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Polokwane land resolution creates space for struggle
(PLAAS, 2008-06)
The Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is pleased to re-introduce Umhlaba Wethu, a quarterly bulletin on issues of land and agrarian reform in South Africa. Since 2005, public debate has focused increasingly ...
Annual report 2006-2007
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2008)
Over the past two years the contradictions
inherent in South Africa’s post-apartheid growth
and development path have become increasingly
evident. Growth has not managed to reduce very
high levels of unemployment to a ...
The prevalence of HIV in South Africa's prison system: some, but not all the facts, at last
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008-05-26)
The lack of reliable research data and more specifically, data on intervention impact evaluations, present a particular challenge in respect of evidence-based law and policy reform. In resource-constrained environments it ...
Compulsory licensing and access to medicines in post Doha era: What hope for Africa?
(Netherlands International Law Review, 2008)
The Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement of 1994, an outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations, radically altered the role of international trade law in promoting and enforcing intellectual ...
The state of entrepreneurship education at tertiary institutions in the Western Cape
(Clute Institute, 2008)
This paper summarizes, analyses the offerings and gaps on entrepreneurship education at four tertiary institutions in the Western Cape. Most of the offerings were knowledge based. Some of the participants on the programmes ...
Non-implementation of court orders in socioeconomic rights litigation in South Africa Is the cancer here to stay?
(2008)
Over 12 years have elapsed since the South African Constitution was adopted, and the jurisprudence on socio-economic rights has increased considerably. Yet a majority of the population remain entrapped in poverty.
Judicial remedies and socio-economic rights : a response to Christopher Mbazira
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)
Christopher Mbazira has produced a lucid, well-researched and thorough study of judicial remedies in cases concerning socio-economic rights. This response seeks to engage critically with Mbazira's claims by raising certain ...
Confronting the problem of polycentricity in enforcing the socioeconomic rights in the South African Constitution
(SA Publiekreg = SA Public Law, 2008)
The judicial enforcement of the socio-economic rights contained in the South African Constitution (Constitution) has not been without controversy when compared to the judicial enforcement of civil and political rights. ...
Preventing and combating torture in South Africa: a framework for action under CAT and OPCAT
(Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation & Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
This booklet aims to provide more information to decision-makers and stakeholders on the challenges relating to preventing and combating torture; and also outlines South Africa’s obligations under CAT and OPCAT. These two ...
Strategy for fisheries socio- economic research
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008-03)
This document sets broad strategic directions for a period of five years and provides a framework on which fisheries socio-economic research priorities can be determined on a more frequent basis. This is seen as more ...