Browsing Faculty of Law by Author "Du Plessis, Anél"
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Cooperative environmental governance: at the coalface of sustainable infrastructure development in South Africa
Du Plessis, Anél; Alberts, Reece (VerLoren Van Themaat Centre / Unisa Press, 2014)In this article, large-scale infrastructure development is situated within the sustainability paradigm with an emphasis on questions about environmental impact. W hile the focus is on South Africa, the article contributes ... -
Fragmentation: Friend or foe in the effective implementation of the Cultural Diversity Convention in South Africa?
Rautenbach, Christa; Du Plessis, Anél (VerLoren van Themaat Centre for Public Law Studies (UNISA), 2009)It seems as if South Africa has never been as energetically involved in the international law-making arena as she was in the making of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural ... -
The Heat is on: local government and climate governance in South Africa
Du Plessis, Anél; Kotzé, Louis J (Cambridge University press, 2014)Departing from the fact that climate change poses localized effects, this article crit- ically considers from a legal perspective the role of local authorities in the South African government’s response ... -
Public participation, good environmental governance and fulfilment of environmental rights
Du Plessis, Anél (North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2008)This article succinctly, albeit critically, assesses with reference to some international developments the role that public participation is expected to play in state governments’ fulfilment of citizens’ environmental ... -
Some comments on the sweet and bitter of the National Environmental Law Framework for 'Local Environmental Governance'
Du Plessis, Anél (Verloren van Themaat Centre, UNISA, 2009)This article critically reviews the core of the statutory environmental law framework that currently regulates local environmental governance in South Africa in order to distill and critically reflect on some common strengths ... -
Some perspectives on constitutional conflict in local disaster management through the lens of Pheko v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality 2012 2 SA 598 (CC)
Du Plessis, Anél; Van der Berg, Angela (VerLoren Van Themaat Centre / Unisa Press, 2013)Socially created vulnerabilities are largely ignored in the hazards and disaster literature because they are so difficult to measure and quantify. Social vulnerability is partially a product of social inequities – those ... -
The readiness of South African law and policy for the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 11
Du Plessis, Anél (University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Law, 2017)This article notionally questions the readiness of existing South African law and policy for the country's pursuit of “sustainable cities" as per Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The expectations created ...