Human Rights Media Centre

18/04/2024

Hi everyone, it's come to my attention that someone has created a fake profile masquerading as myself. If you get a message from an account with no profile picture named Shirley Gunn, then that is not me, and you should not respond. Thanks.

29/11/2023

https://humanrightsmediacentre.podbean.com/

Thank you for listening to our four podcasts.
Our key message to everyone who has listened is:
Know your rights.
Claim your rights.
And defend your rights!
We thank the dedicated professionals who have generously given of their time to contribute to this four-part series. We thank the asylum seekers and refugees who have shared their stories that bring this series to life. We thank the Human Rights Media Centre team: Lucy Alexander, Cayla Linderts, and Monique Pelser, Epiphanie Mukasano, Shirley Gunn. Lastly, we thank the Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungRosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Foundation which supports HRMC podcast training and this important series.
We hope that this relationship continues!

29/11/2023

We are excited to share our fourth and final episode, for this year, from our podcast series HUMAN RIGHTS LIVE. This episode explores the experiences of three young people, born and raised in South Africa of refugee parents, and their journey toward accessing their right to belong.

In South Africa, the Bill of Rights and the Children’s Act explicitly recognises that every child has the right to nationality from birth.
We urge you to know your rights, claim your rights, and defend your rights!

Episode Four explores the experiences of three young people, born and raised in South Africa of refugee parents, and their journey toward accessing their right to belong. In South Africa, the Bill of Rights and the Children’s Act explicitly recognises that every child has the right to nationality ...

12/09/2023

OUR PODCAST HUMAN RIGHTS LIVE Episode Three has just been published. This episode centers around the struggles of women refugees. We explore how refugee women’s organising has made a difference!

Women can have their own files, independent of their spouses.

Under the new regulation, refugees and asylum seekers can get their own files, if the primary applicant has gone or passed on.

We urge both men and women to listen to this podcast and share it widely with your networks!

Episode Three centers around the struggles of women refugees. We explore how refugee women’s organising has made a difference! Women can have their own files, independent of their spouses. Under the new regulation, refugees and asylum seekers can get their own files, if the primary applicant has g...

02/09/2023

Happy to share another episode from our podcast series Human Rights Live.

The podcast is produced by the Human Rights Media Centre​ Cape Town and supported by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung​

Episode Two explores naturalisation as one of three durable solutions to end refugee-hood.

Join your host Epiphanie Mukasano this World Refugee Month as she discusses issues surrounding Refugee status as temporary. Naturalisation is the long-term integration of refugees in the host or resettled country. Listen in to hear how South Africa is faring.

Episode Three will follow shortly. FOLLOW US ON PODBEAN and other podcast apps!

Episode Two explores naturalisation as one of three durable solutions to end refugee-hood. Join your host Epiphanie Mukasano this World Refugee Month as she discusses issues surrounding Refugee status as temporary. Naturalisation is the long-term integration of refugees in the host or resettled coun...

23/08/2023

THRILLED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED A PODCAST SERIES:
Human Rights Live!!

Human Rights Live is a series of podcasts produced by the Human Rights Media Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.

Join your hostess Ephiphanie Mukasano as she delves into a discussion about the rights and experiences of asylum seekers and refugees living in South Africa.

Episode One: Making Good our Commitment Human Rights

Episode One concerns the rights of asylum seekers and refugees living in Cape Town because documentation services were closed here by the Department of Home Affairs in 2012.

Join Epiphanie Mukasano as she delves into conversations around the delays and the opening of the new Refugee Reception Office, in April 2023 in Epping Cape Town, offering new hope for asylum seekers and refugees.

Episode One concerns the rights of asylum seekers and refugees living in Cape Town because documentation services were closed here by the Department of Home Affairs in 2012. Join Epiphanie Mukasano as she delves into conversations around the delays and the opening of the new Refugee Reception Office...

28/03/2022

HRMC First Quarter News -

Haroon Gunn-Salie in partnership with the South African Coalition for Transitional Justice (SACTJ) presents a public discussion about Crying for justice. Crying for justice is a site-specific installation by Haroon Gunn-Salie presented on the unmarked site near the historic gallows at the Castle of....

20/06/2020

Human Rights Media Centre’s message on World Refugee Day 2020 : if only ...

04/03/2016

Please like and share our new page for the Umoja Wamama Crafters Collective! We'll be sharing our news, our handcrafted products, and our stories. You can find as at the Hout Bay Lions Craft Market from 10:00 to 16:00 on Sunday, 13 March. Hope to see you there!

Umoja Wamama Crafters Cooperative (UWCC) is a collective of African women who come together to learn & share their skills & to sell the crafts they create.

21/07/2014

To mark Mandela Day 2014, forty people who have struggled, survived, and shared their stories, gathered at the Robben Island Museum to reflect again on Mandela's legacy.

Enjoy the Cape Times article posted below http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/sharing-stories-memories-1.1722625

67 MINUTES: Mandisi Bangelo from the Western Cape Albinism support group was among the activists, refugees and former political prisoners who spent their 67 minutes on Mandela Day visiting the Robben Island Museum and paying tribute to the late world icon for freedom. We can honour Mandelas legacy b…

24/06/2014

"Where I Belong" Book Launch on World Refugee Day 2014

24/06/2014

"Where I belong" is a fictional story based on a variety of children's refugee experience in South Africa. We are excited for this wonderful book launch TODAY 20 June, 2014!