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Madness and the law: The Derrida/Foucault debate revisited
(Springer, 2010)In this article the Derrida/Foucault debate is scrutinised with two closely related aims in mind: (1) reconsidering the way in which Foucault’s texts, and especially the more recently published lectures, should be read; ... -
Mainstreaming the ‘Abortion question’ into the right to health in Uganda
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2021)The right to health is a social and economic right that requires progressive realisation by states (Chenwi 2013). Although Uganda’s Constitution does not provide for the right to health, the country is a signatory to the ... -
Making a first impression: An assessment of the decision of the Committee of Experts of the African Children's Charter in the Nubian Children communication
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2012)The article analyses the Nubian Children communication, the very first case to be finalised by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. It critically reviews the progressive approach of the ... -
Making law: A guide to municipal councils
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2000)The first fully democratic municipal elections held on 5 December 2000 saw local government take its rightful place as the third sphere of government. Chapter seven of the Constitution has now come into full operation. ... -
The making of Uganda's equal opportunities commission act and its interpretation by the commission
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Article 32(3) of the Constitution of Uganda (1995) establishes the Equal Opportunities Commission; section 14 of the Equal Opportunities Commission Act provides for the functions of the Commission. These include ensuring ... -
Making sense of the numbers: Civil claims against the SAPS
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2015)In recent years reports have increasingly pointed to the mounting quantum of claims for civil damages faced by the South African Police Service (SAPS). A close analysis of the publicly available data shows that increasingly ... -
Making sense of the Rwandan Law Relating to Serving Life Imprisonment with Special Provisions
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2011)In October 2010, the Rwandan Law Relating to Serving Life Imprisonment with Special Provisions came into force. As the name suggests, the law is applicable to offenders sentenced to life imprisonment with special provisions. ... -
Marriage under African customary law in the face of the Bill of Rights and international human rights standards in Malawi
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2010)Contracting a marriage under African customary law in Malawi poses difficulties and challenges in the light of the Bill of Rights and international human rights standards. There are bound to be conflicts which, seen from ... -
A maturing manifesto: The constitutionalisation of children’s rights in South African jurisprudence 2007-2012
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2013)This article represents the next in a series of five-year overviews of children’s rights in the courts in South Africa. Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Welfare of Children as ... -
MDB's municipal capacity report: Is local government ready for National Treasury's deadline
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2012)On 15 June 2007, the National Treasury promulgated the Municipal Regulations on Minimum Competency levels for financial and supply-chain management officials in municipalities. The Regulations prescribe minimum competency ... -
'Meaningful engagement' in the realisation of socio-economic rights : the South African experience
(Southern African Public Law, 2011)One of the key concerns, evidenced from South Africa's socio-economic rights jurisprudence, that has impacted negatively on the realisation of socio-economic rights in the country, especially at grass roots level, has been ... -
Medical staff attrition in local authorities experiences from Harare City Council Maternity Clinics (2007-2008)
(Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 2012)The years 2007 and 2008 are of special reckoned in the history of Zimbabwe as the economy plunged into a meltdown and professionalism suddenly became an irrelevant status. Institutions in the public sector struggled for ... -
Message from the Deputy Vice Chancellor
(SADJ - South African Dental Journal, 2018)The 40th-anniversary celebration of the Faculty of Dentistry comes at a time when the faculty has made huge inroads in the profession, as well as in oral health care in South Africa and on the continent. Besides being the ... -
Ministerial directives to local government in Zimbabwe: top-down governance in a decentralized constitution
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)Urban and rural local authorities constitute the lowest tier of Zimbabwe's multilevel system of government. These local governments have a constitutional "right to govern" that must be exercised within the constitutional, ... -
The (mis)management of ethno-linguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas. On the basis of this assumption the ... -
The (mis)management of ethno-linguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Routledge, 2017)Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas. On the basis of this assumption ... -
The (mis)management of ethnolinguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas. On the basis of this assumption ... -
A missing link in the Traditional Courts Bill 2017 evidence obtained through human rights violations
(ISS & the University of Cape Town, 2018)The issue of admission of evidence obtained through human rights violations is central to a criminal justice system as a mechanism through which to prevent overzealous prosecution by the state and ensure protection of ... -
Mobile money, financial inclusion and financial integrity: The South African case
(Washington Journal of Law, Technology and Arts, 2013)The usage of mobile banking and in particular, payments by means of mobile phones, has increased in recent years in South Africa, with consequent impacts from a legal and regulatory point of view. South Africa is ... -
Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa UniversityAddis Ababa University - School of Law, 2019)Ethiopia’s federal dispensation, ushered under the 1995 Constitution, guarantees ethnic groups – constitutionally termed as “nations, nationalities and peoples” – a wide array of self-rule rights. The Constitution also ...