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Homelessness in South Africa dates back to the apartheid period. [1] Increasing unemployment, lack of affordable housing , social disintegration, and social and economic policies have all been identified as contributing factors to the issue. [ 2 ]
The Constitutional Court held that the issue of whether socio-economic rights are justiciable at all in South Africa is put beyond question by the text of the Constitution as construed in the judgment Ex parte Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly: In re Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. [6]
The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA or the Equality Act, Act No. 4 of 2000) is a comprehensive South African anti-discrimination law. It prohibits unfair discrimination by the government and by private organisations and individuals and forbids hate speech and harassment.
The South African government has been criticised by Human Rights Watch for deporting hundreds of thousands of Zimbabwean refugees and treating victims of political violence as economic migrants. By sending refugees back to persecution, Human Rights Watch has asserted that South Africa is violating the refugee convention and international law. [25]
It includes South African people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Supreme Court will consider whether city ordinances that bar homeless people from camping on public property violate constitutional protections against "cruel and unusual punishment ...
The is a list of South African mass media, ... BRICS Africa Channel [3] The Home Channel; Ignition TV; ... its content is largely about the plight of the homeless; ...
U.S. Supreme Court justices confronted the nation's homelessness crisis on Monday as they wrestled with the legality of local laws used against people who camp on public streets and parks in a ...