Unemployment as a Key Objective of the National Planning Commission of South Africa
Roles played by each citizen towards contributing to the imagined South African future.
The personally responsible citizen
The personally responsible citizen acts responsibly in the community for example by volunteering, recycling etc. The personally responsible citizen works and pays taxes, obeys laws, and helps those in need. There are programs that seek to develop personally responsible citizens hoping to build character and personal responsibility by emphasizing honesty, integrity, self-discipline, and hard work. Other programs that seek to develop personally responsible citizens hope to nurture compassion by engaging citizens in volunteer activities. These programs thus hope to help solve serious social problems by engaging more people more effectively in volunteer service.
The participatory citizen
Participatory citizens are those who actively participate in the civic affairs and the social life of the community at local, state, and national levels.
The justice oriented citizen
The justice oriented citizen calls for explicit attention to matters of injustice and to the importance of pursuing social justice goals. The justice oriented citizens critically asses social, political and economic structure sand consider collective strategies for change that challenge injustice .
The role of law in facilitating order in society
Law plays an important role in protecting the society from all sorts of abuses and human rights violation. It also plays a role in promoting peace and harmonious citizenship. The law has many functions. Among these include settling disputes, maintaining order, and providing a framework within which certain common expectations about the transactions, relationships, planned happenings, and accidents of daily life can be met. The law also (secures) efficiency, harmony, and balance in the functioning of government machinery, protects citizens against excessive or unfair government power, protects people against excessive or unfair
The personally responsible citizen
The personally responsible citizen acts responsibly in the community for example by volunteering, recycling etc. The personally responsible citizen works and pays taxes, obeys laws, and helps those in need. There are programs that seek to develop personally responsible citizens hoping to build character and personal responsibility by emphasizing honesty, integrity, self-discipline, and hard work. Other programs that seek to develop personally responsible citizens hope to nurture compassion by engaging citizens in volunteer activities. These programs thus hope to help solve serious social problems by engaging more people more effectively in volunteer service.
The participatory citizen
Participatory citizens are those who actively participate in the civic affairs and the social life of the community at local, state, and national levels.
The justice oriented citizen
The justice oriented citizen calls for explicit attention to matters of injustice and to the importance of pursuing social justice goals. The justice oriented citizens critically asses social, political and economic structure sand consider collective strategies for change that challenge injustice .
The role of law in facilitating order in society
Law plays an important role in protecting the society from all sorts of abuses and human rights violation. It also plays a role in promoting peace and harmonious citizenship. The law has many functions. Among these include settling disputes, maintaining order, and providing a framework within which certain common expectations about the transactions, relationships, planned happenings, and accidents of daily life can be met. The law also (secures) efficiency, harmony, and balance in the functioning of government machinery, protects citizens against excessive or unfair government power, protects people against excessive or unfair