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An evaluation of the adequacy of the African charter on the rights of the child concerning economic crimes in armed conflict
(University of 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 ...
The viability of lifestyle audits as an emerging anticorruption tool in the public sector: Concepts, essentials and prospects
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Lifestyle audits are viable tools in the fight against corruption. Unfortunately, they
have not been sufficiently developed or adopted despite their effectiveness in
combatting corruption. For long, countries have deployed ...
Tanzania’s post-independence anti-corruption efforts: Examining the prevention and combatting of corruption bureau’s (pccb) role during Magufuli’s regime
(University of 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 ...
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 ...
Arbitration and corruption: A toolkit for arbitrators
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
In international commercial or investment arbitration proceedings, the appointed
arbitral tribunal may suspect or one of the parties may allege that corruption,
especially in the form of foreign public bribery, has ...
The rise of corruption in Ethiopia: Is a lack of constitutionalism to blame?
(Oxford, 2020)
In 2001, a political division arose within the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF)1
, arguably the
core the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the ruling party and a
coalition of four ethnic-based ...
Reaping “bumper harvests” during the Covid-19 pandemic: Interrogating the dynamics of corruption during the procurement of relief and healthcare items in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The discovery of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2 or COVID-19) in Wuhan, China was considered a Chinese problem by Ugandans until confirmation of the first positive test in the country, in March 2020. The government went into ...
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 ...
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 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 ...