BUSI KHESWA | Social workers are agents of human rights

It is a fitting reality that the 2023 World Social Workers Day, which is celebrated annually in March, coincides with SA’s Human Rights Month. Even better, the World Social Workers Day, which is observed on the third Tuesday of March annually, this year fell on the same day as SA’s Human Rights Day – March 21.

Access to care by social workers is a fundamental human right, which every well-meaning government should seek to make available to its citizens. As we observe Human Rights Month, let us also recognise and celebrate those who work tirelessly to protect the most vulnerable in society...

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