{"id":101636,"date":"2025-10-21T11:51:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=101636"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:51:21","slug":"sahrc-report-reveals-up-to-43-uptake-of-recommendations-but-major-gaps-persist-after-2021-july-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/sahrc-report-reveals-up-to-43-uptake-of-recommendations-but-major-gaps-persist-after-2021-july-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"SAHRC report reveals up to 43% uptake of recommendations, but major gaps persist after 2021 July unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

21 October 2025 | 11:52 CAT
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In Johannesburg this week, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) released an update on its investigations into the violence that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July 2021, revealing that although state institutions have responded to the crisis \u00ad\u2014 the implementation of key reforms remains patchy and victims still await justice.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Philile Ntuli told Radio Islam International<\/a> that the update aims to ensure transparency and maintain pressure on the government.<\/p>\n

She said the commission\u2019s report, which sprang from a national investigative hearing, laid out 33 findings and 28 actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf the 28 actionable recommendations \u2026 43 percent have been fully implemented and another 32 percent are in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

In context, the SAHRC-issued \u201cCurrent Status\u201d report states the initial unrest caused more than R50 billion<\/strong> in damage, some 350 + fatalities, and that law-enforcement intelligence and coordination severely failed during the crisis.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Ntuli emphasised that the 91 percent institutional response rate (10 of 11 bodies responded) is a positive sign of accountability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very positive for us because it means that the state \u2026 is taking this report \u2026 quite seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet she warned that responses must translate into substantive action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile progress has been made \u2026 many victims are still waiting for justice and closure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The July 2021 unrest rocked South Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic turmoil; according to the report, although the timing coincided with the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma, the commission found no direct causative link. Rather the crisis was fed by socio-economic and security-system failures.<\/p>\n

The SAHRC listed the security cluster\u2019s failures as among the central causes: poor intelligence, delayed responses, and breakdowns in coordination between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and other agencies undermined the response to the unrest. Ntuli said the commission will continue monitoring implementation and intends to publish a final report within the next year or two.<\/p>\n

The unfolding process casts light on how the state is attempting to hold itself accountable after one of the most violent episodes since the end of apartheid \u2014 but also how much further there is to go. The partial implementation rate, ongoing victim-waiting and structural institution issues suggest the path to reform is still long.<\/p>\n

The release of the update report underscores the SAHRC\u2019s role as overseer of human-rights compliance, but it also raises pressing questions about enforcement, justice and reform in South Africa\u2019s fragile post-unrest environment.<\/p>\n

Listen <\/strong>to the full interview<\/a> on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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