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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 ... -
Safeguarding Children in the Developing World—Beyond Intra-Organisational Policy and Self-Regulation
(MDPI, 2020)Safeguarding in the context of development and humanitarian assistance has received heightened international attention since 2018. Emerging literature has not yet investigated the extent to which responses are evolving in ... -
SALGA takes issue with draft regulations on senior managers' appointment and conditions of service
(Local Government Bulletin, 2012-06)The Municipal Systems Amendment Act envisages regulations to provide for the competency requirements, appointment, duties, remuneration, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of municipal managers and ... -
The scientific career of the zoologist Max Wilhelm Carl Weber (1852—1937)
(Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 1993)It is shown that the pinnacle of Max Weber’s scientific career was the organization and leadership of the Siboga Expedition to the former Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia)in the years 1899—1900. Before that time, as ... -
Scope of protection: a retrospective and prospective overview of the protected disclosures act 2000
(Centre de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, 2023)Following South Africa’s transition to democratic rule, numerous whistle-blowers have raised the alarm regarding corruption and improprieties at work, in both the private and public sectors. To prevent the negative ... -
SDG 16 and the Impact of the CCR on Pre-trial Detention of Children in South Africa
(Speculum Juris, 2020)The danger to children of “criminal contamination” while in detention pending trial cannot be underestimated.1 Unfortunately, a large number of children are reported to be in pre-trial detention yearly. Sustainable ... -
Second chamber as a site of legislative intergovernmental relations: An African federation in comparative perspective
(Routledge, 2021)South Africa, a country that does not recognize itself as a federation, has established a second chamber that is probably ideal for legislative intergovernmental relations. The National Council of Provinces is ... -
A secret ballot?
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2007)The Municipal Structures Act provides that the elections of office-bearers must takes place in a secret ballot. However, it does not stipulate what the consequences would be if every councillor did not, in fact, cast his ... -
Section 45 of the Tax Administration Act: An unconstitutional limitation on taxpayer privacy?
(Juta, 2021)The Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 is a law of general application. Section 45 of the Act empowers a SARS official to enter, without a warrant, premises where a trade or enterprise is reasonably believed to be carried ... -
Section 54: Obligation to report commission of sexual offences against children or persons who are mentally disabled
(Juta Law, 2011)INTRODUCTION: The duty to report the knowledge of the commission of sexual offences against certain vulnerable victims is newly provided for in this section of the Criminal Law (sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment ... -
Section 9b of the protected disclosures amendment act 5 of 2017: Discouraging whistleblowing in South Africa?
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000 provides protection for individuals who blow the whistle on corrupt activities in South Africa. The Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 5 of 2017 widens the scope of the original ... -
Sector wide approach in health policy response and framework in Zimbabwe
(Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 2012)The discourse is on the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) in health, a policy reform intervention by the World Health Organization, and focuses on Zimbabwe’s response, and the subsequent health policy framework. A SWAp is a ... -
Seen and heard: new frontiers in child participation in family law proceedings in South Africa
(Nelson R Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare, 2009)This article examines the principle of child participation in a legal context, focusing first on the international and constitutional law framework, and thereafter on the principle as it has permeated the South African ... -
Self-Regulated corporate social responsibility: the impact on employment relations at European corporations in South and Southern Africa: a preliminary overview
(Juta Law, 2009)Introduction:Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a complex topic that has generated a host of policy documents and a vast literature. This article sets out to examine a very specific aspect of it: the impact of CSR ... -
The Sen-Nussbaum diagram of article 11(3) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: Facilitating the relationship between access to education and development
(Scielo South Africa, 2021)The right to education is an infinitely important right, the benefits of which are boundless. In the case of children, this position is even more emphasised. The right to education has been described as a 'gateway right', ... -
Sentencing primary caregivers of young children
(Juta Law, 2011)Traditionally a judicial officer was not required to consider the effects of the imposed sentence on the children of the offender, even if the offender was a primary caregiver of young children. The Court in S v M (Centre ... -
Serbia the case of 'missing babies' in Serbia before the European court of human rights
(Cambridge Core, 2019)In the case of Zorica Jovanovic v. Serbia, initiated before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in April 2008, the applicant complained of the continuing failure of the Serbian authorities to provide her with any ... -
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 ... -
Sexual violence in prisons – Part 1: The duty to provide safe custody and the nature of prison sex
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011)While the exact extent of sexual victimisation in prisons amongst men is uncertain, it is accepted that this is a universal phenomenon. This article, in two parts, examines sexual violence in South African prisons and ... -
Sexual violence in prisons – Part 2: The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act (32 of 2007) – its implications for male rape in prisons and the Department of Correctional Services
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011)The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act (32 of 2007), referred to here as the Sexual Offences Act (SOA), established in law a gender-neutral definition of rape and this has important implications ...