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The use of light-cured acrylic resin for custom trays by undergraduate dental students: a survey
(South African Dental Association, 2008)
INTRODUCTION: It is unknown how the use of a light-cured acrylic resin is appreciated over the traditional chemically cured one for the construction of special trays in a teaching environment.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ...
Civil society advocacy for an amendment to the KwaZulu-Natal Cemeteries and Crematoria Act
(PLAAS, 2005-11)
Welcome to the fourth issue of Umhlaba Wethu, the update on land and agrarian reform in South Africa from the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape. With the recent National Land ...
Municipal commonage
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The Municipal Commonage Programme of the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) aims to enable poor residents to access commonage
lands in order to supplement incomes and enhance food security. New commonage accounted for 31% ...
Rural settlement
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The focus of South Africa s land reform programme is the acquisition of land and securing tenure rights. Land reform has provided
many people with land. However, access to land is only one component of settlement. Settlement ...
Land reform policies under review
(PLAAS, 2004-08)
Welcome to the introductory issue of Umhlaba Wethu, an initiative of the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape. Umhlaba Wethu is intended to promote information sharing and ...
ANC election manifesto in relation to rural development and land reform
(PLAAS, 2009-06)
In the last 15 years the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) has set out to achieve many things but, by its own admission, has been unsuccessful in meeting its objectives for land reform. Hence a few questions arise. Is land ...
Litigating socio-economic rights through amicus briefs Challenges and strategies
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)
The Constitution of South Africa (the Constitution) is characterised by its extensive commitment to socio-economic rights. The courts are mandated to translate these rights into enforceable legal claims, primarily by ...
Conference “Seeking security: Towards a new vision for tenure relations in farming areas”
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2005)
Nkuzi Development Association (NDA) in partnership with Social Surveys Africa (SSA) organised a conference on the tenure security of farm dwellers, which was held in Johannesburg from 25–27 October 2005.
Land reform in Namaqualand: Poverty alleviation, stepping stones and economic units
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2001)
This paper examines the consequences of land reform for communal livestock farmers in Namaqualand. It investigates the likely outcomes of recent commonage acquisitions and tenure reform in the former ëColoured Reservesí ...
Non-discrimination in socio-economic rights : CESCR general comment
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)
In May 2009, the United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) adopted General Comment 20 (UN doc. E/C.12/GC/20[2009]) on non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights.