that was hammered out in the political negotiations and the Court made significant alterations. 26 But what is even more striking are the powers of the Constitutional Court to strike down  decisions  and  legislative  enactments  not  only  in  the  realm  of  civil  and political rights but also social and economic rights. These are judicial powers of a broader character and with deeper implications that those enjoyed by the Supreme Court  of  the  United  States.  Among  the  principles  that  can  be  litigated  in  South Africa are included the right to an environment that is not harmful to a person’s health or well-being;²² the right to adequate housing and the requirement that the state  must  take  reasonable  legislative  and  other  measures  within  its  available resources to achieve progressive realisation of this right;²³ everyone has the right to  have  access  to  health  care  services,  including  reproductive  services  and sufficient  food  and  water.²⁴    Everyone  has  a  constitutional  right  to  a  basic education including adult basic education.²⁵ 27 Some of the decisions of the South African constitutional court have been bold. In one famous decision the court invalidated a government policy on the treatment of aids, requiring the government to provide the drug Nevirapine to pregnant women that  would  prevent  the  mother-to-child  transmission  of  HIV.  The  government policy  provided  for  trialing  the  drug  but  not  general  distribution.²⁶  The  court ordered the Government to devise and implement within its available resources a comprehensive and co-ordinated programme to realise progressively the rights of pregnant women and their newborn children to have access of health services to combat  mother-to-child  transmission  of  HIV  and  a  number  of  other  detailed policy  prescriptions.  Another  case  invalidated  government  decisions  on  the provision  of  housing  for  the  homeless  on  the  grounds  that  the  measures  were inadequate.²⁷  It ordered the State to meet the obligation imposed by the housing                                                  22    Constitution of Republic of South Africa 1996, art 24. 23    Above n 22, art 26. 24     Above n 22, art 27.   25     Above n 22, art 29. 26    Minister of Health v Treatment Action Campaign and Others (1) 2002 (10) BCLR 1033. 27   Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Grootboom and Others 2000 (11) BCLR 1169 (CC). 10