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FROM THE EDITOR

HUMAN
RIGHTS DAY
21
HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH

IN OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES

arch in SA is when on our list of human rights in this and more needs to be done to stop
we’re reminded that country, but somehow that doesn’t them.
freedom and equality faze the global social media giants.
in our country are basic Privacy? What’s that? With the Easter weekend happening
Mhuman rights. Everyone right at the start of April, we thought
has the right to life (which is why For anyone who is connected on we should give the creatives some
they abolished the death penalty multiple levels – emails, messaging, ideas ahead of time, so we’ve
here), human dignity and privacy. internet, online banking, social included two Easter recipes and
We have the right to earn fair media – there is no privacy. We’re some tips on how to decorate real
wages, the right to education, the being analysed to the nth degree egg shells for Easter decorations.
right to own property, and the right and the violation of our private lives
to protect our intellectual property. is escalating daily with or without our In our Nature section, James Clarke
permission. remarks on the large number of
We should be allowed freedom zebras to be seen in the Kruger
of movement, freedom of thought The right to earn a decent income Park and Josh Truter shares a few
and expression, and freedom from seems to have slipped through interesting facts about the Giant
slavery. the cracks, too. This is particularly African Land Snail that has become
problematic for those who have a world traveller – and could be in a
Of course, freedom of movement is specialised in being employed in garden near you, too.
an ideal that’s easier to follow when the hospitality industry where patron
there isn’t a pandemic threatening numbers have been drastically Whilst it’s encouraging to see the
our well-being. With the lack of reduced and trading hours curtailed. roll-out of a variety of vaccines
opportunities to engage in our all approved by the World Health
favourite sports, coupled with the Looking on the bright side, it’s Organisation’s COVAX initiative,
lack of sunshine on overcast and encouraging to see the collective governments are continuing to
rainy days, lack of opportunities to efforts of the residents in some of stress that we should do whatever
relax and unwind, financial stress – the estates who have gone out of we can to flatten the curves. The
it’s no wonder people are irritable. their way to show compassion and right to life at this stage means being
contribute to funds that have been considerate of those around us -
And then there’s the social media paid to the staff of service providers fighting the pandemic has to be a
circus and lack of privacy to top it all. unable to work, so that they can collective effort so that we can all get
I had Google Maps ask me the other feed their families. through this.
day for permission to post a photo of
potholes, that I had emailed to JRA via In this issue, we take a look at Till next time, stay safe, stay healthy
Gmail, on their updates of the area. another element of human rights and take care!
How about that for lack of privacy? that often slips under the radar
They had tapped into my email – that of human trafficking and Warm regards, Ann
messages, found something interesting slavery. Whilst the perception is
and brazenly admitted to doing it!! that we live in a modern, advanced Ann Arnott
society, some analysts suggest that EDITOR
We might have a right to privacy these practices are on the increase annar@nowmedia.co.za
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