The open toilet debacle, dirty as it is, creates an opportunity for voters. The <i>M&G</i> weighs in.
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.
Helen Zille on Friday stepped up her protest that an HRC probe was being used by the ruling party to target the opposition.
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) hopes that rumours of a resurgence in xenophobic violence after the World Cup are "just a threat".
An audit of the SAHRC finds ‘certain funds cannot be satisfactorily accounted for’, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
Government is responsible for the failures in SA’s public healthcare system, said the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Thursday.
South Africa is moving further away from the visions of those who struggled for liberation, Jody Kollapen said on Wednesday.
Suboptimal conditions in prison hospitals is not a valid basis for releasing fraud convict Schabir Shaik on medical parole, experts said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 February 2009
The SA Human Rights Commission has dismissed an appeal against its finding that a forum for black journalists was unconstitutional.
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/ 19 February 2009
The SAHRC has balked at proposed legislation designed to equip police crime-fighters with a DNA database.
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/ 22 December 2008
The SAHRC on Monday said it would soon begin to investigate the origins of anti-immigrant violence that claimed more than 60 lives in May.
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/ 12 October 2008
The Mail & Guardian visited social networking sites and found that racism is alive and well on the net.
In a one-party dominant state like SA, officials with political aspirations that suit the ANC are allowed to ride roughshod over our hard-won values.
<i>Sunday Sun</i> columnist Jon Qwelane launches an attack on gay South Africans — and the Constitution.
The government should exercise leniency for the undocumented refugees now being detained at the Lindela repatriation centre, SAHRC says.
The SAHRC has received complaints against Sunday Sun columnist Jon Qwelane, spokesperson Vincent Moaga said on Wednesday,
Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has expressed regret over his recent ”shoot and kill for Zuma” comments.
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema in the firing line once again while Zwelinzima Vavi has yet to apologise for ”kill for Zuma” comment.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the voice of reason as the SAHRC opposes statements made by Julius Malema and Zwelinzima Vavi.
Nosimilo Ndlovu and Vicky Hill report on a UN study on human rights
The African National Congress Youth League on Wednesday insisted that its president, Julius Malema, will not withdraw his ”kill for Zuma” remark.
The SA Human Rights Commission is still discussing the controversial ”kill for Zuma” remarks made by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Saturday he was committed to die in defence of ”one another and for our revolution”.
The South African Human Rights Commission will decide on Monday how to deal with trade unionist leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s ”kill for Zuma” remarks.
Controversial comments made by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on June 16 were not a call for the youth to take up arms, says Jacob Zuma.
A complaint against the Daily Sun‘s reporting on the recent xenophobic attacks in Gauteng was submitted to the press ombudsman and the South African Human Rights Commission on Thursday. One of the major issues was the use of the term ”aliens” for immigrants by the newspaper.