SAHRC takes Limpopo education department‚ ex-principal to equality court for 'humiliating and harrassing' transgender pupil

In what promises to be a landmark case‚ the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has instituted proceedings in the Seshego Equality Court in Limpopo on behalf of a transgender secondary school pupil. "The case arises from allegations of humiliation and harassment based on the gender identity of the learner that created a hostile and intimidating environment‚" the commission said on Monday.