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Municipalities' readiness to comply with treasury's competency requirements
(Local Government Bulletin, 2012-06)In just under six months, the competency framework in the National Treasury's Minimum Competency Regulations will take full effect. Therefore, the article seeks to urge the National Treasury to be robust in implementing ... -
Muslim divorce and the 1996 Divorce Amendment Act: The cart before the horse?
(De Rebus, 1999)The purpose of this article is to clarify some issues regarding Muslim divorces which have been the topic of debate in previous issues of De Rebus (1997 DR 495; 1998 (Jan) DR 55; 1998 (Aug) DR 31). The Divorce Amendment ... -
Muslim Marriage and Divorce in Sri Lanka: Aspects of the relevant jurisprudence
(The Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies, 2016)Muslims form 10 per cent of the Sri Lankan population. The country applies a mixed legal system. For many decades Muslim marriages and divorces have been governed by a separate piece of legislation. Courts in Sri Lanka ... -
Muslim Personal Law (MPL) in review”
(Centre for Contemporary Islam UCT, 1999)Both the interim (1993) and final (1996) South African Constitutions now not only guarantee freedom of religion and belief but also makes provision within the Bill of Rights that legislation can be provided by the state ... -
Muslim Personal Law - to be or not to be?
(Juta Law, 1995)Introduction: The first Muslims had arrived at the Cape from the Dutch colonies in the East Indies (now Indonesia) and the coastal regions of Southern India from anywhere around 1652-1658. Despite having been granted the ... -
Muslim Personal Laws affecting children: diversity, practice and implications for a new children's code for South Africa
(Juta Law, 1998)Introduction: Marriage is seen as an institution for, among various objects, the procreation of children. Children in Islam are ideally seen as the fruits of marriage-for mothers as homemakers to love and nurture and for ... -
Mythology and the images of justice
(University of California Press, 2011)This essay enquires into the depictions of Justice through the ages, as well as the myths surrounding these depictions, more particularly in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as in modern times. The essay departs in significant ... -
National cohesion and intergovernmental relations in South Africa
(JUTA, 2016)The creation of provinces in 1994 gave effect to the grand compromise of the 1993 negotiations, but also raised fears about the deleterious consequences they could hold for national cohesion. A first concern was that ... -
National Colloquium on Access to Food for Students in South African Tertiary Institutions: Challenges of Hunger among Students in Higher Education in South Africa (13–14 August 2018)
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2018)Student hunger on university campuses has gained prominence ever since the #FeesMustFall movement spread across South Africa’s tertiary institutions in 2015. Although there are no definite statistics on the extent of the ... -
THE NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY ON PALLIATIVE CARE 2017‒2022: WHAT’S IN IT FOR TERMINALLY ILL INMATES IN SOUTH AFRICA?
(2020)In South Africa many people suffer from serious, incurable health conditions that may render them incapacitated and/or terminally ill. Such persons may inevitably require holistic care such as palliative care. The adoption ... -
National Prosecuting Authority Performance
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) was created by legislation which came into effect in August 1998, and became a stand-alone entity in 2002/3, whereas previously it was more closely embedded in the ... -
National strategies for realising the right to food
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)The right to food has received increasing attention internationally and nationally following drastic increases in food prices and widespread protests against these increases in more than 40 countries this year (FIAN ... -
The need for statutory protection for whistle-blowers in Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Whistleblowers are sentinels of society and of good governance. They are employees who risk their professions and even their lives in the interests of public safety and community well-being. Most countries, especially ... -
Needs, rights and transformation: adjudicating social rights
(Stellenbosch Law Review, 2006)One of the most contested issues in South Africa’s burgeoning jurisprudence on social rights relates to how the courts should enforce the duties imposed by these rights. Debate has focused in particular on the extent to ... -
Negotiating settlements in a broader law enforcement context
(Elgar Publishing, 2020-04-08)This thought-provoking book examines the scope, benefits and challenges of negotiated settlements as an enforcement mechanism in bribery cases, and demonstrates the need for a more harmonized and principled approach to ... -
The new framework planned for the legal recognition and regulation of Muslim marriages in a secular South Africa: From litigation to law reform
(Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta, 2022)Muslims, who originate from the East Indies and the Indian subcontinent, have a history in South Africa dating back more than three centuries. Attempts by South African Muslims to have their Muslim marriages (nikāḥs) recognized ... -
The new framework planned for the legal recognition and regulation of Muslim marriages in a secular South Africa: From litigation to law reform
(Ahkam Journal, 2022)Muslims, who originate from the East Indies and the Indian subcontinent, have a history in South Africa dating back more than three centuries. Attempts by South African Muslims to have their Muslim marriages (nikāḥs) ... -
New leaders, persistent challenges...What lies in store for local government?
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)The outcome of the elections of 22 April is critical for local government. The success of ‘developmental local government’ depends to a large extent on the choices the incoming national and provincial governments make ... -
New light on old questions? University of Cape Town v Auf Der Heyde (Labour Appeal Court)
(Juta Law, 2002)Introduction:Thomas Auf der Heyde responded to an advertisement for a position of senior lecturer in chemistry at the University of Cape Town (UCT), the duration of which was 'initially for three years with a possible ... -
The New Partnership for Africa's Development : implications for the realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2004)The New Partnership for Africa's Development : Implications for the realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa Christopher Mbazira The realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa remains a distant goal. The majority ...