The police and their management are concealing the events surrounding the Marikana shooting, claims the South African Humans Rights Council.
The right to basic education has received a major boost with the launch of the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) landmark charter.
The SAHRC will investigate whether negligence was a factor in the deaths of four babies at the George Masebe Hospital in Limpopo.
The South African Human Rights Commission has cast light on the issue of water and sanitation in the country’s informal settlements.
Calls for the banning of the "blue-light brigade" would be unnecessary had the findings of the SAHRC in the Chumani Maxwele case been implemented.
The jogger who was allegedly interrogated by President Jacob Zuma’s bodyguards has yet to receive an apology.
Papers opposing Jon Qwelane’s application to revoke the hate speech judgment against him have been lodged by the SA Human Rights Commission.
The HRC has told Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to apologise to the Cape Town jogger who showed President Jacob Zuma’s motorcade a middle finger.
Lawyers for Jon Qwelane, SA’s ambassador to Uganda, hope to file an application to rescind a hate speech judgment against the ex-journalist this week.
Information is fundamental to all human rights and the ‘Secrecy Bill’ defies the constitutional right to access to information.
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Police chief Bheki Cele visited Ficksburg to offer support to the family of Andries Tatane, as the HRC received a formal complaint against the police.
The police minister has refused repeated requests by the HRC to respond in detail to the arrest of 25-year-old Chumani Maxwele.
Studies show that despite attempts to heal scars left by apartheid, low levels of trust, inequality and social injustices remain a reality.
Helen Zille on Friday stepped up her protest that an HRC probe was being used by the ruling party to target the opposition.
Despite years of warning signs, there were no plans in place to stem xenophobic violence.
Lawrence Mushwana has acknowledged he made mistakes as the Public Protector, but says he is looking forward to new challenges at the SAHRC.