The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is investigating more than 200 complaints related to the lockdown.
Its head of strategic support and governance, Siyasanga Giyose, told the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services the declaration of a national state of disaster came with “huge human rights implications”.
“We are continuously addressing specific complaints that arise, complaints that are directly related to the regulations,” Giyose said. Giyose said the pandemic had put in sharp focus the key challenges facing South Africa – like inequality, access to services like health care, homelessness, water and sanitation.
“But what we need to ensure is the recovery plan to ensure that we can catch up so that the right to education is not violated.”Giyose said the right to food for those living in poverty had been one of the key issues the SAHRC had come across.
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