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The impact of the global financial crisis on decentralized government in South Africa
(L'europe En Formation, 2010)
Th e global fi nancial crisis has had a severe impact on South Africa.1 Th e
economy went into recession in 2008/09 for the fi rst time in 17 years. Nearly
a million jobs were lost in 2009 alone. Growth has resumed, but ...
The constitutional conversation between the federal structure and a bill of rights
(Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, 2015-01)
It is often assumed that a constitution speaks with one voice and that all parts are in harmony with each other. Although different provisions can be given higher status than others (as reflected in the more arduous amendment ...
Grootboom: A paradigm of individual remedies versus reasonable programmes
(Southern African Public Law, 2011)
The decision of the Constitutional Court (the Court) in the case of Government of the Republic of South Africa versus Grootboom was received as ground breaking by human rights practitioners, scholars and advocates the world ...
Promoting cooperation between the UN and African human rights systems
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2012)
During the NGO Forum preceding the 52nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, held in Yamoussoro, Cote d'Ivoire, in October 2012, the Community Law Centre (CLC), University of the Western ...
The (mis)management of ethno-linguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Routledge, 2017)
Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic
communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas.
On the basis of this assumption ...
Poverty, women and the human right to water to grow food
(ESR Review, 2014)
The global community is united in its commitment to remove the scourge of world poverty. One core factor to achieve this is access to water
from which poor people, especially women, draw multiple benefits. Such benefits ...
Applying the Gordon & Ford categorisation and the routine activities theory to cybercrime: a suitable target
(IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2017)
This article speaks to the societal implications of technology by discussing
the problems presented by cybercrime. It identifies a twofold problem. The first is
that the proliferation of cybercrime is outstripping the ...
Implementing the Municipal Systems Amendment Act
(Local Government Bulletin, 2011)
The Municipal Systems Amendment Act was signed into law by the President on 5 July 2011 and is set to have a major impact on municipal governance. Regulations to give further substance to the Act are on their way. The first ...
Local law making in Cape Town: A case study of the municipal planning by-law process
(United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2016)
This report examines municipal law making surrounding land use planning
in the City of Cape Town. It investigates the extent to which the City of Cape
Town has powers to make by-laws on land use planning and how much of ...
Unaccompanied and separated foreign children in the care system in the Western Cape – a socio-legal study
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016)
This article reports on the findings of a study of foreign children
accommodated in the care system in the Western Cape, based
on fieldwork conducted in child and youth care centres. The
objectives of the study were ...