The South African Human Rights Commission will turn to the Constitutional Court to appeal a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. The contested ruling states that SAHRC recommendations are not binding, and can only be enforced by a court of law.

The highly anticipated judgment this week will have far-reaching implications. The implication for intersex people and the recognition of their equal right to pursue a profession in sports is critical. The judgment will set the tone for future sporting regulation. Hopefully, it will ensure that human rights are and promoted by sporting bodies all over the world.

Professor Tshepo Madlingozi, a Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission, has been actively involved in various civil society organizations and initiatives, including the Rural Democracy Trust, Khulumani Support Group, and the African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA). For a significant period from 2015 to 2018, Professor Madlingozi dedicated his efforts to the Khulumani Support Group, serving as the National Advocacy Coordinator and later as Chair

The new director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) at Wits University will be Dr Tshepo Madlingozi, effective from June this year.

The Khulumani Support Group, a social movement of victims and survivors of gross violations of human rights under apartheid, has decided to intervene, along with a network of civil society organisations, as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the Constitutional Court case between Robert McBride and The Citizen .