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Human Rights

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Political rights, Welfare, Health

  • Basic political freedoms but some cases of political repression
  • Welfare needs some improvements
  • Problems with racial disparities still exist
  • Lack of resources and beds in hospitals, problems with Malaria and HIV/AIDS
* decline in political tolerance * voters dependence on the state precludes their ability to vote based on ideological platforms * 25 percent of South Africans receive some form of government welfare grants * racial disparities: struggle to obtain basic needs <> gated communities

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Sexual and LGBT rights

  • Issues concerning gender inequality in court cases
  • Many cases of rape
  • Same-sex marriage legalized 2006
* Jacob Zuma's Rape Trial in 2006 * 500.000 women raped every year * first country to include intersex people in anti-discrimination law