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South Africa: Homosexual Muslims in South Africa: Some legal implications, including constitutional, marriage and succession’
(Intersentia, 2022)
This chapter focuses on the succession rights and testamentary freedom of male (gay) and female (lesbian) homosexuals in Islam and in South Africa. It highlights that, although the practice of male homosexuality and same-sex ...
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emerald, 2020)
The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers
when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for
their legal fees ...
The power of prosecutorial heads to intervene in private prosecutions in commonwealth countries
(Loyola College of Social Sciences, 2022)
In most countries public prosecutors are responsible for prosecuting
offences. In Commonwealth countries, public prosecutors are headed
by Directors of Public Prosecution (DPP), Prosecutors General (PG) or
Attorneys-General ...
Perspectives on local government’s place in federal systems and central–local relations
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2022)
To expand on the themes identified by Tomas Hachard’s paper Capacity, voice and opportunity: advancing municipal engagement in Canadian federal relations, the Journal commissioned six personal ‘perspectives’ from a diverse ...
A right to a fair trial in Uganda’s Judicature (Visual Audio Link) Rules: Embracing the challenges in the era of Covid-19
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
The application of the Uganda Judicature (Visual-Audio Link) Rules does
not contextualise the complete protection of an accused’s right to a fair trial
during emergencies. A contextualisation of the right to a fair trial ...
Horizontality and housing rights protection against private evictions from a European and South African perspective
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2022)
In the recent decision of fjm v. the United Kingdom, the ECtHR made a decision on
the required protection against private evictions that threatens to water-down the
protection of housing rights offered by the echr. This ...
Origins, relevance and prospects of federalism and decentralization in the horn of Africa
(2022)
The Horn of Africa is the most conflict-ridden region in the African continent. Both inter-and intra-state
conflicts have dominated the region. In a bid to check intra-state conflicts and accommodate ethno-national
and ...
Domestic work and platformisation in India and South Africa: A look at enablers and barriers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Globally, the domestic work sector is both highly informal and highly feminised. This article will compile learnings from the domestic work sector in two countries of the Global South — India and South Africa — concerning ...
International regulation of platform labor: A proposal for action
(Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, 2021)
Platform-mediated work is a source of livelihood for millions of workers worldwide.
However, because platforms typically classify workers as ‘independent
contractors’, those workers are generally excluded from the scope ...
High heels in the workplace – a health hazard or a symbol of femininity? Observations on appearance regulation in Mofokeng v CCMA & Others
(Juta & Company, Ltd, 2022)
For over thirty years the ILJ has remained the premier South African labour law reporter. This seminal monthly journal covers judgments and awards handed down by the Labour Court, Labour Appeals Court, the CCMA, Bargaining ...