Marking Human Rights Day the Centre for Constitutional Rights presented its fourth annual Human Rights Report Card indicating where, in the opinion of the Centre, South Africa has been making progress with regard to human rights and where it has been regressing.
The report card below awarded the following grades for human rights: A = Excellent; B = Good; C = Average; D = Poor; and E = Very Poor. At the same time, the (+), (=) and (-) signs are used to indicate whether things are getting better, staying the same or deteriorating.
Read the full report card and comments here: 2012 Human Rights Report Card
MyPE 2012 Human Rights Report Card Summary and Comment:
- Life: C (+)
- Housing : B (+)
- Health care: D (+)
- Education: E (+)
- Equality: E (=)
- Human Dignity: C (=)
- Freedom and Security of the Person: D (=)
- Slavery, servitude and forced labour: A (=)
- Privacy: B (=)
- Freedom of religion, belief and opinion: A (=)
- Freedom of assembly, demonstration, picket and petition: B (=)
- Freedom of association: A (=)
- Citizenship: A (=)
- Freedom of movement and residence: A (=)
- Environment: C (=)
- Food, welfare and social security: B (=)
- Children: D (=)
- Just administrative action: C (=)
- Access to the courts: B (=)
- Arrested, detained and accused persons: D (=)
- Freedom of expression: C (-)
- Political Rights: C (-)
- Freedom of trade, occupation and profession: D (-)
- Labour relations: B (-)
- Property: C (-)
- The right to education in the language of one’s choice: C (-)
- Language and Culture: D (-)
- Cultural, religious and linguistic communities: B (-)
- Access to information: D (-)
Dear Citizen, little Jonny South Africa has shown little spark this year as of the 29 subjects assessed the marks of:
- 16 have stayed stagnant with no improvement
- 4 have shown improvement on last year and
- 9 have decreased on last year
Contrary to popular belief the reliance on a report card that would reflect a pass academically is NOT acceptable in the real world. We suggest that your Little Johnny South Africa pull up his socks and apply his mind to a marked improvement going forward.
Regards
Titshalakazi FW
