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Summary Social and environmental responsibilities
- Course
- Life Orientation
- Institution
- Kloof High School
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Life Orientation: Chapter 9: Social and environmental responsibility:Unti 1: Community responsibility to provide environments and services that promote safe
and healthy living:
1.1 Responsibilities of various levels of governments:
People abuse the environment (polluting air with smoke and chemicals, dumping chemicals and
rubbish into rivers and oceans, chopping down too many trees, overusing pesticides etc.). The
constitution says that everyone has the right to a safe and healthy environment. It is the
responsibility of every person and the community to look after the environment and its resources. It
is also the responsibility of various levels of government to ensure that environments and services
are safe and healthy.
Laws – Status and Acts; set of rules
Regulations – The details necessary to implement laws
Rules – Procedures that have to be followed, or ways of doing things
By- laws – Laws and regulations that apply in a particular town area or town.
Resource: Laws that promote safe and healthy living: Parliament creates and changes the laws
that promote safe and healthy living for the whole country. There are many acts:
The National Water Act, 1998 – regulates the management of water sources so that
everyone can have access to clean water, it protects the quality of water.
The National Health Act, 2003 – has rules about access to health care services, basic health
care for children, and how provinces and municipalities should deliver quality health care
services.
National Veld and Forest Fire Act, 1998 – its purpose is to prevent and stop veld, forest and
mountain fires.
The responsibilities of government to promote safe and healthy environments:
Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities – facilitates and supports
health related programmes such as vaccination and access to health care services; co-
ordinates programmes for children living in the street and redresses harmful practices.
Department of Water Affairs – makes sure that South Africans gain access to clean water
and safe sanitation,
Department of Labour – inspects work places to make sure they are safe and healthy.
Department of Health – co-ordinates and monitors all health services in the provinces and
municipalities.
Community Services: Community service is services provided my municipalities. Examples are:
Build libraries.
Construct and run sport facilities.
Have disaster risk management procedures in place to identify prevent or reduce disasters.
Look after street children, orphans and abandoned children.
Provide public transport
Provide public toilets
Create employment opportunities and transfer skills through.
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