<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Authored Authority]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tshepo Madlingozi]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:57:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[[Countersign Podcast] 'Dumps and  dead miners' - South African Constitutionalism ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professor Tshepo Madlingozi and host Professor Stewart Motha consider how world-destroying aspects of colonialism have survived in the supposedly post-apartheid era. Madlingozi explains what it would mean to reconstitute a society and nation in the context of decolonisation.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/countersign-podcast-dumps-and-dead-miners-south-african-constitutionalism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cc94b5bc536ac286aa897c</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_a39e27febf3e48ebb393f50730e2ba06~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Power fm] Leadership Spotlight ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sello Hatang was in conversation with Prof Tshepo Madlingozi, Commissioner at the SA Human Rights Commission.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/power-fm-leadership-spotlight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c9dbd356a82e0017f846cc</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_f02994f487b940018ecb4b6986f69781~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[CDH Conversation podcast] The real world impact of systemic deficiencies in our public education system]]></title><description><![CDATA[I n this podcast Gift Nkosinathi Xaba, from CDH's Pro Bono &#38; Human Rights practice, and Prof Tshepo Madlingozi zoom into and unpack the 2025 SAHRC Schools Readiness Report and the current state of public basic education in South Africa; Assess the real-world impact of the systemic challenges in our public basic education system; and explore pragmatic, rights-based solutions to address these systemic challenges that threaten not only the realisation of the constitutional right to quality basic...]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/cdh-conversation-podcast-the-real-world-impact-of-systemic-deficiencies-in-our-public-education-sy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cc99a9f7044e6cf7a46783</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/DRr6k0PGXsI" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[SABC News] Sharpeville to today - state of our human rights ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof Tshepo Madlingozi, Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission, participated in the discussion alongside Seth Mazibuko, a former Robben Island inmate, 1976 student leader, and the patron and historian of the Seth Mazibuko Foundation, and Dr Pali Lehohla, the former Statistician General of South Africa.  This came after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Human Rights Day address, in which he stated: "There can be no doubt that over the past 30 years, we have done much to restore the dignity of...]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/sabc-news-sharpeville-to-today-state-of-our-human-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c9d99ffcaccefbd3616c2d</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/vnCA5wnea24?si=Xxwcm3ktlSKG0YXs" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[IOL] Prof Tshepo Madlingozi joins Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Social Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stellenbosch University has appointed human rights scholar and activist Tshepo Madlingozi as an extraordinary professor at its Centre for Social Justice. The appointment strengthens the centre’s research and policy engagement on constitutionalism, reparative justice and human rights.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/iol-prof-tshepo-madlingozi-joins-stellenbosch-university-s-centre-for-social-justice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c672cd505b501e10bdaa2d</guid><category><![CDATA[Print/Online Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:06:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_de437540aebb41ebbff74982cf7f0795~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[SAfm] Does the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) have the power to issue binding directives following an investigation into human rights? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Constitutional Court has heard arguments on whether the recommendations of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) carry the same legal weight as those of the Public Protector's office. The commission is appealing a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling from last year, which found that its directives are not binding. Safm speaks to SAHRC Commissioner Tshepo Madlingozi]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/safm-does-the-south-african-human-rights-commission-sahrc-have-the-power-to-issue-binding-direct</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cb827ae454e7df62538a7b</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_cba5349db2714ecc97d4718a9a920b57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Sowetan] How new school code can help curb bullying, cyber threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thursday marks the 6th International Day against bullying and violence at school. This year, we observe it in the wake of the Milnerton High School bullying incident and Mthatha's St John's College's sexual violence allegations, which have sent shockwaves throughout the country.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/how-new-school-code-can-help-curb-bullying-cyber-threats-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2b1b9e959cef02a7d4438</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion Pieces/Op Ed]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:48:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_49b8be4012104eb386097d1c448cd05d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Daily Maverick] Disinformation is a grave threat to democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month, on 15 September, parliaments, national human rights institutions and civil society around the world observed the International Day of Democracy, declared as such by the UN General Assembly in 2007. This year’s observation also serves as a reminder of the need to promote and protect democracy against increased threats to it – the likes of which we are witnessing globally, and in our country.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/disinformation-is-a-grave-threat-to-democracy-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2b14bb1bfd68174ded972</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion Pieces/Op Ed]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:44:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_5fb565ff8d324c7ba2db67e8a8da8634~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_434,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Sunday World] Does a 2am eviction uphold human rights and forge belongingness?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professor Mosibudi Mangena’s September 21, 2025 column in the Sunday World titled, “Declaring ‘South Africa belongs to all who live in it” is stupid and counterproductive” refers. The column raises important questions about nation building and post-apartheid belongingness that are worth debating. I will return to these issues in a moment. Unfortunately, the good prof spoils the column with misleading statements about the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). He claims that the SAHRC...]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/does-a-2am-eviction-uphold-human-rights-and-belongingness-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2ac8adbf1d5b6012ecb57</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion Pieces/Op Ed]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:24:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_b3d48fbb14fc4ceeaf1affd53b3c6916~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_900,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[702] SAHRC to probe McKenzie over derogatory remarks on black people]]></title><description><![CDATA[Clement Manyathela speaks to Tshepo Madlingozi, who is a commissioner with the South African Human Rights Commission about the complaints the commission has received based on previous comments made by Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie about black people. Madlingozi explains how the commission will investigate McKenzie’s comments.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/702-sahrc-to-probe-mckenzie-over-derogatory-remarks-on-black-people</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cb7da7dd3ddd8a57233c2f</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P09xnBrE9jk" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Mail &#38; Guardian] Let's Draw lessons from people's power on the 40th anniversary of state of emergency]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year is the 40th anniversary of the first State of Emergency by the apartheid regime. In recalling this ignoble anniversary, I choose to focus on the challenge the apartheid regime sought to address with that unprecedented suppression tool: people’s power. I posit that one of the outcomes of the National Dialogue ought to be the reinvigoration of the spirit and praxis of people’s power.