SA Express was placed under business rescue in February and the COVID-19 lockdown on 26 March resulted in the grounding of its fleet. Workers said that they had not received any assistance from the Public Enterprises Department.
The Human Rights Commission has been joined by various organisations to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the columnist’s appeal of an Equality Court judgment.
Anti-gang unit commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, was shot and killed outside his Bishop Lavis home on Friday.
The commission released a statement reminding Zimbabwe's government that human rights knew no borders.
The commission was back in the area on Friday to meet community leaders and SAPS management in an attempt to find a lasting solution after Eldorado Park residents protested the alleged killing of a teen by police.
SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen said they had sufficient evidence of hate speech and that the matter would be referred to the Equality Court.
The city said that this court order sets a dangerous precedent and made it almost impossible to protect property from unlawful occupation.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), Legal Resource Centre and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have taken the city to court.
The City of Cape Town's JP Smith said that the full investigative report would not be released yet as the Human Rights Commission had brought a court challenge around the matter.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced earlier this week that all public schools will close for a month from Monday, with matrics taking a week off – while grade 7s will stay home for two weeks.
Last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that public schools would be closed for all ages until 24 August, with the exception of matrics and grade 7s who'll go back sooner.
The court action seeks to stop all evictions and demolishing of informal structures without court oversight for the duration of the national state of disaster.
The commission's electronic survey has found about nine in ten schools reported that all learners and staff wear masks.
Teachers returned to school this week and already there've been several COVID-19 infections confirmed at a number of schools.
An SANDF report said that that the Khosa's altercation with the soldiers didn’t cause his death as they merely pushed him to force him to comply with officers.
Last week, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) expressed its concern over reports that Africans were being evicted, forced to get tested and quarantined.
About two weeks ago, Piet-My-Vrou Street resident Tersia Pedro told Eyewitness News that SANDF members stormed their home while conducting an apparent lockdown operation in the area.
The commission laid a complaint with the equality court last year, after Etzebeth was accused of attacking two men at a popular bar in Langebaan
