114 the role of the media in reporting, discussions and debates based on factual objective and verifiable sources of information guarantees for a free media have ensured continued debate on contested aspects of media freedom, expression and regulation attributed to the fact that the South African government is open to public criticism and it often is the first one to criticize its own performance in The Rainbow Index, public platforms developed by the including through South African Institute the often hardof Race Relations hitting reports of (SAIRR) to track the the Auditor-General, country’s performance performance on ten social, monitoring and economic, and evaluation reports political indicators that and in public reveals that South engagements Africa’s score on the pillar on vigilant media and civil society decreased from 61% in 2009/10 to 56% in 2010/11 Objective 3: To promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights and civil and political rights as enshrined in African and other international human rights instruments Racism, sexism, marginalisation, lack of awareness and poor access to information impair the full enjoyment of human rights Know your rights campaign Continuous The Department of Arts and Culture translated the South African Constitution into the eleven official languages The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has developed a community tool aimed at simplifying the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) 114 This was done on behalf of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development