Human Rights Day: Government is improving services to all citizens – Ramaphosa

PHUTI MOSOMANE

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that providing basic services to households has been one of the most significant interventions to enhance the lives of all South Africans, in accordance with the Bill of Rights outlined in the Constitution.

Ramaphosa was delivering his Human Rights Day commemoration address at the De Aar West Sports Ground, De Aar, Northern Cape. 

“Our Constitution says that everyone has the right to housing, health care, food, water, social security and education … The expanding provision of [these] basic services to households has been one of the most important interventions to improve the lives of all South Africans,” Ramaphosa said. 

“The Constitution says that the state must take reasonable measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rights. The Bill of Rights also guarantees the right to property and says the state must work to ensure that