The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), charged with upholding the rights of citizens in SA, was accused by MPs for remaining silent while citizens’s rights were being trampled upon during the lockdown on Friday.

The commission was subjected to a barrage of questions by opposition MPs on Friday about what it is doing to counter the human rights abuses occurring under the Covid-19 lockdown...

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