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/let-s-draw-lessons-from-people-s-power-on-the-40th-anniversary-of-state-of-emergency-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2adadf5fd8925861b892b</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion Pieces/Op Ed]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:28:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_725c458a29cb41329c4b238e4099fc4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_802,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Groundup] What the SA Human Rights Commission is doing to advance queer right]]></title><description><![CDATA[Based on the prevalence of discrimination and the perpetration of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community, it is evident that we still have a long way to go to achieve substantive equality, but as we  shift our focus towards prioritising the changing of hearts and minds through proactive interventions and  restorative justice, we may be closer than ever to walking the path to equality, and experiencing pride in true change.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/what-the-sahrc-is-doing-to-advance-queer-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2b43e9a225adae26106da</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:57:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_7e9602e0893c4e50bf6a1e78108b5c18~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_737,h_390,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[702] In conversation with the South African Human Rights Commission]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tshidi Madia in for Clement Manyathela speaks to Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi, a Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) about role the institution plays in promoting and protecting human rights in the country.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/702-in-conversation-with-the-south-african-human-rights-commission</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d866f6a51db32c14c450fe</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 03:04:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U661W1W8RJk" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Mail &#38; Guardian] From Jan Smuts to Gareth Prince: the struggle for the liberation of cannabis continues]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Africa Month ends, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) wishes to draw attention to a key struggle for African self-determination, remembering and “re-membering”. That struggle is the struggle for the full liberation of cannabis.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/from-jan-smuts-to-gareth-prince-teh-struggle-for-the-liberation-of-cannabis-continues-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2b06f8f0e652aaa2ef72f</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion Pieces/Op Ed]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:40:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_6e3c9ab84b304beda67bc3081870b622~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_671,h_442,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[SABC News] Former DA MP apologises for racist remarks: Tshepo Madlingozi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament Renaldo Gouws and the South African Human Rights Commission have reached a settlement in the complaint the commission lodged against the YouTuber-turned-politician before the Equality Court. This after Gouws publicly apologised for his 2010 video, which contained racially offensive and harmful language directed towards black South Africans. Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission, Professor Tshepo Madlingozi, joins us now.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/former-da-mp-apologises-for-racist-remarks-tshepo-madlingozi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695d011c98add1bc15807593</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 12:33:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v61vaNHEarE" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[NewzRoom Afrika] Gouws' apology for racist video pleases SAHRC]]></title><description><![CDATA[South African Human Rights Commissioner Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi says they expected no different outcome from court in the inquiry into the 15-year-old racist video former DA MP Renaldo Gouws posted after the elections last year.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/gouws-apology-for-racist-video-pleases-sahrc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6978a19015c06c04a24ebc10</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__Wf3yHlw4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[SABC News] Still a long way to go in ridding the country of racism completely: Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi]]></title><description><![CDATA[As South Africa celebrates Human Rights Day today, we reflect on the progress made and the challenges that remain in the fight for equality. While our nation has come a long way since the end of apartheid, racial injustice and discrimination continue to affect many South Africans, limiting access to opportunities, justice, and basic human dignity. To further unpack let's now welcome Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi, Commissioner for Justice, Education, Anti-Racism and Equality at the SAHRC.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/still-a-long-way-to-go-in-ridding-the-country-of-racism-completely-prof-tshepo-madlingozi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695d0544d99f03f79ceebb23</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:51:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ubgU2HRJY&amp;t=7s" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[NewzRoom Afrika] SAHRC's three-day inquiry into impact of load reduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[The South African Human Rights Commissioner is convening a three-day inquiry into the impact of load reduction. Residents at a hearing in Gauteng accuse the power utility of targeting specific demographics when cutting power, and that it's seen as a collective punishment. SAHRC Commissioner Tshepo Madlingozi explains further.]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/newzroom-afrika-sahrc-s-three-day-inquiry-into-impact-of-load-reduction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cb7fb7e454e7df62538204</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR8gFDmHi2s" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[SABC News] SAHRC tackles Rastafari discrimination: Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a bid to address ongoing discrimination, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will host its first Rights of Rastafari Roundtable. The Commission has expressed deep concern over the continued marginalisation of Rastafari communities, citing issues like unlawful cannabis arrests, high unemployment, school expulsions, and exclusion from the cannabis industry, despite constitutional protections. To speak more on this, we welcome Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi, Commissioner for Justice,...]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/sahrc-tackles-rastafari-discrimination-prof-tshepo-madlingozi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695d04d9d99f03f79ceeba4b</guid><category><![CDATA[Broadcast Coverage]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:49:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyLwjHBg-mQ" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Sunday Times] Why we must work to end the state's use of racial categories?]]></title><description><![CDATA[While this discourse on the impugned racial classifications includes identities of individuals and groups, it is also integral to the national question — a question about nation-building pursuant to redress, redistribution, reparations, and reconciliation processes and measures. This twin deconstruction and reconstruction approach is also the approach that was proposed by then deputy president Thabo Mbeki in 1996 in his “I am an African” speech while also, in a 1998 speech, warning that South...]]></description><link>https://www.tshepomadlingozi.com/post/why-we-must-work-to-end-the-state-s-use-of-racial-categories</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2aea6b1bfd68174ded430</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion Pieces/Op Ed]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:35:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8ee4c_e17f9025724a47fda90de622270cb3f8~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_900,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tshepo Madlingozi </dc:creator></item></channel></rss>