The South African Human Rights Commission says it will investigate the South African Airways’ cadet pilot programme on allegations of racism.
Julius Malema is "OK" with a picture of him beneath one of a monkey in a Bloemfontein school classroom that will be probed by the SAHRC, say reports.
In a surprise move, the basic education department has announced it only planned to provide every child with a textbook by 2014.
The South Human Rights Commission has been criticised by MPs over its finding on the killing of Free State protester Andries Tatane.
An interim report into the alleged non-delivery of textbooks was being compiled and would soon be presented to Parliament, the SAHRC has said.
All nine provincial education ministers were hauled before the South African Human Rights Commission to answer questions about learning material.
The right to basic education has received a major boost with the launch of the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) landmark charter.
A court order has halted the demolition of houses in Lenasia illegally erected on land owned by the City of Johannesburg.
The South African Human Rights Commission has cast light on the issue of water and sanitation in the country’s informal settlements.
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/ 25 January 2012
An apparent racist incident at the Lepel Lé resort will be referred to the Human Rights Commission after reports that a black boy was not welcome.
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 South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) has taken legal action against the UFS for allegedly ‘banning’ political activity on campus.
Jon Qwelane has won his case to have the hate speech verdict against him for a column set aside, but this does not mean he is off the hook.
The jogger who was allegedly interrogated by President Jacob Zuma’s bodyguards has yet to receive an apology.
Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula visited the alleged torture victim, saying ill treatment of inmates would not be tolerated.
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.
SA’s ambassador to Uganda, Jon Qwelane, will apply for rescission of a judgment in which he was found guilty of hate speech, his lawyers have said.
According to statistics provided by the ICD, the South African police force is the most violent it has been in more than 10 years.
The Equality Court has postponed judgment in a case between the Human Rights Commission and Jon Qwelane over a "derogatory and homophobic" article.
The South African Human Rights Commission on Tuesday condemned the killing of police officers in the line of duty.
The Moqhaka municipality "violated the right to human dignity" when it built unenclosed toilets in Rammulotsi, the SA Human Rights Commission says.
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The South African Human Rights Commission expressed concern about growing levels of racism in its Freedom Day message on Wednesday.
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 Human Rights Commission chairperson has turned on his own staff in the case of a jogger arrested for "giving the middle finger" to Zuma.
The police minister has refused repeated requests by the HRC to respond in detail to the arrest of 25-year-old Chumani Maxwele.
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/ 28 February 2011
The SAHRC is investigating a complaint about a racist column on coloured people written by <em>Sunday World</em> columnist Kuli Roberts.
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/ 15 February 2011
Opposition parties on Tuesday walked out of a government presentation on the contentious Protection of Information Bill.
Studies show that despite attempts to heal scars left by apartheid, low levels of trust, inequality and social injustices remain a reality.