President delivers keynote address on Human Rights Day

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22 Mar 2024 In his Human Rights Day address yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the critics of load shedding should cut government some slack because under apartheid a lot of people were denied electricity. The president said this while delivering his keynote address at the George Thabe Cricket Pitch in Sharpeville yesterday, following a wreathlaying

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Buang Jones has withdrawn from being nominated as commissioner in the SAHRC

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27 September 2023In a recent turn of events, former Gauteng head of the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), Buang Jones has pulled out from the race to be considered by the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services for one of the positions of four full-time and two part-time commissioners. His withdrawal comes shortly after

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Human rights complaints over grants debacle

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20 September 2023The SA Human Rights Commission SAHRC is mulling over several rights violation complaints levelled against social development minister Lindiwe Zulu and Postbank over the recent grant payments delay debacle. Yesterday morning, DA MP Bridget Masango lodged complaints of violations of rights to human dignity life and health care, arguing the grant payment delays

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SAHRC assessing human rights violation complaints in grants payment delay debacle

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19 September 2023The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is mulling over several rights violation complaints levelled against social development minister Lindiwe Zulu and Postbank over the recent grant payments delay debacle.On Tuesday morning DA MP Bridget Masango lodged complaints of violations of rights to human dignity, life and healthcare, arguing the grant payment delays

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