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The draft: Municipal financial misconduct regulations
(Local Government Bulletin, 2012-10)On 13 July 2012, the National Treasury published the draft Municipal Financial Misconduct Regulations for public comment. They set out processes and procedures that municipalities and entities must follow when dealing with ... -
Driven Out of Paradise: Illicit Financial Flows and Offshore Leaks
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Illicit financial flows and recent offshore leaks constitute the topic of this article. As regards illicit financial flows, the focus is on two countries: Switzerland as an example of a country from the North, and South ... -
Drivers of CO2-Emissions in Fossil Fuel abundant settings: (Pooled) mean group and nonparametric panel analyses
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020)The present inquiry addresses the income-environment relationship in oil-producing countries and scrutinizes the further drivers of atmospheric pollution in the respective settings. The existing literature that tests the ... -
Dubai: Conflict gold, money laundering and illicit global trade
(University of Western Cape, 2019)This article considers the role that the UAE and, in particular, Dubai has played in the trade in gold between Asia, Europe and Africa. In the 21st century, Dubai has emerged rapidly as one of the focal points in the ... -
A dutiful child: the implications of Article 31 of the African Children's Charter
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)Each right has a corresponding duty. The African Children's Charter, under article 31, imposes a range of duties on children. Understandably, it could become contentious when an instrument on the rights and ... -
The Ebola Virus and Human Rights Concerns in Africa
(African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2015)In the wake of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) that is ravaging parts of Africa certain measures are being taken by governments to prevent the spread of the epidemic within their borders. Some of these measures are drastic ... -
Editorial: Towards meaningful action against proliferation financing
(Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2023)Background: The financial action task force (FATF) standards are designed to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. Threats of Russian employment of nuclear weapons in its conflict with ... -
The effect of sentencing on the size of the South African prison population
(Open Society Foundation for South Africa, 2006-10)That South African prisons are experiencing serious and growing overcrowding problem is well-known to anyone with an interest in the criminal justice sector. Particularly since 2000 the widening gap between available prison ... -
The effect of the 2011 Arab uprising in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena region): Morocco’s quest for constitutional reform and the 20 February Movement
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Historically, Morocco experienced widespread political repression during the 1970s through to the early 1990s. Through its exploitations, the monarchy regime repressed any claims aimed at challenging its authoritarian form ... -
The effects of reporting on the realisation of children’s rights in Central Africa
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2020)State reporting is an integral part of the obligations to respect, protect, promote and fulfil children’s rights as set out in global and African human rights instruments, that is, the United Nations Convention on the ... -
Electing councillors: A guide to municipal elections
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The electoral system for local government combines ward elections with proportional representation. It is regulated in at least four different statutes, the Electoral Act 73 of 1998, the Local Government: Municipal Structures ... -
Embracing risky refuge: Women, land laws and livelihood vulnerabilities in rural Kenya
(2021)There has been a growing interest in laws governing resources particularly land in reference to gender in Africa. Law reforms in relation to land have produced potentially useful regulations and espoused egalitarian land ... -
The emerging role of metropolitan cities in federations
(Forum of Federations, 2001)City-regions or large metropolitan cities are a rapidly growing phenomenon in developing countries. They are also seen as a key mechanism to the development and growth trajectories of those countries, particularly in the ... -
An empirical analysis of class actions in South Africa
(2020)As far as the author is aware, there has not been an empirical analysis of class actions in South Africa since the introduction of the mechanism by the interim Constitution of 1993 more than 25 years ago. There is no ... -
The employment equity amendment bill B14B – 2020: innovating towards equity or kicking the can down the road?
(Juta & Company, Ltd., 2020)The Employment Equity Amendment Bill introduces significant changes to the regulatory framework for affirmative action by, among other amendments, shifting the responsibility for determining employment equity targets from ... -
The end of administrative autonomy over individual staff appointments : from the courts
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2011)Section 118(1) provides that a registrar of deeds can register a property transfer only lfhe or she receives a municipal clearance certificate that confirms that all taxes and fees due In connection with the property 'during ... -
The enforceability of incorporated term in electronic agreements
(University of Fort Hare, 2013)This article seeks to evaluate the validity of different methods of incorporating terms into electronic agreements, and to what extent the use of these different methods may influence the enforceability of the incorporated ... -
Enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights in Uganda
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)Uganda has ratified almost all the major regional and international instruments that protect economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). However, a reading of the Constitution of Uganda, 1995, and other laws shows that ... -
The enforcement of socio-economic rights against local governments in South Africa
(International Development Law Organization (IDLO), 2015)Poverty and underdevelopment are South Africa’s greatest challenges. These are inextricably linked to uneven access to adequate public services. By all accounts, South Africa has made impressive progress in extending ... -
Enforcing housing rights
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)On 27 March 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) overturned a High Court judgment ordering the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (the municipality) to buy land which had been unlawfully occupied by about 76 families ...