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SAHRC calls for full investigation into Tembisa Hospital issues
The commission conducted a site visit at the facility on Tuesday following reports of unbearable conditions.
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Dlamini subpoenaed after failure to appear before SAHRC
Minister Bathabile Dlamini didn't pitch at a national investigative hearing on the status of mental health care in the country.
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SAHRC condemns killing of 6 in Ngcobo police station attack
Four people have been taken in for questioning in connection with this week’s attacks.
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SAHRC: Mokopane doctor who discriminated against patients must apologise
SAHRC investigators visited the doctor’s practice and found there are separate consultation rooms and bathrooms for white and black patients.
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Health Dept confident in SAHRC probe into alleged racism by doctor
The commission found he treated black patients in a different room from to his white patients and made them use separate bathrooms.
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SAHRC calls on Capetonians to adhere to water restrictions
Day Zero, the day taps are expected to run dry, has been moved up to the 12 April after residents showed little decrease in their water consumption.
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SAHRC to zoom in on businesses and human rights
The commission says its deeply disappointed about the recent controversial advertising campaign by retail giant H&M.
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SAHRC expects draft action plan from H&M on diversity, racism
The commission says it’s deeply disappointed by a recent advertisement by the global retailer.
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Hoërskool Overvaal protesters throw petrol bomb at police car
ANC and EFF members are angry over the Hight Court's ruling this week that the Education Department acted unlawfully when it ordered the school to admit 55 English-speaking pupils.
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HRC wants farm eviction laws tightened to protect farm workers
The commission says it has been dealing with about 500 cases related to these type of evictions since the start of the year in the Western Cape.
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SAHRC wants to restore dignity of people evicted from WC farms
The SAHRC has been dealing with about 500 cases related to farm evictions in the province this year.
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SAHRC listens to plight of victims of farm evictions
Most residents of the Spokiesdorp informal settlement in Rawsonville have either been evicted from farms or have had to leave farms due to various reasons.
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HRC dealing with hundreds of WC farm eviction cases
This month it has also been called in to attend to various other cases of human rights violations in over twenty areas in the province.
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SAHRC hearings reveal skills shortage in mental healthcare sector
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi requested the commission to investigate the sector after the Life Esidimeni tragedy.
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SAHRC: 'Psychiatric patients need to be heard'
The commission has concluded its first day of hearings looking at mental healthcare in South Africa.
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SAHRC hearings: Each province doesn’t have its own mental healthcare budget
The hearings are aimed at addressing any violations of mental healthcare in the country following the Life Esidimeni tragedy.
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SAHRC to begin own hearings into state of mental healthcare in SA
Government departments, regulatory bodies, civil society organisations, and researchers are among those taking part in the two day hearings.
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SAHRC: Suspended Emfuleni mayor should get harsh penalty if guilty of abuse
Simon Mofokeng was placed on special leave last week following accusations that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.
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SAHRC to meet with Mashaba, African Diaspora Forum over foreign nationals
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has been quoted saying that his department will only build housing for South Africans.
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Several Chapter 9 institutions to look into sexual violence at schools
There have been multiple reports of pupils being sexually violated at schools in Gauteng.
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SAHRC yet to receive DA's request to probe CT wrongful arrest
Officers suspected the men of being connected to the murder of 11 people in Philippi earlier this month.
