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Media Advisory: SAHRC to meet with the Ugu District Council and Civil Society regarding the state of human rights in the region

Attention: Editors and Reporters
Monday, 21 October 2024

Following the release of its KwaZulu Natal Water Inquiry Report in September 2023, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/the Commission), is visiting District Municipalities on a programme to monitor progress on the implementation of its recommendations, and to assess the state of human rights within the said region in KwaZulu Natala (KZN) Province.

The Commission has met with the uGu District Council and will be meeting with civil society. The Commission will also conduct site visit across the local municipalities in the district. The Commission calls on NGOs/ Civil Society Organisation in the uGu District Municipality to engage with the Commission in detailing the state of human rights in the district and KZN at large. The civil society stakeholder meetings will seek to draw on the activism and social action of local civil society collaborations to develop community-based solutions on human rights challenges facing the district.


Details of the uGu District Municipality engagements/ meetings:

 1. NGOs/ CSOs Engagement, Umuziwabantu Municipality  

  • Date : Tuesday, 22 October 2024
  • Time : 10:00-12 :00
  • Venue : Harding Municipal Hall

2. NGOs/ CSOs Engagement, Umdoni Municipality 

  • Date  : Wednesday, 23 October 2024
  • Time : 10:00 -12:00
  • Venue : Amandawe Community Care Centre

3. NGOs/ CSOs Engagement, Ray Nkonyeni Municipality

  • Date  : Thursday, 24 October 2024
  • Time : 10:00 -12:00
  • Venue : Port Shepstone Library

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For further information contact SAHRC KZN Provincial Manager, Ms Pavershree Padayachee on Tel: 082 802 9111 or via Email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

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