human rights day

Human Rights Day was a day for all South Africans, leaders said, pointing out that the country had worked hard to produce a progressive Constitution that enshrined the human rights of all its people.
• Remembering Sharpeville’s heroes

President Jacob Zuma, speaking during an event to mark the country's Human Rights Day, called on South Africans to pause, reflect and roll up their sleeves to help the government build a better country for all its people.

A centre of remembrance will be built in the Eastern Cape, near the grave of Saartjie Baartman – because “her story is the story of the world. The memory of Sarah Baartman is the memory of the world”.
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The safety of women and children is the focus of this year’s 16 Days of Activism campaign, which runs from 25 November until 10 December 2010.

Speaking ahead of the launch of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, the minister responsible for women and children has urged South Africans to do more to reverse the scourge of domestic violence in the country.

South Africa needs to introduce tougher legislation to protect the country's children from all forms of abuse, Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana said on National Children's Day.

On 21 March, Human Rights Day, South Africa remembered the Sharpeville massacre of 50 years ago, when police clashed with crowds protesting against unjust apartheid laws. Sixty-nine people were killed and close to 200 injured in the demonstrations.

South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day on 21 March. Zoopy TV hit the streets to ask ordinary South Africans what they think about human rights.

“As we reflect on what the Human Rights Day mean to this country, all South Africans must say NO to racism in whatever form. Events over the last few weeks have focused the attention of South Africans on the fact that racism did not disappear with liberation.”

So says Anant Singh, renowned South African filmmaker and a Board Member of the International Marketing Council (IMC) of SA.