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The Shepherd and the Butcher
Nzuzonhle Nzuza
The South African government is mandated by section 7(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa to “respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights in the Bill of Rights”.
As these rights contained in the Bill of Rights vests with the ‘people’, this is implicit or rather express that the government is obliged to respect the citizens of South Africa and treat them in a dignified manner.