Browsing Research Articles - Dullah Omar Institute by Title

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    • Water delivery: public or private? 

      Mbazira, Christopher; de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
      The landscape within which human rights are protected and realised has changed dramatically in the last few decades. One of the main driving forces for this change is economic globalisation and the weakening of ...

    • Welfare pluralism in health: Assessing Zimbabwe’s policy response to HIV/AIDS with reference to Mbare Distrct, Harare 

      Taderera, Hope; Madhekeni, Alois (International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)
      The article is on Welfare Pluralism and focuses on Zimbabwe’s policy responses to HIV/AIDS with reference to Mbare Disrict, Harare. Quantitative primary data was systematically collected from a sample of individuals from ...

    • Who can appoint commissions of enquiry: conducting a 'section 106 investigation' 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
      If the member of a province's executive council (MEC) responsible for local government suspects maladministration, fraud, corruption or any other serious malpractice in a municipality, that MEC must designate a person or ...

    • The withholding of rates and taxes in five local municipalities 

      Powell, Derek; May, Annette; Ntliziywana, Phindile (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      The Community Law Centre, in partnership with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and SALGA, recently completed a research project on the phenomenon of rates withholding in five South African municipalities. ...

    • Wolf in sheep's clothing? 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      Section 156(1) of the Constitution is the basis for the status of local government in the Constitution. It provides that municipalities have authority over the matters listed in Schedules 4B and 5B of the Constitution. ...

    • ‘Woman, but not human’: widowhood practices and human rights violations in Nigeria 

      Durojaye, Ebenezer (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      This article examines the implications of widowhood practices for the enjoyment of women’s fundamental rights and freedoms in Nigeria. The article discusses the effects of socio-cultural and legal structures of Nigeria ...