Our celebration of human rights is a reminder of the connections between human rights, love, beauty and dignity, and the fact that the scourge of hunger and food insecurity, prevalent in South Africa, fundamentally undermines the human right to dignity.
where he says, “There is no happiness without the sense of beauty and without being in love with life.” This sentiment resonates in Judge Fisher’s words.
“Your humanity cannot accommodate that for an extended period of time. We all have a relationship with food, and if you look at Western ideologies, food is more than physical nourishment. It’s an integral part of how we experience our dignity and ourselves. Food should be beautiful. One of the most important parts of the experience of eating is the manner in which the food is presented to us. It’s part of the dignified experience of eating.
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