By Simba Chikanza | The hiding of the Justice Sisi Kampempe report of 2002 caused the displacements of the next thousands of Zimbabweans who began fleeing killings amid a state of impunity caused by the hiding of the judge’s report.

South Africa’s economy, is shrinking following the hiding of the 2002 Justice Sisi Kampempe on Zimbabwe election violence wherein 103 people were killed , and at the time of writing, has gone down from 1st, to 3rd level.

The latest World Bank graph (pic) show how the country has shrunk and viciously overtaken by Nigeria.

What really is pulling the numbers down? While SA’s economy is crashing down on the chart, another line is peaking up, and it is the very cause of this: xenophobia, threats and actual violence.

The BBC reports how the South African government for years deliberately chose not to report cases of xenophobia, the data that could only help the average public understand what’s affecting the economic decline, or at least where it is coming from. The BBC graph above shows the rise of xenophobia and threats thereof over the same period the economy is falling. A leading academic at Kent University calls this phenomenon the unavoidable intersection between human rights and economic growth. A rise in rights abuses shrinks the economy.

Tshuma highlights how human rights violations cause economic decline. In the case of Zimbabwe, it is revealed how for instance in the 14 years between 2004 and 2018, investor interest has either risen or declined in a consequential correlation with Human Rights.

Dr Tshuma was 3 years ago asked by SABC: What were you aiming to achieve?, and he answered saying: “the study is a socio-economic perspective. “

He continued by adding that, “the aim is not to take a side in this argument, but to unpack the perspective, of human rights and economic paradigms. This is the first time that such a question has been examined by social science using an objectively collected data.

“So far, South Africa is at 3rd level. If the South African community and its government continue to allow xenophobia to continue, at which number do you you foresee South Africa sitting on the continental economic graph, next year, 2022?”