The Research On Legal Protection Of The Right To Water In South Africa

Water crisis is a serious threat to the health of humans also the living ofhumans.In this situation, many countries attach the importance to the protection ofthe safety of drinking water. The relevant provisions of international treaties and thegrowing general awareness help people realize that the right to water is anfundamental human rights.The State or the government is the primary obligation ofthe protection of the right to water. They should strengthen the legal protection ofcitizens water rights. In order to solving unequal water phenomenon in the country,prompting citizens achieve the right to water. Republic of South Africa, on the onehand, protects the right to water at the legal level, the first, comply with internationaltreaty,and use international treaties to promote innovative domestic water law;followed by domestic legislation, in particular its1996" South African Constitution", from the height of the Constitution gives the basic human right to clean waterstatus, the " water services Act1997" and "1998national Water Act," the right towater related systems to be detailed provisions. On the other hand, at judicial level,for example Phiri case, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africajudgment revoked the judgment of the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal,maintaining water right of the people of SouthAfrica.