South African Human Rights Commission

Across South Africa, communities are marking Freedom Day under the weight of an escalating water crisis, where unreliable supply, contamination and ageing infrastructure continue…

Joburg’s Dada Morero assured residents that the city would not implement water-shedding in the same way South Africans endured load-shedding

No single institution carries end to end accountability for ensuring a child’s journey to school is safe, leading to lethal consequences

Twenty-two year-old Ayanda Dludla also faces three counts of attempted murder, as well as charges of driving without a valid professional permit and operating an unlicensed vehicle

The student says that, after she was abused and belittled, instead of addressing the claims, the college launched disciplinary proceedings against her

The ANC-run municipality refuses to accept blame, accusing some residents of paying for DStv, servicing clothing accounts and drinking expensive alcohol instead of paying their…

Its failure to protect artisanal miners in Stilfontein shows that it is toothless and needs an overhaul to address structural weaknesses

Instead of replacing state capacity with grassroots action, we need to strengthen state institutions to serve the poor

The cause goes beyond corruption and incapacity to dysfunctional centralised, bureaucratic rule. The solution lies in decentralised, participatory and direct democratic forms of…

The court found Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for remarks at a 2022 rally in Cape Town

The Human Rights Commission has given the sport, arts and culture minister until 20 August to respond to old social media posts allegedly containing racial slurs

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…

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 content is restricted to…