Is there anything to celebrate this Human Rights Day?

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What, exactly, are we celebrating on Human Rights Day this year?

A coherent theory of human rights places ordinary people at the centre of attention in society. This is not what is happening in South Africa today, argue Chris Hattingh and Martin van Staden.

Without individual property rights all the other rights we cherish, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression and speech, and the right to work and own what we produce, fall by the wayside. The right to own and use one’s property without threat of interference entails that they can attempt to establish some sort of business and create wealth for themselves.

And then there is the new national minimum wage, which infringes upon the ability of the unemployed to emancipate themselves from poverty by taking low-paying jobs. It prices them out of the market, especially if they have no education or experience. Legislation of this nature has made labour too expensive. Should the jobless find work, their continued employment is made precarious because the national minimum wage effectively prohibits employers from adapting to changing economic circumstances.

New legislation effectively gives government the right to ban smoking outright across South Africa. Thousands stand to lose their jobs because of new sugar taxes.

 

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