_Ir- ~~~?..~~ ' LACH PR 1 ·m:n:n> .. • African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Hurnan Rights our Collective Responsibility DECISION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS ON ADMISSIBILITY COMMUNICATION 784/22 - Mashilo Alfred Sako v. The Republic of South Africa Summary of the facts 1. The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Secretariat) received on 25 February 2022 a Communication presented by Mr. Mashilo Sako (the Complainant), a citizen of the Republic of South Africa (Respondent State), represented in this Communication by Mr. Shadrack Tebeile , Advocate at the High Court of South Africa. 2. The complaint is filed against the Republic of South Africa , a State that became a party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Charter) on 9 July 1996. 3. The Complainant avers that the Respondent's Department of Education appointed him as an educator from 1992 until his dismissal from employment in 2004 for failure to observe examination ru les.1 4. The Complainant alleges that after his dismissal , he made several attempts to appeal against the decision to terminate his employment with the former Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of Education in the Limpopo Province and was unsuccessful. 1 Complainant's Observations on Admissibility and Merits, para 42.