, the government was rebuked for, among other things, the:exclusion of refugees and asylum-seekers from Covid-19 relief programmes;
“It is now more than ever that we need the government to put the people first and ensure everyone is afforded their basic human rights. after he was brutally beaten by military and police officers in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township while enforcing a national lockdown, reflects a longstanding concern about the security forces’ use of excessive force. The military ombudsman found that military officers implicated in the killing had acted improperly.”
“On April 7 2020, police officers fired rubber bullets at homeless people living in a camp at the Strandfontein sports grounds in Cape Town when they protested against their poor living conditions, including lack of food.”The document also states that across Africa, governments failed to adequately protect health workers from exposure to Covid-19.
And u, why put Mthokozisi s body on this article, how is it related to a Lockdown?
To hell with them... Y bcz they r not interested in Human Rights by controlling our economic policy direction. If they were interested in human rights, they would b criticizing Australia which activated a Lockdown after only one reported case. We see thru their political gimmicks