Image: Alaister Russell for GroundUp The Gauteng provincial office of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is embarking on an investigative inquiry into the province’s water crisis and has called on the public to contribute their thoughts and experiences before the deadline of 30 April 2026. The commission has received a deluge of complaints Read more >
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Screenshot: Newzroom Afrika By Steve KretzmannFirst published on GroundUp Blackhead Consulting is being probed by the Special Investigating Unit over incomplete upgrades and refurbishment to Tshwane’s Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant. Rooiwal still releases about 150-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage into the dam supplying Hammanskraal’s drinking water. The City of Tshwane on Read more >
Image: Power 98.7 on X Corruption Watch has written to the National Treasury, seeking clarification on the status of the City of Tshwane’s (CoT) intention to blacklist controversial businessman Edwin Sodi’s companies, NJR Projects and Blackhead Consulting. This relates to the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal in May 2023, in which several people lost their lives. Read more >
Image: Wikimedia CommonsUsed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license South Africa is expecting an important visitor on its shores soon, in the form of the UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana. He is an international human rights law expert, and will examine the country’s position on toxics and human Read more >
Call for submissions in advance of visit by the UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights to South Africa 31 July – 11 August 2023 Deadline – 20 June 2023 Mandate of the special rapporteur on toxics and human rights Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 45/17, the UN special rapporteur on toxics and Read more >
