African Governance – Ibrahim Index

The Ibrahim Index of African Governance is a comprehensive ranking of sub-Saharan African nations according to governance quality. The criteria for assessment capture the quality of services provided to citizens by governments and focus on the results that the people of a country experience.
The criteria are divided into five over-arching categories which together make up [...]

Council disconnects children’s water

The decision to shut off water and electricity to schools is a violation of human rights, of the right to education in particular. Though the Tshwane Metro Council called it a last resort; it is simply not an option.

Did SA sell weapons to rogue regimes ?

The debate on South Africa’s arms trade is once again in the spotlight. The Democratic Alliance’s David Maynier has informed the House of his serious concerns regarding possible weapons transactions involving countries with very dubious human rights records, such as Libya and North Korea.  There might also be an arms deal pending with neighbouring Zimbabwe.

Human Rights and Prisoners – Zimbabwe

Shouldn’t human rights apply to all humans, even prisoners?

Should the crime of stealing a piece of meat be punishable by death? In Zimbabwe’s prisons even a short incarceration period has a high probability of ending an inmate’s life, a fate that torments prisoners when they are imprisoned.

Elections and Human Rights

While the definition of human rights seems simple and makes perfect sense to most of us, this unfortunately does not mean that all people everywhere have enjoyed equal rights through the ages. Human rights have always been, and continue to be, at the root of many struggles for national, group and personal freedom. As elections [...]