SA can brag about its high level of tolerance‚ but when it comes to personal safety, the country’s ranking is dismal.That is according to the latest social progress index‚ an initiative of US-based nonprofit organisation Social Progress Imperative that measures 128 countries’ provision of healthcare‚ education and housing‚ as well as protection of rights‚ tolerance and the environment. SA received an overall ranking of 66. Denmark emerged as the top-ranked nation for social progress‚ with northern European countries dominating the index‚ occupying seven of the top 10 rankings.The most improved countries from 2014 to 2017 were Myanmar and Nigeria‚ while Hungary and Nicaragua had the biggest declines.On tolerance and inclusion SA ranked 36th in the world‚ one of its best results. It displayed a relatively high tolerance for homosexuals‚ according to the index results.However, the country featured poorly across a wide range of measures‚ and its worst ranking was personal safety‚ at 123...
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