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S v Mthethwa: Justice for sex workers in the face of criminalisation
(Routledge, 2020)
In 2017 the Western Cape High Court convicted acclaimed painter, Zwelethu Mthethwa, of the brutal murder of sex
worker, Nokuphila Khumalo. This profile offers a feminist-legal analysis of the judgment and sentence handed ...
Understanding ‘emergency monetary relief’ in the Domestic Violence Act
(Law Society of South Africa, 2020)
Domestic violence is a brutal onslaught against constitutional values and the fundamental right to freedom and security of the person. In S v Baloyi (Minister of Justice and Another Intervening) 2000 (2) SA 425 (CC), Sachs ...
Gender construction in sexual offences cases: A case for fully reviving the Sexual Offences Courts
(Juta, 2020)
Gender inequality, male hegemony and the power dynamics at the
core of patriarchal society enable the high rate of sexual offences
and the low conviction rate of sexual offenders when incidents are
reported. The criminal ...
Normative intersectionality in married women’s property rights in Southern Nigeria
(2020)
The fate of marriage gifts during a customary law divorce is significant for the interaction of legal orders in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the context of scholars’ fixation with conflict of laws. In analysing this ...
Legal empowerment as a tool for engendering access to justice in South Africa
(Sage, 2020)
This article examines the concept of access to justice and the challenges vulnerable and
marginalised groups encounter in accessing justice. The article further discusses the
recognition of access to justice as human ...
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emarald Publishing, 2020)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers
when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for
their ...
The Judiciary in Federal Systems in Africa
(Perspectives on Federalism, 2020)
Eight states in Africa that have federal or federal-type government systems and most of
these federations emerged in the post-Cold War period. The African federations are in
various degrees characterised by a limited ...
The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 and the ways in which the commission of fronting practices affects the achievement of its objective
(Institute for Democracy, Governance, Peace and Development in Africa, 2020)
The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 is one of the statutes enacted to promote
the right to equality, which is enshrined in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the Republic of South
Africa. It ...
Part two: Debunking prevailing scholarly views pertaining to the apostasy of alleged descendants of Shaykh Yusuf of Makassar
(UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2020)
This paper is the second part of the two articles that discuss the controversy
over the conversion of religion in the family of Shaykh Yusuf of Makassar
after being exiled in South Africa during the Dutch colonial period ...
Evaluating the jurisprudence of the African Commission on evidence obtained through human rights violations
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The normative framework of the African Commission, which regulates the
admission of evidence obtained through human rights violations, is largely
based on a number of instruments. These include the Tunisian Resolution,
the ...