What ordinary Tibetan refugees have feared and have been calling upon the world community for help is now confirmed by the United Nation's Committee on
Reactions to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget speech on 24 February 2021 have highlighted once again the gap between the ambitious transformative human rights vision in South Africa’s Constitution and the country’s troubled financial management and economic performance.
The Constitution is our country’s supreme law and is binding on everyone, including all branches of government. What role should the Budget play in helping to achieve the transformed society envisaged by the Constitution, especially in promoting the progressive realisation of socioeconomic rights (SERs) – a requirement in terms of our Bill of Rights?
Sections 26 and 27 provide that everyone has the right of access to adequate housing, healthcare services, sufficient food and water, and social security; sections 29 and 24 provide that everyone has the right to a basic education and a healthy environment; and section 25(5) and (6) provides that everyone has the right to equitable access to land. Some o