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Democracy And Human Rights

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17 February 2018 Darina Naidoo 12C
Discursive Essay Mrs Mingay Our constitution ensures that democracy and human rights exist for all in equal measure in South Africa. A constitution is the basic set of principles and laws of a nation, state or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it. Democracy allows for citizens, people who are members of society, to hold some level of power and authority and are able to actively participate in the political, or decision making process of their government. Human rights are moral principles that describe certain standards of human behaviour and they are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion or any other status.

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For example the pace of delivery of housing, water and sanitation, healthcare and education which are provided for in the constitution, has been slow since South Africa's transition to democracy. In April 2015, the was a xenophobia outbreak in Durban that displaced thousands of foreign nationals which violated many human rights including the right to dignity and life. The constitution was violated by South Africans of which most were caught and arrested and faced with prosecution in order to reassure other citizens and countries that invest in our country that South Africa is a constitutional democracy governed by the rule of

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