Tumelo Maake (Bet-Shalom Christian School) gives her thoughts on what human rights are.
POLOKWANE – Human Rights Day is all about fairness, freedom, and treating people with respect.
While every person is entitled to human rights, they also have a responsibility to respect these rights and other people’s rights.
But what do kids today think about human rights?
The Polokwane Review asked Grade 7 learners to share what human rights mean to them:
Lethabo Thobejane (Bet-Shalom Christian School): In South Africa, I’ve learned that human rights include equality before the law, freedom from discrimination, the right to life, human dignity, and freedom and more.Micaela De Gouveia (PEPPS): Human rights is what determines what people can and can’t do. Sometimes people have to fight for those rights.Cameron Janse van Vuuren (Pietersburg Laerskool): Mense regte is die regte wat ‘n mens het soos kinderregte en vroueregte. Ons het nog nie eintlik hiervan in die skool geleer nie.Tumelo Maake (Bet-Shalom Christian School ): Some of the humna rights I know are; right to fife where every person has the right to life, as well as human dignity where the Constitution recognises human dignity as a fundamental right.Benjamin Russel (Pietersburg Laerskool): Ek weet een van die menseregte is jou reg op privaatheid en daar is regte om skoon water te hê.Lethabo Mashilo (PEPPS): Human rights is when people fought for freedom to do what they want to do.For more breaking news follow us on FacebookTwitter Instagram or join our WhatsApp group
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