Published
on 23 Jan 2014HR Pulse News Desk
An increase in police brutality and the failure to take action against
corrupt police officials, as well as failure to deal with xenophobia, are
serious concerns affecting the rule of law in South Africa. This is according
to the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), which released the South
African chapter of its World Report 2014 in Johannesburg on Tuesday, reports The Herald.
"In an election year, where we can probably expect to see more protests coming up, we're just warning the South African government that human rights [violations] might take a turn for the worse," said HRW SA director TisekeKasambala.
While South Africa had done a lot to protect against human rights abuses on the continent, said TisekeKasambala, it had consistently failed to protect against human rights abuses at home.
"Mismanagement and corruption ... are affecting social service delivery in this country and that is what is leading to protests.
"And then what we are seeing is that dealing with those protests leads to human rights violations," Kasambala said, according to the report by The Herald.
"In an election year, where we can probably expect to see more protests coming up, we're just warning the South African government that human rights [violations] might take a turn for the worse," said HRW SA director TisekeKasambala.
While South Africa had done a lot to protect against human rights abuses on the continent, said TisekeKasambala, it had consistently failed to protect against human rights abuses at home.
"Mismanagement and corruption ... are affecting social service delivery in this country and that is what is leading to protests.
"And then what we are seeing is that dealing with those protests leads to human rights violations," Kasambala said, according to the report by The Herald.
