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A developing dialogue – children’s rights, children’s law and economics: surveying experiences from Southern and Eastern African law reform processes
(Tilburg University Schoordijk Institute, 2008)Law reform in southern and eastern African countries to domesticate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), to synthesize common, civil and ... -
Developing norms and standards on maternal mortality in Africa: lessons from UN human rights bodies
(African Human Rights Yearbook, 2017)The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (African Women’s Rights Protocol) contain useful provisions for addressing ... -
Developmental local government in South Africa: institutional fault lines
(UTS Centre for Local Government, 2009)This paper provides a brief introduction to the recent history of, as well as the legal and policy framework for, local government in South Africa. It discusses the transformation of local government from a racially ... -
Devolution by court injunction: The case of land use planning and management in South Africa
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016)In South Africa, the legal and policy framework for land use planning and control underwent a significant transformation in which power over land use planning and control was shifted from provinces to local governments. ... -
Die bekendmaking van die identiteit van anonieme minderjariges by meerderjarigheid: regverdigbaar of nie?
(LitNet Akademies, 2016)Die identiteit van minderjariges word nie bekendgemaak tydens hofverrigtinge nie. Sowel getuies as slagoffers en oortreders kry hierdie vergunning en word deur die wetgewer beskerm. Hierdie beskerming verval egter wanneer ... -
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 ... -
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emerald, 2020)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 legal fees ... -
The disclosure of the identities of anonymous minors upon the age of majority: clean slate or dismal fate?
(LitNet Akademies, 2016)The identity of minors (juveniles under the age of 18 years) is protected during court proceedings. However, when they turn 18, their identities are no longer withheld by the courts and the media. This article examines two ... -
A discourse on the plight of South African women in the face of abuse and neglect
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)An upsurge in the rate of violence against women has an adverse effect on women in South Africa. Sadly, many South African women who are the victims of violent sexual conduct, such as, rape and other forms of violent sexual ... -
Discrimination on an ‘arbitrary ground’ and the right of access to justice
(Jute, 2021)In Naidoo & others v Parliament of the Republic of SA the Labour Appeal Court interpreted ‘arbitrary ground’ in s 6(1) of the Employment Equity Act by rejecting a ‘broad’ interpretation (ie the grammatical meaning of the ... -
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 ... -
Dissolution of a muslim marriage by divorce
(Juta, 2014)Although Muslims first arrived in South Africa more than 350 years ago and two decades have passed since the advent of democracy, their religious marriages are currently not formally recognized in terms of the (common) ... -
District municipalities : giving effect to shared authority in local government
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2003-01)A new feature of local government outside metropolitan areas is the establishment of 47 district municipalities in December 2000. They share legislative and administrative powers with local municipalities in their area. ... -
District-local municipal relations: The challenges to cooperative government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2005)Outside of metropolitan areas, local government is shared by district and local municipalities; the 47 district municipalities and 231 local municipalities share legislative and administrative powers over the same geographical ... -
District-local municipal relations: The challenges to cooperative government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2005)Outside of metropolitan areas, local government is shared by district and local municipalities; the 47 district municipalities and 231 local municipalities share legislative and administrative powers over the same geographical ... -
Diversion in the South African criminal justice system: emerging jurisprudence
(Juta Law, 2015)On 1 April 2010 the South African Child Justice Act (CJA or the Act) commenced. The long title of the Act states, inter alia, that the purpose of the Act is 'to establish a criminal justice system for children, who are in ... -
Does the differential criterion for vesting parental rights and responsibilities of unmarried parents violate international law? A legislative and social study of three African countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)The right to non-discrimination for all children is established in international human rights law. International children's rights law further provides for the common responsibility of parents for the maintenance of their ... -
Domestic courts and the promotion and protection of the right to freedom from torture in Southern African development community countries
(University of Fort Hare, 2013)The right to freedom from torture is protected not only in the constitutions of all SADC countries but also in some of the regional and international human rights instruments that have been signed, ratified or acceded to ... -
Domestic work and platformisation in India and South Africa: A look at enablers and barriers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Globally, the domestic work sector is both highly informal and highly feminised. This article will compile learnings from the domestic work sector in two countries of the Global South — India and South Africa — concerning ... -
Domestic workers in South Africa: inclusion under the compensation of occupational injuries and diseases act
(The Thinker, 2023)After decades of deliberate exclusion from labour laws and social protection in South Africa, domestic workers have slowly been able to taste the fruits of years of laborious fights for recognition, inclusion, and dignity. ...