We celebrate our new constitution which guarantees fundamental human rights for all South Africans and commits us to work together to build a united, non-racial and democratic South Africa based on the will of the people. Poor communities, women, workers, youth, rural communities and people with disabilities have benefited directly from government policies and programmes and continue to receive focused attention. Today more South Africans have access to housing, health care, basic education, food, electricity, water and social security grants. The sick can now be attended to at clinics and other health care facilities near to where they live. Learners now have the right to decent education.
Parents have the right to participate in the running of our schools.
Many more people now own their own houses and land. Many more now have access to childcare grants, pensions, poverty relief and other social welfare services. Many more communities now have running water and electricity and will soon have access to free basic services. Our police are now committed to serve the people and work with communities to stamp out crime and build safe communities. As we prepare to celebrate workers day, we do so in the knowledge that we now have labour laws that entrench workers rights and lay the basis for the transformation of our workplaces and our economy.