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Homeless person collecting recyclables in Stellenbosch, South Africa. High rates of migration into urban areas whereby the government is unable to cope with the influx. [ 17 ] Post-apartheid, free movement of non-white South Africans into areas that were restricted to them, resulting in not enough employment opportunities available.
The Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act, Act No 52 of 1951, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. This act authorized the forcible removal of squatting communities. It allowed eviction and destruction of homes of squatters by landowners, local authorities, and government officials. It was commenced on 6 July ...
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]
Enhancing laws on trespassing; Removing homeless people from particular areas; Prohibiting begging; Selective enforcement of laws; Selective creation of laws (The French novelist Anatole France noted this phenomenon as long ago as 1894, observing that "the law in its majestic equality forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges ...
The Homeless Bill of Rights (also Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Acts of Living bill) refers to legislation protecting the civil and human rights of homeless people. These laws affirm that homeless people have equal rights to medical care, free speech, free movement, voting, opportunities for employment, and privacy. [1]
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Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa contains the Bill of Rights, a human rights charter that protects the civil, political and socio-economic rights of all people in South Africa. The rights in the Bill apply to all law, including the common law , and bind all branches of the government, including the national executive, Parliament ...
South Africa's Constitutional Court in March 2023 ruled in favour of the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA), which argued that Clicks' ownership of Unicorn had violated regulations ...