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Drugs exacerbating gang violence in the Western Cape - SAHRC
SAHRC Commissioner Chris Nissen believes that the recent drug bust of 662 kilogrammes of cocaine could be linked to gangs.
Amnesty International South Africa said that many people were still denied their fundamental human rights.
A video has emerged showing a white male student urinating on the belongings of a black student after breaking into his residence.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is testifying before the Human Rights Commission on Friday morning.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to testify on his "responsibility as head of state" during the unrest.
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi made submissions on Monday on behalf of his party on the first day of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)'s inquiry into multiple forms of discrimination in South Africa's advertising industry.
The commission said that it was deeply concerned about the industry after several submissions of racial discrimination were given to the institution by the public, advertising agencies, retailers, and regulatory bodies.
The mayor was giving evidence to the panel probing the violence and looting.
Mxolisi Kaunda was giving evidence at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)'s investigative hearings into the violence that broke out in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
The SAHRC inquiry into the July unrest continues in Sandton.
It visited Hoërskool Jan Viljoen in Randfontein on Tuesday where the commission met with the principal, educators and the school governing body. The aim was to try and find a solution to the racially motivated fight that broke out last Friday.
The outcome of a meeting with the South African Human Rights Commission about the racial storm at Hoërskool Jan Viljoen is likely to be made public on Wednesday.
The commission has launched an investigation after Eyewitness News exposed how acid mine water and sewage was seeping into the lake.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be visiting the Wemmer Pan on Tuesday morning to inspect the pollution and contamination that's already posing major health and environmental risks.
Wemmer Pan, a lake and recreational area in Johannesburg that forms part of Pioneers' Park, is facing a water crisis. Eyewitness News investigated. #WaterCrisis #WemmerPan
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said that rotational learning had been harmful to learners, affecting their cognitive abilities, disrupting the national school nutrition programme and taking a toll on their mental wellbeing.
This follows a string of vandalism incidents at the Tirelong Secondary School near Rustenburg.
The five provincial departments of education in question are Mpumalanga, North West, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
Chairperson of the commission Bongani Majola said that they had already begun to see potentially inflammatory messages on social media.