Browsing Faculty of Law by Subject "Discrimination"
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A discourse on the plight of South African women in the face of abuse and neglect
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)An upsurge in the rate of violence against women has an adverse effect on women in South Africa. Sadly, many South African women who are the victims of violent sexual conduct, such as, rape and other forms of violent sexual ... -
The impact of routine HIV testing on HIV-related stigma and discrimination in Africa
(International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 2011)This paper discusses different methods of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, particularly routine and voluntary HIV testing methods, which have been adopted in response to the HIV epidemic in Africa. It then ... -
Limitations on the right to freedom of testation
(Sabinet, 2020)Freedom of testation is a basic right in terms of the South African law of succession and enables a testator (or testatrix) to bequeath assets in a will as they please. The freedom is not completely unrestricted. Limitations ... -
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 ... -
Private prosecutions and discrimination against juristic persons in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development & Another
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2015)Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Australia, in South Africa companies and associations are not permitted to institute private prosecutions although natural persons have a right to institute ... -
Promoting minority rights in the context of economic, social and cultural rights in South Africa
(UNISA Press, 2002)Introduction: It has been commonly thought that if ethnic, religious and national minorities are allowed to give expression to their respective group attachments, then that should be deemed sufficient protection against ... -
Protecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA)
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)The general rule in South Africa is that, when an offence is committed, the suspect has to be prosecuted by a public prosecutor. However, there is an exception whereby a victim of crime is permitted to institute a private ... -
Realisation or oversight of a constitutional mandate? Corrective rape of black African lesbians in South Africa
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2015)Corrective rape is a form of sexual punishment by men towards lesbians in order to cure them of their sexual orientation. Black African lesbians are victims of corrective rape, particularly those in townships who are seen ... -
Seychellois courts and the protection of the right to equal protection of the law
(SAGE Publications, 2018)Unlike the constitutions of other African countries such as Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Namibia which expressly provide for grounds on which a person may not be discriminated against, the Constitution ...