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Professionalising political leadership: Leadership matters
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Moves are afoot to professionalise the administrative arm of local government. First, the National Treasury has prescribed a competency framework for municipal officials at senior and middle management levels. All senior ...
From the courts
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The cart before the horse? An award of tender contracts before legal compliance?
The state of our local democracies
(Good Governance Learning Framework, 2010)
Over the last 15 years, South Africa has transformed its local government system from an illegitimate, racist institution into a democratic institution with a developmental mandate. A new generation of municipalities, lead ...
African Commission reaffirms protection of socio-economic rights in the African Charter
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2010)
In July 2010, the ruling of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Commission) in relation to communications 279/03 and 296/05 was made public, the decision having been adopted in May 2009. The ...
Local government reform in Zimbabwe: A policy dialogue
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This publication is the result of a collaborative research project of South African and
Zimbabwean academics and practitioners active in the field of local government. On 3-4
November 2009 the Community Law Centre hosted ...
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 ...
Constitutional Court shows DFA the door
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
In October 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) declared parts of the Development Facilitation Act (DFA) unconstitutional. The Gauteng Development Tribunal was making land use management decisions and bypassing municipal ...
Human rights implications of mandatory premarital HIV testing in Nigeria
(International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2010-04)
This article considers the implications of public health policy on the enjoyment of individuals’ fundamental rights. It specifically examines the appropriateness of mandatory premarital human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...
Institutional subsidiarity in the South African Constitution
(Stellenbosch Law Review, 2010)
This article explores the connection between section 156(4) of the Constitution and the principle of subsidiarity as it is found in legal theory and practice. It explores the historic background of the principle as well ...
Towards an understanding of repeat violent off ending
(Institute for Security Studies, 2010-07)
Th is paper explores South African and international literature relevant to repeat off ending. It reviews the international literature on violent and aggressive behaviour and relevant, but limited, South African literature ...