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The Department of Mercantile and Labour Law introduces students to the world of commercial and business law. The Department’s focus is on developing student and staffs’ critical thinking skills and supplying them with practical, transferable capabilities to positively contribute to the legal profession or corporate field.
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Tax Administration Act: Fulfilling human rights through efficient and effective tax administration
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2018)The Constitution, 1996 embodies the ideals bonding South Africans who must cohere and transcend their divisions to change the condition of peoples’ lives by reconstructing a South African society dogged by corruption ... -
The right to an adequate standard of living in the protocol to the African charter on human and peoples' rights on the rights of persons with disabilities in Africa
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2019)The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (African Disability Protocol)was adopted by the African Union (AU) on 29 January 2018.1 The ... -
An exploratory analysis of central bank digital currencies — some considerations
(SA mercantile law journal, 2022)The history of central banking began with payment services. Ever since then, payment-related innovation has always been an integral part of central banking (BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastruc- tures and Markets ... -
Consequences for non-payment of PAYE and VAT compared
(2020)This article shows that, whereas a bilateral legal relationship exists between the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and a vendor in relation to value-added tax (VAT), a tri-partite legal relationship exists among the ... -
Relative poverty in female disability grant recipients in South Africa
(St Cyril and St Methodius University Publishing House, 2021)It is a well-established fact that adequate social security measures are used as a tool to allow persons a measure of financial security and support in the event of certain contingencies. Historically, disability has ... -
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 ... -
Constitutionalising socio-economic rights in SADC: An impact assessment on judicial enforcement in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Zambia
(Nelson R Mandela School of Law, 2020)This paper assesses the manner in which socio-economic rights have been incorporated into the constitutions of selected countries in the Southern African Development Community. This debate is particularly important ... -
Discussing the fundamental principles inherent to effective systems of caregiving leave
(Scielo, 2020)Achieving a healthy work-family life balance is becoming increasingly difficult and is generally dependent on a combination of factors. Such factors include the nature and intensity of work engaged in, available legislative ... -
Socio-economic rights in Zimbabwe: Trends and emerging jurisprudence
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2017)In a country such as Zimbabwe where many are deprived of opportunities and resources owing, in part, to injustices of the past, socio-economic rights are of the outmost importance. As a result, the new Constitution ... -
Ethical and legal implications of whole genome and whole exome sequencing in African populations
(BioMed Central, 2013)BACKGROUND: Rapid advances in high throughput genomic technologies and next generation sequencing are making medical genomic research more readily accessible and affordable, including the sequencing of patient and control ... -
An overview of recent changes to corporate governance frameworks as it pertains to executive remuneration
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The enforceability of incorporated term in electronic agreements
(University of Fort Hare, 2013)This article seeks to evaluate the validity of different methods of incorporating terms into electronic agreements, and to what extent the use of these different methods may influence the enforceability of the incorporated ...
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