The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 has led to a new category of violations being reported to the South African Human Rights Commission. | TebogoMonama
The South African Human Rights Commission said it received 221 complaints relating to Covid-19.Most of the enquiries were related to mandatory vaccination in the workplace.
In its annual Trends Analysis Report for 2020-2021, the commission said it received 221 complaints relating to Covid-19 and 452 enquiries relating to the pandemic.The province with the most complaints was the Free State with 64 complaints, followed by Gauteng with 57. Gauteng recorded the highest number of enquiries - 165.
"The Commission, and in particular the Gauteng office, was - for a period of time - inundated with formal complaints from employees resisting coercion from their employers to be vaccinated. The intricate struggle between the right to freedom of choice and the right for everyone to be in an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being continue to dominate public discourse," the report read.
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