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Don’t fight racism with racism: SAHRC

The South African Human Rights Commission has pledged to investigate all racism-related complaints, regardless of the perpetrator’s race. This after a number of people on Facebook and Twitter on Monday and Tuesday vowed to take action against “all white people”, after KwaZulu-Natal estate agent Penny Sparrow compared black people to[…]

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Complaints of discrimination on the rise: SAHRC

Complaints of inequality and discrimination continued to spike in the country, the SA Human Rights Commission said on Thursday. This was revealed during a press briefing at the SAHRC offices in Johannesburg. Most complaints were received in Gauteng and the Western Cape, said Dr Khulekani Moyo, who headed the SAHRC’s[…]

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SAHRC to hear complaint against King Goodwill

Charges of hate speech have been lodged against King Goodwill Zwelethini at the South African Human Rights Council (SAHRC), following the monarch’s negative statements against foreigners residing in the country. Zwelethini’s controversial remarks, in which he is thought to have urged foreigners to leave the country, has been blamed for[…]

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Rights violation charge laid against Zulu king

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another charge of hate speech and violating human rights – this time by the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union. Tim Flack, famously booted out of a Parliament committee meeting in 2013 for wearing shorts, said he was spurred into action after[…]

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Human rights in focus at conference

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Thursday concluded a two-day conference in commemoration of its 20 years of existence, with the event featuring various role players within the field of human rights. The conference, carrying the theme ‘From 20 Years of Constitutional Democracy to 20 Years of Human[…]

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SAHRC receives Mbete complaint

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has received a complaint about National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete calling EFF leader Julius Malema a cockroach, it said on Wednesday. “I can confirm that the SAHRC has received a complaint regarding alleged utterances by Speaker Baleka Mbete, in which she is alleged to[…]

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HRC calls on govt to act on xenophobia

The SA Human Rights Commission on Monday called on the government to act on the “sporadic attacks” on immigrants and the looting of their businesses across the country. The SAHRC said it had visited some of the communities affected by the attacks. “We remain concerned at the attacks which have[…]

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Govt hailed for ratifying UN treaty

The SA Human Rights Commission on Sunday welcomed the decision by government to ratify the UN’s International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). “The decision by government, which was effected on the January 12 2015, should be commended as it ensures that South Africa is finally able to[…]

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Blind Cricket SA goes to HRC

Blind Cricket South Africa (BCSA) has lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission, after Cricket South Africa pulled funding ahead of the 2014 World Cup that was to be held in South Africa this week. The organization says they have now been left with a mountain of[…]

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Loonat speaks out over suspension

Community activist, Hanif Loonat, has spoken out about his suspension from the City of Cape Town’s Oversight Committee, insisting the suppression of his freedom of speech was not in line with the country’s democracy. The suspension comes as a result of statements made via his personal Facebook page a few[…]

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