A comparative analysis of the right to adequate housing in the Zimbabwean Declaration of Rights and South African Bill of Rights

Abstract

The right to adequate housing is of fundamental importance, closely linked to the accessing, enjoyment of other economic, social and cultural rights. This consists of the individual’s right to dignified standard of living for themselves, their family and continuous improvement of living conditions. This right, like any other human right, it is universal, inalienable, indivisible and interdependent. It is interlinked to the right to life, human dignity and the right to be protected against deprivation of property is threatened where people are forced out of their homes using unwarranted force. In this work the writer used both quantitative and qualitative analysis and being a comparative analysis of the right to adequate housing through South African Constitution Bill of Rights which guarantees every person not to be evicted arbitrary as compared to Zimbabwean Constitution where there is a gap which gives no express provision for the right to adequate housing.