SA fails to protect the most vulnerable' - Lawyers for Human Rights
As South Africa observes Human Rights Day, Lawyers for Human Rights say the country has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world but fails to protect the most vulnerable.
On 21 March 1960, a total of 69 people were killed Sharpeville during a protest against Apartheid laws that robbed them of their humanity.
South Africa commemorates that day annually and reflects on the rights that have been legislated to safeguard the humanity of citizens.
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"South Africa falls into great difficulty when comes to the way we treat the homeless people and the way we treat asylum seekers and refugees leave very little to hold our heads high over," said Lawyers for Human Right's Wayne Ncube.
He says there has been a complete collapse of the asylum system.
"Most metropolitan areas are essentially criminalising poverty and are attacking homeless people and vulnerable people with the arrests you see in Johannesburg and Cape Town. This shuts down opportunities for traders in those areas where there is gentrification happening. There has been a lot of progress but in other areas, we have a long way to go"