Court ruling in favour of the National Credit Regulator (NCR).
Major Fatima Isaacs intends to lodge a formal complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) regarding allegations of discrimination within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The Muslim SANDF member is charged with disobeying a lawful instruction due to her refusal to remove her scarf and is set to appear in military court next month. A team comprising of her advisor and spokesperson, Nazeema Mohamed, her advocate, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and attorney Igshaan Higgins is set to tackle the case head on.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has reached an agreement with former Bosasa Chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi after his use of racist language.
"I'm really sorry, because the wounds are still raw and for me to have been one of the people to rub salt in those wounds was despicable," state capture whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi said on Thursday.
State capture whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi and the SA Human Rights Commission on Thursday inked a deal that will see him issue a public apology and pay up a hefty sum for his self-acknowledged racism.
Former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi agreed to a R200,000 settlement agreement with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) following his racist slur admission at the Zondo Commission in 2018.
The former Bosasa CEO will pay R200,000 to the Barney Mokgatle Foundation in Alexandra, after using the k-word in a recorded audio clip played at the state capture commission
Former Bosasa operations chief Angelo Agrizzi and the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) have agreed that he will pay an amount of R200 000 to a charitable organisation that promotes social cohesion, non-racialism, social justice and reconciliation in Alexandra.
Agrizzi will be donating the money to the Barney Mokgatle Foundation.
On Thursday, the Equality Court in Randburg will hear the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) hate speech case against former Bosasa chief operating officer, Angelo Agrizzi.
JOHANNESBURG – The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate alleged human rights violations by Lanxess Chrome Mine in the North West.
The union said 12 workers were hospitalised since a strike started last week.
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said that it would meet with former Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi on Thursday for a possible out of court settlement in his hate speech case ahead of their court appearance.
Today, I come before you and in turn all my fellow South Africans to apologise for my deeply offensive and hurtful language.
I am acutely aware that we are 25 years into our democracy. I was a young man when Apartheid ended but I was old enough to have witnessed its devastating impact. I cannot claim ignorance of our history nor of the damaging connotations of this word; I know how bad things were and I know that even after all this time, the wounds are still raw.
I am deeply regretful that our country is still having to listen to apologies for this appalling language in 2019. We shouldn’t still be in this position and I realise that I am one of the people that has put us here; for this I am incredibly sorry.
I realise that my actions do no justice to our Constitution or our values as South Africans, and do not assist in the project of reconciliation.
Today I pledge that whether in my own home, or in public, I will remain vigilant in abolishing all words or actions that do damage or reopen wounds of the past. We cannot have two faces in South Africa, our behaviour and respect for others must be constant and must be consistent.
In the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, I respect the way that this issue was dealt with before the Commission and I am truly sorry and remorseful for what happened. I believe that it is not the penalty or the amount which should be judged but the fact that I am truly remorseful for what was said and I wish to repeat my apology not only to the people themselves but to all South African people as whole. I hope that I can set an example to others that in this new dawn for South Africa such language will not be tolerated and that everyone should in fact strive to be decent and caring to their fellow South Africans.
The South African Human Rights Commission has chosen the Barney Mokgatle Foundation in Alexandra as the recipient of my R200 000 fine, which I pay gladly.
Mr Mokgatle was part of the youth uprising in 1976 which sought to fight and overcome inequality and oppression caused by Apartheid. With his permission, I would also very much like to visit his foundation and learn more from him.
To all my fellow South African’s I apologise once again for all the hurt caused and for separating us further through my actions. To all the media present, thank you for your time today.
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During a walkabout at Dr George Mukhari Hospital's psychiatric ward on Tuesday, the South African Human Rights Commission, which is probing alleged human rights abuses at the facility, said it was not happy with what it observed.
The commission’s Gauteng manager Buang Jones made the comments shortly after a site visit at the George Mukhari hospital in Tshwane on Tuesday.
The commission said it was establishing the terms of reference for the inquiry that will look into systematic violence in townships.
Wimpy is investigating an incident at one of its restaurants in which a patron dined in a Nazi-style military uniform, complete with a swastika on his arm.
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