RULE OF LAW MUST PREVAIL: South Africa Has a Constitutional Duty to Protect Everyone from Xenophobic Violence and Hate Crimes The Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG) is deeply alarmed by […]
F HISTORIC VICTORY FOR LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS AS THE COURTS RULE AGAINST HATE SPEECH The Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG) welcomes the Court’s judgment in the TransHope & HCWG & SA […]
The Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG) expresses its grave concern regarding the escalating xenophobic rhetoric, intimidation, and violence associated with the so-called “March & March” protests and related anti-migrant mobilisations […]
STATEMENTSouth African Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG)31 March 2026 Rejecting Xenophobia, Misinformation and Violence The South African Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG) condemns in the strongest terms the violence and […]
PUBLIC STATEMENT: The Hate Crimes Working Group Condemns the Tzaneen Acid Attack The South African Hate Crimes Working Group condemns in the strongest terms the acid attack on a Muslim […]
HATE CRIMES WORKING GROUP stands in solidarity with all organisations providing services to foreign nationals, refugees and migrants, in the face of intimidation, threats and extreme xenophobic attacks. The Hate […]
A historic moment as the first INHS conference to be hosted in the Southern Hemisphere, brought together scholars, legal experts, pyschologists, policy makers and activists.
Imam Muhsin Hendricks murdered in a suspected hate crime.
The Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG) welcomed the passing of the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill by the South African Parliament, and the subsequent signature […]
The Hate Crimes Working Group is hiring a part-time co-ordinator. To apply for the position, please email your CV to hcwgsa@gmail.com or samelovetoti@gmail.com For more information email us. COORDINATOR POSITION […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: 25 01 2024 THE HATE CRIMES WORKING GROUP EXPRESSES OUTRAGE AT FORMER PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA’S COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY UTTERANCES ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGES AND THE RIGHTS OF LGBTI+ PEOPLE IN SOUTH […]
THE HATE CRIME WORKING GROUP WELCOMES THE PASSAGE OF THE PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH BILL BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH AFRICA. The Hate Crimes […]
Today is World Refugee Day. In 1951 the United Nations Refugee Convention declared that a refugee is someone who fled his or her home country owing to “a well-founded fear […]
To view the original Statement, please CLICK HERE. The Hate Crimes Working Group is committed to building a democratic South Africa, based on the values of the Constitution and that […]
Prontuit: Landskap – Juan Nel van die Hate Crimes Working Group het met ons gesels vanuit Kaapstad waar hy ‘n kongres bywoon. Kom ons kyk wat is die groep se […]
The Scalabrini Centre have produced this great video which can be viewed below/ “We spent five months carrying a huge Rainbow Africa around Cape Town, looking for 1000 people to […]
The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) is shocked and dismayed at the outcome of yesterday’s (Monday) court hearing at which Jon Qwelane was granted an indefinite postponement in a […]
View the original article here: CLICK HERE South Africa was invited by the United Nations to host the Third World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (the […]
On June 23, 2016, the world was forever changed. A referendum deciding the membership status of the United Kingdom in the European Union took place, and despite warnings from senior […]
Police brutality as a hate crime Police brutality against minorities, perpetuated by biases and prejudices held by officials, should constitute as hate crimes against the direct victims and their communities. […]
This is an article originally published in the New Age: www.thenewage.co.za The Deputy Minister of Justice. John Jeffery, has quite rightly pointed out to the critics of the proposed bill […]
This Human Rights Day Cape Town’s first Pop-up Pride to proclaim ‘LGBTI RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS’ Human Rights Day (21 march 2016) @ 11am Central Methodist Mission, Green Market Square, […]