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From regulations to courts: an evaluation of the inclusive and exclusive criteria on children with co-caregivers in the era of Covid-19
(Sabinet, 2020)At the time of writing, more than 5.2 million persons have been infected by Covid-19, leading to 340,000 deaths, while about 2.2 million people have recovered (WHO 2020). South Africa has reported 23,000 infections and ... -
From the Community Law Centre to the Dullah Omar Institute: The Path of Engaged Research
(UWC Press, 2020)Commencing its life as a research, advocacy and constitution-building entity in 1990, the Community Law Centre, later becoming the Dullah Omar Institute, has over the past 29 years played a significant role in the shaping ... -
From the courts
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)The cart before the horse? An award of tender contracts before legal compliance? -
From the global to the local: The role of international law in the enforcement of socio-economic rights in South Africa
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)This research report demonstrates that international human rights law played a quintessential role in the drafting of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996, particularly the Bill of Rights, and that this was more so with ... -
The functioning of ward committees: Challenges and prospects
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2007)Ward committees were formally introduced in 2000, and many municipalities soon commenced the process of establishing them. The establishment rate of ward committees across the country now stands at over 90% and is growing, ... -
The functus officio doctrine and invalid administrative acts in South African administrative law: the demand for a more flexible approach
(Nelson R Mandela School of Law, 2020)In South African administrative law, the issue of invalid administrative action in relation to the application of the doctrine of functus officio has brooked a fair amount of debate. Whilst the courts have attempted to ... -
Fundamentals of anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Corruption is endemic in jurisdictions throughout the world. The financial and reputational risks that follow incidents of corrupt activity within an organisation are considerable. Often they can be quite severe. The ... -
The future of African customary law
(Elsevier, 2012)It s intended to promote discussion and understanding of customary law and to explore its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa…[It] considers the characteristics of customary law and efforts to ascertain and codify ... -
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 ... -
A gendered analysis of Section 48(2)(d) of the Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The purpose of this article is to critically review the provision of section 48 (2) (d) of the Zimbabwean Constitution from a gendered perspective. Section 48 (2) (d) of the Constitution would seem to have abolished death ... -
Genuine autonomous work: toward a tailor-made social protection
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)This chapter aims at providing a conceptual framework to social protection of genuine autonomous work, with a reference to solopreneurs, analyzing socioeconomic risks and needs they are facing and that may differ from the ... -
The ghostly dance of Zarathustra
(2013)Reading of C.W. Maris’s Nietzsche-Niëzky-Nijinsky: De Dans van Zarathustra (2004) and De Dans van Zarathustra: Nietzsche en de vrolijke rechtswetenschap (2006). -
The Gift and the meaning-giving subject: A Reading of Given Time
(Springer, 2010)In this essay the relation between justice and the gift in Derrida’s thinking is explored. The essay shows that an understanding of the ontological difference or the relation between Being and beings in Heidegger’s thinking ... -
Giving effect to the right to adequate housing : the need for a coherent (national) policy on special needs housing : legislationtion and policy review
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2006)According to the Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions (2006), the right to housing is one of the most widely violated human rights. Over a billion people worldwide have inadequate housing -
Giving money to children: the state's constitutional obligations to provide child support grants to child headed households
(South African Journal on Human Rights, 2004)One of the most tangible effects of the HIV epidemic is the growing number of orphans and the emergence in ever increasing amounts of households headed by children. These new family configurations pose a wide range of ... -
Going the extra mile: police training on domestic violence
(Institute for Security Studies, 2010)As anticipated by the drafters of the Domestic Violence Act (DVA), the South African Police Service holds the key to the successful implementation of the Act. Over the past ten years, researchers and independent bodies ... -
Gold laundering: The dirty secrets of the gold trade — and how to clean up
(University of Western Cape, 2019)For centuries, humankind has been fascinated by the glitz and glamour of gold. With its multiple uses, ranging from components in mobile phones to medicine, gold remains one of the oldest and most sought after commodities. ... -
Government's obligation to unlawful occupiers and private landowners
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2010)On 4 February 2010, the South Gauteng High Court ordered the City of Johannesburg (the City) to pay rent to a property owner whose building was occupied by squatters. The Court also found the City's housing policy to be ... -
Grappling with the scourge of money laundering during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The deadly COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately presented new opportunities for perpetrators to exploit. As such, hefty amounts of economic crimes such as money laundering and money laundering threats were committed from ...