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Veiled intent or advancing children’s right to education? The legality of payments for extra lessons in Zimbabwe’s education system
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Extra lessons in Zimbabwe were initially designed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to assist learners with lagging aspects of their formal school learning areas. However, in the past few years, extra ...
Corruption in Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic and the right to health: Lessons learnt and future prospects
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Kenya has made positive strides in fighting corruption through signing and ratifying the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption. These Conventions ...
Lobbying against democracy
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
This essay seeks to excavate the anti-democratic propensities of corporate lobbying. It
begins by considering the nature of lobbying and then attempts to comprehend the
relationship between corporate lobbying and democracy ...
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 ...
The Alexandra township de-densification project during the Covid-19 crisis: Challenges and potential lessons
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In response to the Covid-19 (hereafter referred to as ‘virus’) pandemic, the South Africa government established different measures to try to slow down the spread of the virus. One of the strategies was to focus on population ...
The symbiosis between the criminalisation of sex work and corrupt policing in sex work in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Despite existing studies that prove the prevalence of corrupt policing of sex work in South Africa, corruption continues to be a common feature of sex workers’ experiences with police officers. In this article, it is argued ...
From food to cash relief: How prepared are Uganda’s anti-corruption agencies to counter corruption in Covid-19 cash transfers?
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In July 2021, Uganda commenced the disbursement of telephonic cash transfers to the vulnerable urban poor, most adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, marking a policy shift from food relief to cash transfers to the ...
Tanzania’s post-independence anti-corruption efforts: Examining the prevention and combatting of corruption bureau’s (pccb) role during Magufuli’s regime
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
During the five years of John Magufuli’s presidency, Tanzania’s anti-corruption efforts yielded significant improvements. This improved performance was associated mainly with the President’s personal anti-corruption stance. ...
An evaluation of the adequacy of the African charter on the rights of the child concerning economic crimes in armed conflict
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Statistics indicate that at least one in every four African children lives in a conflict zone. Six of the ten worst countries for children to grow up in, or live in, are in Africa: the Central African Republic, the Democratic ...
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) ...