What must still be done to live up to Nelson Mandela's human rights legacy

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In this edition of Business Law Focus, on Mandela Day, host Evan Pickworth interviews Natasha Wagiet, Pro Bono Manager overseeing ENS'CSI portfolio at Mitchells Plain, Khayelitsha Township in Cape Town and Alexandra Township in Johannesburg.
They delve into the urgent need to protect and deliver access to justice in SA and globally as wars, poverty, and corruption continue to rage. Improving socio-economic rights and the social aspects of ESG is a pressing concern that still needs to be addressed in many areas.
Nelson Mandela, on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (21 September 1998), offered this sage advice on how to bring about change: "The challenge posed by the next 50 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by the next century whose character it must help to fashion, consists in whether humanity, and especially those who will occupy positions of leadership, will have the courage to ensure that, at last, we build a human world consistent with the provisions of that historic Declaration and other human rights instruments that have been adopted since 1948."
18 Jul 2024 English South Africa Business

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