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'We inhabit a new space. It is incumbent upon us to guard new rights and entrench hard-won democracy... Civil society is not of itself democratic.' - SASH editorial, 1994 |
Black Sash nominates candidates for the National Planning Commission
The Black Sash, along with our civil society partners, has submitted a list of candidates following an invitation by government to recommend Commissioners for the 20 part-time posts on the National Planning Commission. The NPC has been tasked with dr...
Black Sash helps client access their UI benefits
Mr X worked for the Lanserac Hotel in Stellenbosch as a cleaner from 2006 until he was retrenched in May 2009. He went to claim his UIF benefits on the 22/06/09 but received a refusal letter on the 03/08/09. He went back to the Labour Department and ...
Black Sash PE office broadcasts "back to school" rights education programme
In support of the Black Sash "Back to School" campaign, our Port Elizabeth regional office broadcast a rights education programme on a local community radio station called KQfm. The purpose of the hour long programme on 27 January 2010 was to encoura...
Community MAP completes its first pilot in Western Cape
The Black Sash 'Community Monitoring and Advocacy Project' or Community MAP has presented its first report to SASSA (South African Social Services Agency) following its pilot project in the Western Cape late last year. 27 monitors from community-base...
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The Black Sash works to empower marginalized communities and individuals to speak for themselves in order to effect change in their social and economic circumstances through:
- Rights Education: We provide knowledge and training to enable vulnerable people to access their social and economic rights.
- Advocacy: We advocate for legislation and policy that promotes social and consumer protection for vulnerable people in South Africa.
- Advice Giving: We provide free paralegal advice that allows individuals and groups to exercise their socio-economic rights as prescribed by South African law.
Why? Because we believe in making Human Rights real.