Fw De Klerk Foundation Report Card Reveals Decline In Human Rights
The FW de Klerk Foundation has identified the countrys economic state as the most significant factor contributing to the decline in human rights. This follows the foundations release of its annual report card for 2024 , which revealed a concerning deterioration in human rights.
The report evaluated 27 rights protected under the Constitutions Bill of Rights and found that 11 rights have worsened, 10 have remained unchanged, and only 4 have shown improvement.
The Foundations Executive Director, Christo van der Rheede says, Our economy is not growing, its stagnating, now a lot of people are unemployed. If youre unemployed then your dignity is infringed upon because you live in poverty.
Weve also seen the states inability because of a lack of funding to really grow the educational sector in terms of ensuring that teachers posts are not being cut. But also weve seen a deterioration in the state of many of our health facilities and it can all be traced back to the state of our economy and the fact that fiscus is under severe pressure.
PODCAST FW de Klerk Foundations Executive Director Christo van der Rheedes interview on First Take SA:
