{"id":843615,"date":"2025-11-18T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=843615"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:11:17","slug":"one-province-in-south-africa-is-so-bad-that-it-violates-several-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/843615\/one-province-in-south-africa-is-so-bad-that-it-violates-several-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"One province in South Africa is so bad that it violates several human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Municipal service delivery in the North West Province is so poor that the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has stated it violates several human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was one of the findings of the SAHRC\u2019s Investigative Report into the State of Municipal Service Delivery in the North West Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report, released on Tuesday (18 November), followed a comprehensive investigation conducted by the SAHRC through its North West Provincial Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A series of complaints regarding service delivery challenges across several municipalities in the province prompted this investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation found systemic failures in the provision of basic services, including water, sanitation, waste management, and road maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also revealed widespread non-compliance with constitutional and legislative obligations by municipalities in the North West Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Report makes several findings against the North West Provincial Government and fourteen municipalities in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SAHRC found that most municipalities are failing to meet their constitutional and legislative obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConsequently, many municipalities are violating several human rights through failing to provide basic services,\u201d the SAHRC said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These municipalities failed to ensure the regular supply of clean water, provide sanitation services, and address sewage spillages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also did not regularly collect solid waste, supply electricity to residents, address illegal dumping, or maintain roads and stormwater systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final report highlighted deep-rooted governance and capacity challenges besetting municipalities in the North West Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cResidents continue to experience human rights violations. The report is a call to action on the part of municipalities,\u201d the SAHRC said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commission urged municipalities to act with vigour and urgency in implementing the directives in the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also directed the North West Provincial Government to heighten its monitoring and intervention to ensure municipalities deliver on their constitutional obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The worst municipalities in the North West Province<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo: Seth Thorne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) made numerous findings against municipalities in the North West Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added that these problems have resulted in the violation of residents’ rights to dignity, health, safety, and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n