On the complaint about Indians mistreating black people in KwaZulu Natal. Objective assessment shows that Mr Malema was calling for the proper treatment of black people by Indians. Statement is not hurtful.
#EFFHateSpeechFinding
@Thobymbhele
Dear Thobekile
Please forward these to lditeho
@sahrc
.org.za. Our colleagues in the Free State Office will look into the matter and advise accordingly. Landline is 051 447 1130
The state aims to destroy recovered goods
What kind of state destroys food instead of redistributing it to millions of people suffering from hunger - Pregs Govender
#SAHRC_Unrest_Dialogue
On the complaint about ‘Kiss the boer’. The singing of the struggle song does not constitute hate speech. The song is figurative and political. The song does not call for the killing of boers.
#EFFHateSpeechFinding
Our Government must wake up. We can’t have a government that is unable to measure the flooding of people to the country. There are right wingers, terrorists being trained in SA - Prof Pityana
Comment: Let us see the law enforcement agencies using the same vigor they are using going house to house to confiscate stolen goods to go after those that looted millions in government that were meant to uplift the poor.
#SAHRC_Unrest_Dialogue
The brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi on Wednesday night, the 6th April 2022, is a tragic and outrageous act of vigilantism that must be condemned by all law abiding people.
#Diepsloot
On Complaint that Mr Malema called for the slaughter of white people. Although the statement can be construed by white group as hurtful, but the context is important. Mr Malema said white people will not be killed under his leadership, Dr Van Der Berg.
If these threats of violence are followed through by supporters of the EFF or other people participating in the march, such may lead to harm and the violation of human rights.
#ShutdownSA
The Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform has identified that Africans own an average of 4% of the land and whites still own 72%,according to the 2017 Land Audit.
#ECMalnutrition
The Commission does its work without fear or favour. It makes its findings according to law. Members of the public who feel aggrieved by the findings can approach the courts for review, CEO Tseliso Thipanyane.
#MalemaHateSpeechFinding
Today the SAHRC met with the DA and received an official complaint about largescale human rights violations by the South African national government against rural South Africans.
SAHRC is taking action relating to a video circulating on social media in which the Mayor of Matjhabeng, Mr. Nkosinjani Speelman, in the FS, refers to members of the Coloured community.. using words that are not only offensive but may also negatively touch on their dignity.
#FarmMurders
The SAHRC thus confirms that it is investigating a complaint it received in regard social media utterances glorifying farm murders, utterances which are directed against persons based on their race.
Tweet by Mr Gardee calling Mr Maimane ‘Garden Boy’ is insulting and offensive but does not amount to hate speech. Both people share same status as members of parliament. Context was applied in terms of race, historical background etc.
#MalemaHateSpeechFinding
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHO) is commemorated each year on 17 May and is aimed at raising awareness on lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-sexual, inter-sex and queer (LGBTIQ) rights as human rights.
Sello Hatang, starts session by asking some intriguing questions
What do you do when you are made not to walk the streets of
#Phoenix
because you are black? What do you do when you are denied access to a mall because you are black?
#SAHRC_Unrest_Dialogue
The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) welcomes the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to grant the Commission leave to intervene as a third party in the matter of Semenya v Switzerland (application no. 10934/21)
#CasterSemenya
Interview alert: Commissioner Tshepo Madlingozi will be on
@Powerfm987
on Human Rights Day speaking about human rights in South Africa in the context of the law.
#JobSeekersSA
We are hiring: Senior Legal Officer (DPSA Level 12) - permanent position – Gauteng Provincial Office
Salary: All inclusive package of R869 007 per annum, which can be structured accordingly.
@SAHRCommission
Chair Bongani Majola at Messina Hospital as part of his visit to Limpopo to inspect health facilities. He is very sad to note the state in which the hospital is in. The hospital has a 54% vacancy rate.
The South African Human Rights Commission wishes to inform the media and members of the public that Advocate Tseliso Thipanyane is no longer employed by the Commission. His contract as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission expired on 31 May 2022.
..the safety and freedoms of all South Africans need to be guaranteed and thus the State, particularly the South African Police Service (SAPS) needs to ensure the safety of all within South Africa from the scourge of crime – including crimes committed on farms.
#FarmMurders
#OldFlag
The Commission is therefore deeply disturbed by expressions, mostly via social media, in clear violation of this court judgement, which found the gratuitous display of the Old Flag as hate speech.
