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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 ...
Should South Africa Criminalise Ukuthwala Leading to Forced Marriages and Child Marriages?
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2021)
In 2014 the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC)
released a Discussion Paper on the practice of ukuthwala. The
Discussion paper was revised and released again in 2015 to
include public consultations and the ...
An overview of the first draft of the conduct of financial institutions bill and the potential impact on the national payment system in South Africa
(Juta Law, 2020)
Over the last decade National Treasury (‘Treasury’) has been rigorously
acting on its commitment to promote a stable and safe financial sector
for South Africa. The means by which Treasury elected to do so was the
decision ...
Legislative administrative action and the limited extent of public participation
(Juta Law, 2020)
The preamble of our constitution acknowledges that government is based on the
will of the people. Section 1(d) of the constitution states that the Republic of South
Africa is one sovereign, democratic state founded on ...
Legal empowerment as a tool for engendering access to justice in South Africa
(Sage, 2020)
This article examines the concept of access to justice and the challenges vulnerable and
marginalised groups encounter in accessing justice. The article further discusses the
recognition of access to justice as human ...
Evolving statutory derivative action principles in South Africa: The good faith criterion and other legal grounds
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
The recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in Lazarus Mbethe v United
Manganese of Kalahari raises jurisprudential questions regarding statutory derivative
actions in South Africa. For example, the SCA did not ...
Part two: Debunking prevailing scholarly views pertaining to the apostasy of alleged descendants of Shaykh Yusuf of Makassar
(UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2020)
This paper is the second part of the two articles that discuss the controversy
over the conversion of religion in the family of Shaykh Yusuf of Makassar
after being exiled in South Africa during the Dutch colonial period ...
Application of the Islamic Law of Succession in South Africa
(Researchgate, 2020-10)
Muslims have been living in South Africa for over 300 years. There are over 750 000 Muslims living in South Africa today. These persons constitute a minority religious group in a non-Muslim country. Muslims are required ...
Alleviating poverty through retirement reforms
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2020)
Older persons in South Africa may be described as a sizeable but vulnerable group requiring
specific protection. One of the ways in which the country can provide for the socio-economic
needs of its older population is ...
Analysis of the Women’s Legal Centre Trust case
(Law Society of South Africa, 2020)
The Western Cape Division of the High Court in Cape Town handed down the judgment in the Women’s Legal Centre Trust case on 31 August 2018. It declared that the state is obliged to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the ...