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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 ...
Providing for the unwanted in a time of crisis: The socio-economic rights of migrant workers in South Africa under covid- 19 pandemic
(Juta, 2020)
Migrants are amongst the most vulnerable groups in South Africa. They are often
subjected to harsh forms of discrimination and excluded from government policy
considerations. They have not fared differently under the ...
A right to a fair trial in Uganda’s Judicature (Visual-Audio Link) Rules: Embracing the challenges in the era of Covid-19
(Routledge, 2020)
The application of the Uganda Judicature (Visual-Audio Link) Rules does
not contextualise the complete protection of an accused’s right to a fair trial
during emergencies. A contextualisation of the right to a fair trial ...
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 ...
Ethiopia: Legal response to Covid-19
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE),1
which was
promulgated in 1995, is the supreme law of the country which, among other things, defines
the Ethiopian state and government structures.2
...
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 ...
Federalism under pressure: Federal ‘health’ factors and ‘co-morbidities’
(Routledge, 2021)
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a ‘focusing event’ (Béland et al. 2020) for federalism like no other, placing it under the microscope and giving rise to the three
questions set out in the introduction of this book. Each ...