The South African Human Rights Commission led by its Chairperson Adv Bongani Majola will on Saturday 06 August 2022 visit Matholesville and Kagiso in Krugersdorp following reports of a crisis in the area.
#Krugersdorp
The Commission calls on all stakeholders, including government departments and community members, to remember and uphold with compassion, the rights of refugees and asylum seekers who have sought refuge and safety in our country.
#WorldRefugeeDay
#humantrafficking
There are concerns that Mpumalanga is being used as a gateway for trafficking persons, particularly women and children, from neighbouring countries to other provinces in the country and beyond.
What is striking is that locals have complained for years about their safety, and the crime associated with these illegal mining operations in their midst.
#illegalmining
#krugersdorp
The Commission further calls on the South African Police Service (“SAPS”) to provide the necessary resources to investigate the reported deaths, elements of criminality, as well as quelling concerns of retaliatory xenophobic attacks.
#Cofimvaba
#FarmMurders
The rights to life, freedom and security of the person, equality and dignity are cornerstones of our constitutional democracy and thus hold a pre-eminent space in terms of the spectrum of rights.
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has noted with concern the growing number of acts of intimidation circulating on social media threatening civil society organisations in the country.
#CivilSociety
"Nobody has a RIGHT to discriminate against black people" -Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi responding to the question on how compelling Prime Media impacts on the right to trade, association and freedom of expression.
#RacialDiscriminationAdverts
@SAHRCommission
condemns these racially divisive utterances, as they go against the non-racialist values upon which South Africa’s constitutional democracy is founded and will therefore refer the matter to the Equality Court.
#Malema
Not all speeches that a particular person may feel hurt about it should automatically be considered as hate speech.
@SAHRCommission
looks at all complaints according to law. If not, decision can be taken for review, SAHRC Chair, Bongani Majola.
#MalemaHateSpeechFinding
Regarding the banning of certain media houses by Mr Malema and the EFF, the Commission will investigate the possible violation of the right to freedom of expression under section 16(1) of the Constitution.
#Malema
#EFF
@tpgbru
@Greg7Dunn
Hi Greg. Our Legal Services has been notified of the matter. With regards to previous matters, we have a pending case against BLF at the Equality Court.
#JobSeekersSA
Human Rights Officer - Gauteng Provincial Office (DPSA level 8)- contract position until 31 March 2021
Salary: All inclusive package of R36,212.00 per month.
The Commission made recommendation that police officers tasked with illegal mining ‘sting operations’ should undergo proper training in order to professionalise their interventions.
#illegalmining
@SAHRCommission
is deeply concerned by recent utterances attributed to Mr Julius Malema, a Member of Parliament and the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
#EFF
#Malema
The South African Human Rights Commission led by its Chairperson Adv Bongani Majola will on Saturday 06 August 2022 visit Matholesville and Kagiso in Krugersdorp following reports of a crisis in the area.
#Krugersdorp
The SAHRC strongly condemns the senseless killing of Adv Thulani Maseko in Eswatini and calls upon the authorities in the state to leave no stone unturned in finding and prosecuting those behind the killing of this human rights defender.
#ThulaniMaseko
#OldFlag
The Commission will therefore take all necessary steps to ensure the enforcement of this judgement, in preserving South Africa’s delicate social cohesion and the protection of the freedom, dignity and equality of all within South Africa.
Vacancies: 6 x SAHRC Commissioners
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services invites nominations and applications to fill vacancies at the South African Human Rights Commission
@SAHRCommission
@CASACZA
@baltymatlala1
@SizweMpofuWalsh
@Radio702
Hi Matlala. The Commission had been aware of the matter. Us providing how to lodge complaints was to provide avenues for people wanting to lodge complaints to do so.
SAHRC delegation meeting with the Secretariat of the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.
SAHRC partnering with CALA
@CALS_ZA
and Wits School of Law are hosting a dialogue on Violence and the Right to Health at the Chalsty Center (west campus) Wits University.
The right of freedom of expression (Section 16 of the Constitution)
#KnowYourConstitution
is 1 of the cornerstones of a democratic society. However, the vitriolic levels of racist abuse and hate speech, now commonly expressed on social media, is a challenge.
#HumanRightsDay2019