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Service delivery protests, struggle for rights and the failure of local democracy in South Africa and Uganda: parallels and divergences
(Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Wits University, 2013)
Although the two countries are thousands of miles apart, Uganda and South Africa have both
experienced service delivery protests in recent years. The protests have been directed mainly
at local governments, although in ...
Guidelines and principles on imprisonment and the prevention of torture under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights - how relevant are they for South Africa?
(Faculty of Law, UWC, 2013)
It must be regarded as a peculiarity that the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights makes no specific mention of prisoners’ rights and that these rights have to be inferred from overall reading of the Charter, and ...
'A woman's home is her castle?' - poor women and housing inadequacy in South Africa
(South African Journal on Human Rights, 2009)
Housing legislation and policies in South Africa attempt to incorporate gender concerns and ensure women's participation in housing delivery. Despite this, a number of inadequacies and gaps in the implementation of legislation ...
Basic rights claims How responsive is ‘reasonableness review’?
(ESR Review, 2004)
South Africa’s 1996 Constitution (the Constitution) is widely renowned for its holistic, inclusive Bill of Rights. A particular innovation is its inclusion of a wide range of fully justiciable socio-economic rights. There ...
Unfunded mandates: Directing subnational governments
(Deutsche Förschungsinstitut fur Öffentlichen Verwaltung, 2012)
Unfounded mandates are an extreme manifestation of the phenomenon of governing from the centre; the federal government through various strategies imposes national mandates on state and local governments at the expense of ...
From physical to online spaces in the age of the #Feesmustfall protests: A critical interpretative synthesis of writing centres in emergency situations
(Stellenbosch University, 2019)
Writing centres play a vital role in guiding students in their academic writing. Central to this
role is their physical location at tertiary institutions, where students usually walk in and
schedule appointments with ...
Contribution of the health Ombud to accountability: The life Esidimeni tragedy in South Africa
(Health and Human Rights Journal, 2018)
Between October 2015 and June 2016, 1,711 people were relocated from mental health facilities operated by long-term provider Life Esidimeni in the South African province of Gauteng to alternative facilities managed by ...