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COVID-19 casts a shadow over domestic workers
(José Frantz, 2021)
Even though they are recognised as workers and covered by certain labour laws, domestic workers remain one of the most poorly paid and disempowered sections of the workforce. Being a hard-to-organise sector, with weak ...
From regulations to courts: an evaluation of the inclusive and exclusive criteria on children with co-caregivers in the era of Covid-19
(Sabinet, 2020)
At the time of writing, more than 5.2 million persons have been infected by Covid-19, leading
to 340,000 deaths, while about 2.2 million people have recovered (WHO 2020). South Africa
has reported 23,000 infections and ...
Tax collapse and the post-covid economy
(Sabinet, 2020)
The serious economic
impact of the lockdown
policy response to the
Covid-19 pandemic
has, understandably,
generated substantial policy
debate in the media and academia.
Conspicuously absent from
most of these ...
COVID-19 versus contractual obligations: case in point South Africa?
(Without Prejudice, 2020)
The 23rd of March 2020 will forever be etched in the minds of all South Africans: President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a 21-day national lockdown effective from midnight on Thursday, 26 March to Thursday, 16 April to curb ...
Lessons learned from working with rural farm women on Middelpos farm, Swartland municipality, west coast, Western Cape.
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
I have a vision of creating an alternate rural economy that does things differently and gets better results. To put it into context, I live on an isolated farm which is part of a land reform programme. I often wish the ...
Assessing the protection of older persons’ access to social services in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic
(Nelson R Mandela School of Law, 2021)
One of the main justifications for the severe restrictions imposed on South Africans in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is the need for the protection of older persons. Unfortunately, the dire scientific warnings ...
Reaping “bumper harvests” during the Covid-19 pandemic: Interrogating the dynamics of corruption during the procurement of relief and healthcare items in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The discovery of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2 or COVID-19) in Wuhan, China was considered a Chinese problem by Ugandans until confirmation of the first positive test in the country, in March 2020. The government went into ...
Veiled intent or advancing children’s right to education? The legality of payments for extra lessons in Zimbabwe’s education system
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Extra lessons in Zimbabwe were initially designed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to assist learners with lagging aspects of their formal school learning areas. However, in the past few years, extra ...
Corruption in Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic and the right to health: Lessons learnt and future prospects
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Kenya has made positive strides in fighting corruption through signing and ratifying the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption. These Conventions ...
Grappling with the scourge of money laundering during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately presented new opportunities for perpetrators to exploit. As such, hefty amounts of economic crimes such as money laundering and money laundering threats were committed from ...