{"id":2602,"date":"2022-03-21T18:26:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2022-03-21T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:29:13","slug":"the-conversation-social-security-is-the-bedrock-of-south-africas-human-rights-protection-but-there-are-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/the-conversation-social-security-is-the-bedrock-of-south-africas-human-rights-protection-but-there-are-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conversation: Social security is the bedrock of South Africa\u2019s human rights protection. But there are gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since South Africa adopted its post-apartheid&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov.za\/legislation\/constitution\/saconstitution-web-eng.pdf\">constitution<\/a>&nbsp;in 1996, the country has made important strides in realising the right to social security and in reducing poverty and inequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Policies, legislation and administrative infrastructure have enabled the government to create an expansive social security system. Two out of three households&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordhandbooks.com\/view\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780192894199.001.0001\/oxfordhb-9780192894199-e-38#oxfordhb-9780192894199-e-38-div1-256\">receive a social grant<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordhandbooks.com\/view\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780192894199.001.0001\/oxfordhb-9780192894199-e-38#oxfordhb-9780192894199-e-38-div1-256\">60% of the workforce<\/a>&nbsp;is covered by social insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa is now&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/bitstream\/handle\/10986\/36338\/South-Africa-Social-Assistance-Programs-and-Systems-Review-Policy-Brief.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\">an exemplar<\/a>&nbsp;of an upper middle-income country that has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/handle\/10986\/36514?show=full&amp;locale-attribute=fr\">gone further than many others<\/a>&nbsp;in growing social protection to promote development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, the country still has persistent and extraordinarily high rates of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/content\/1-in-5-south-africans-living-extreme-poverty-un\/\">poverty<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=14957\">unemployment<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/03\/09\/new-world-bank-report-assesses-sources-of-inequality-in-five-countries-in-southern-africa\">inequality<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/countries\/southern-africa\/south-africa\/south-africa-economic-outlook\">low levels of economic growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/social-security-is-the-bedrock-of-south-africas-human-rights-protection-but-there-are-gaps-179484?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2018%202022%20-%202238822217&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2018%202022%20-%202238822217+CID_69a2f0986a1f5d4395101e412246bdcd&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&amp;utm_term=Social%20security%20is%20the%20bedrock%20of%20South%20Africas%20human%20rights%20protection%20But%20there%20are%20gaps\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em>Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since South Africa adopted its post-apartheid&nbsp;constitution&nbsp;in 1996, the country has made important strides in realising the right to social security and in reducing poverty and inequality. 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