Human Rights Commission – The Mail & Guardian

/ 3 November 2022

Neglected and abused, state patients endure prison ‘nightmare’

They should be in hospitals but because of system failures they languish in jails. Mothers tell of their suffering

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By Sheree Bega and Eunice Masson

National

/ 1 March 2022

Does the police service want corruption-fighting whistleblower Patricia Mashale to ‘disappear’?

The senior administrator in the Free State police service has reported corruption, irregular appointments and promotions, as well as crimes involving guns to her line managers or the Hawks

By Mary de Haas

Health

/ 16 January 2022

Terminally ill children suffer from neglect, say health experts

Many of these children die without any palliative support and experience unnecessary discomfort and pain, unless an overburdened NGO steps in.

By Chris Bateman

National

/ 13 November 2021

Born in but stateless in South Africa

Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates

By Masoka Dube

Opinion

/ 27 July 2021

The state continues to deny South Africans their ‘last right’ – euthanasia

Once again the issue of voluntary euthanasia is before the courts, and once again the state is trying to hold back the inevitable

By Drew Forrest

Coronavirus

/ 24 June 2021

Gauteng’s third-wave contagion is heading towards a worst-case scenario

Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura

By Chris Gilili

National

/ 27 May 2021

Eldos building mafia: Community anger amid extortion and ex-cons

Victims of extortion and intimidation at building project sites in Eldorado Park speak up in an exclusive Mail & Guardian investigation

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By Tunicia Phillips

World

/ 6 April 2021

Killing in the name of blasphemy

Pakistan’s harsh laws against religious profanity are being abused to settle personal and political scores, leading to an alarming rise in convictions and even murder

By Umer Beigh

National

/ 3 July 2020

Demolition of hope in Hangberg

The City of Cape Town in June twice knocked down structures on land allocated for other purposes. The city says these were not evictions; residents ask why no police are available for rapes and murders

By Kiara Worth

Article

/ 10 September 2019

Should we really celebrate the equality court ruling on the apartheid flag?

The recent ruling that displaying the old South African flag is hate speech has been welcomed in many circles. But it could have gone a lot further

By Bonginkosi Khanyile

Article

/ 13 July 2018

VAT hike ‘constitutionally suspect’ — SA Human Rights Commission

The VAT rate was raised from 14% to 15% on April 1, 2018, the first change since 1993

By Agency

Article

/ 29 March 2018

No proof of birth, no education

An undocumented mother’s fight to get her children schooled highlights flaws in the law

By Bongekile Macupe

Article

/ 27 March 2018

What I learned about freedom at the Oslo Freedom Forum

‘When you choose whose struggle you give a platform to, you decide who is afforded human dignity and human worth’

By Shaazia Ebrahim

Article

/ 22 March 2018

Following pit toilet death, Education department to implement sanitation audit

Some schools in the Eastern Cape, which have no sanitation at all, would be addressed with urgency

By Jenna Etheridge

Article

/ 6 February 2018

Disagreement cannot extend to censorship

Critics argue the film threatens to reveal the secrets of ulwaluko, Xhosa initiation rituals that are purposely shrouded in mystery.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 17 January 2018

Human Rights Commission wants Edward Zuma to fork out a R100 000 for hate speech

The complaint has its foundations in an “open letter” President Zuma’s son wrote last year in which he attacked Derek Hanekom and Pravin Gordhan.

By Tania Broughton

$Election fracas tests a tense Kenya$

Africa

/ 13 October 2017

Election fracas tests a tense Kenya

Kenya’s preparation for new presidential elections changed as opposition leader Raila Odinga and his party dropped out of the race.

By Simon Allison

Videos

/ 11 October 2017

They used all these very homophobic statements and observations.

Ricky Nathanson speaks to the M&G about her experiences as a transgender woman in Zimbabwe and what happened on the night she was arrested.

By Malcolm Sekgothe and Carl Collison

Article

/ 11 October 2017

Trucking company accused of racial wage rigging

African drivers are allegedly being paid less than their white and coloured counterparts

By Athandiwe Saba

Article

/ 15 December 2016

New SA: ‘White people sleep on the floor, black people sleep in houses’

sThe title of Hlatshwayo’s book is not entirely false, just very nearly so. Black people do go caravanning —just exceedingly seldom.

By Phillip De Wet

Article

/ 9 December 2016

ANC reports Mashaba for ‘xenophobia’

The HRC is probing the mayor’s remarks that, some claim, may incite violence against foreigners.

By Govan Whittles

Article

/ 13 July 2016

Human Rights Commission tells municipal official to apologise to white South Africans

Steve Naale was ordered to apologise after posting a photograph of the lynching of two black men by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1930s US on Facebook.

By Prega Govender

Article

/ 12 July 2016

Principal fired for ignoring racist teacher goes back to school – with R629 000 in backpay

Fanie Roeloffze successfully appealed against the Free State education department’s sanction, which which found his dismissal to be unfair.

By Prega Govender

Analysis

/ 19 May 2016

Violent protests are a symptom of people being ignored by politicians

Widespread protest action reflects a sense of alienation in a democracy, and people feel destruction is the only way they’ll be heard.

By David Bilchitz

Article

/ 3 May 2016

DA wants human rights commission to probe EFF MP’s use of k-word in Parliament

During a heated exchange in Parliament on Tuesday, EFF MP Nazier Paulsen referred to DA MP Yusuf Cassim as a “Zionist sell-out kaffir”.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 21 March 2013

HRC ‘deeply concerned’ about human rights in SA

"We remain deeply concerned about the current state of human rights in South Africa," Human Rights Commission spokesperson Isaac Mangena has said.

By Sapa

Article

/ 12 August 2011

Chumane Maxwele: Courting an apology

The jogger who was allegedly interrogated by President Jacob Zuma’s bodyguards has yet to receive an apology.

By Lynley Donnelly

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Article

/ 25 March 2011

HRC back-pedals on jogger case

The Human Rights Commission chairperson has turned on his own staff in the case of a jogger arrested for "giving the middle finger" to Zuma.

By Glynnis Underhill

Article

/ 21 March 2011

Zuma: No ethnic group or race will be dominant

Jacob Zuma on Monday called for a society free of ethnic dominance amidst division in the ANC over Jimmy Manyi’s comments on coloured people.

By Emsie Ferreira

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Article

/ 5 November 2010

Pregnancy unWelkom

A 16-year-old grade nine pupil suspended from Welkom High School because she was pregnant was reinstated.

By Vuvu Vena

Article

/ 29 October 2010

Who killed Leon Booysen?

The death of a teenager in police custody remains a mystery four years after he allegedly hanged himself.

By Carolyn Raphaely

Article

/ 29 October 2010

Love furore just ‘toilet’ politics

HRC commissioner says attack motivated by unfavourable ruling.

By Vuvu Vena and Lynley Donnelly

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