The Human Rights Commission and legal experts say the Constitution, the National Health Act, the UN Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights obligate South Africa to provide basic healthcare to all people in its borders
There is a growing trend of public officials exploiting the rule to evade scrutiny and accountability
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader criticised the NHI Act, arguing that the government was outsourcing its responsibility
The commission released its final investigative report into the alcohol-related tragedy that claimed 21 young people’s lives in Buffalo City in 2022
This is made evident by corruption at universities, assassination attempts, the failure of the students funding scheme, and the Mpati report on governance quality and racial concerns at the University of Cape Town
The riots and the imprisonment of the former president coincided, and the unrest was orchestrated, but there was also no proof of who the masterminds were
The South African Human Rights Commission also details how officials show ‘contempt’ for citizens with water complaints
Hank’s Olde Irish will now pursue civil and criminal litigation against the accusers
Organisers say the R20 collected from each participant will go towards the costs of the R4.5m per person claim
The alleged fraudster also implicated in the Hammanskraal cholera outbreak is linked to a project that was to have replaced bucket toilets
The Democratic Alliance wants Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to audit national school nutrition programmes
Google Earth shows sewage filling the area from the cemetery to the township of Asiganang, and flowing to the Harts River
The commission says recent comments by Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and party banners constituted incitement of violence and hate speech
The annual competition gives learners an opportunity to work with the Constitution and questions of equality, freedom and dignity
The South African Human Rights Commission is hosting a conference to tackle the myriad problems bedevilling dysfunctional local government
The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
South Africa does not even have 60 child and adolescent psychiatry specialists and only 20 are in the public sector
There’s a tendency to blame the Constitution for not rectifying the nasty twins of poverty and inequality, but it and the courts cannot build houses, schools and a strong economy
The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining
Two learners were hit over the head by two teachers, but they continue to work
Young initiates avoid medical complications thanks to a blend of cultural tradition with health and safety practices
It is the aspect of redistribution, reconfiguration and reallocation of work, budget and spend on suppliers and service providers in the industry that has evidenced serious inertia
They are seen as drivers of consumerism, but sidelined in the industry that uses their images to sell products
The police inaction during the July unrest might have seemed unusual for South Africa, but in Soweto, its par for the course
On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure
Instigators took to social media to stoke fears among police officers, the police minister told the South African Human Rights Commission hearings on Monday
To survive our many problems we require creative thinking, with integrity; not vulgar populism as a blunt tool to capture power and glory
The ratio of private security members to citizens is 1:106, whereas that of police officers to citizens is 1:413
The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning
The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment has finalised its criminal investigation into the petrochemical company’s alleged industrial pollution of the Vaal River.
As the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) concludes its first leg of the inquiry into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the testimonies have laid bare the dysfunctional state of South Africa’s justice, crime prevention and security cluster. During the inquiry, members of the cluster engaged in buck-passing and blame-gaming, with no one […]