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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.
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SAHRC holds conference on rights of children with disabilities
The two-day conference focused on access to education, as the commission concludes that this basic right has been denied to those children.
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Solidarity wins appeal in SAA cadet programme matter
This finding reverses the previous one which found that the programme did not appear to be unlawful.
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SAHRC condemns shooting of Hangberg boy during protests
The teenager was wounded in the mouth and had to undergo at least two operations.
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DA welcomes SAHRC report into KZN oncology crisis
The report found that the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department has been violating the rights of cancer patients.
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Imizamo Yethu community calls on SAHRC to probe cops’ conduct in protests
A man died during violent protests in Imizamo Yethu.
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BLF to continue targeting ‘pro-white monopoly capital’ journos
Sanef has applied for a court interdict against the group in an attempt to stop the group from further harassing journalists.
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KZN Treasury to run Health Dept supply chain amid lack of oncology services
The decision comes as Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo came under fire for a lack of radiotherapy machines to treat cancer patients and a shortage of oncologists in the province.
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MEC Plato encourages youth to focus on education
Dan Plato has encouraged young people to focus on education in order to get themselves out of a life of poverty and crime.
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SAHRC to prioritise minor's privacy if it pursues racism incident at KZN school
The SA Human Rights Commissions Gushwell Brooks says that if the matter is pursued, the privacy of the minor will be prioritised.
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UCT sets aside R11m to accommodate disabled students
The university was reported to the SA Human Rights Commission by a student who accused UCT of discriminating against people with disabilities.
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SAHRC: Anti-immigrant march undermines social cohesion efforts
Today a group calling itself the ‘Mamelodi Concerned Residents’ is planning to march to the Home Affairs Department.
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HRC calls on authorities to act ahead of march against illegal immigrants
A group calling themselves the Mamelodi Concerned Residents have planned a march to the Home Affairs Department on Friday.
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SAHRC ‘deeply concerned’ over PTA West, Rosettenville violence
At least 30 shops were damaged and looted in Atteridgeville in Pretoria on Monday night.
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South Africans urged to use social media to combat racism
The SAHRC has completed its hearings into online racism & has urged South Africans to use social media to promote unity.
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SAHRC hits back at DA over Life Esidimeni claims
The DA says the lives of some of the patients could have been saved if the commission had acted on a complaint laid in 2016.
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Public calls on SAHRC to probe bakkie cage incident
A photograph of farmer Johan Erasmus driving Linda Senekel in a sheep’s pen at the back of his vehicle emerged on social media.
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Lake Restaurant: Restaurant association shocked by 'date night' policy
An EWN investigation revealed how the Lake Restaurant in Brakpan doesn’t allow same-sex couples on "date nights".
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SAHRC: Brakpan restaurant’s 'date night' policy disturbing
An EWN investigation revealed how the Lake Restaurant doesn’t allow same-sex couples on Thursdays for "date night".
