Imagine yourself in the shoes of a person suffering without sufficient water or access to healthcare. Imagine how you would feel if you couldn't eat every day. Imagine not being able to sleep because you hear your people fighting for their lives. Unfortunately, these situations are not imaginary. In South Africa, human rights are violated because basic resources are limited, the police abuse their power and people are forced to work. In South Africa people suffer from a lack of basic resources. A vivid example that demonstrates how urgent and difficult it is to get water supply is the story of Butsi Mashilone. This grandmother from Pietersburg, South Africa, has to walk miles to get water to support her six grandchildren (McClure). His story represents the suffering of thousands of South African citizens. “The 'statistics' revealed that in 1999, only 27% of non-urban African-headed households had access to running water inside the home or in the yard compared to 83% of urban African households.” “This shows that access to water for the population was very limited in 1999 and continues today (Kehler). In addition to the problem of water supply, many women struggle to be able to get good healthcare. Healthcare in South Africa lacks services, materials and advanced knowledge and for this reason there is an average of 4,500 deaths per year among women and children alone. These deaths are mostly due to HIV/Aids. In conclusion there is a human drama of suffering and death of people who could have been saved if they had obtained basic services promptly. This situation could improve if South Africa made better use of its economic resources to provide the basic services… middle of the paper… to give birth to its children. (Baker) Even though people suffer from horrible working conditions, they continue to do so because they need money to survive and support their families. South Africa has many problems, as mentioned before, such as brutality, lack of vital resources and sweatshops. Works Cited Baker, Mallen. “South Africa: Sweatshops.” Mallenbaker.net. Np, nd Web.Evans, Sarah. "Access to mail account and guardian." The M&G online. ORIGINAL, January 15, 2014. Web.03 April 2014. Kehler, Johanna. "Women and poverty: the South African experience". Journal of International Women's Studies. Np, November 2001. Web.McClure, Vicky. “Water shortages in South Africa: the future looks dry.” Np, nd Web"South Africa Human Rights". Amnesty International. Amnesty International USA, “Sugar Factories Are Sweatshops.” Split. Np, March 12, 2012. Web.