2024-03-28T18:22:11Zhttps://repository.nwu.ac.za:443/oai/requestoai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34222018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Pienaar, Gerrit
2010-08-04T15:36:52Z
2010-08-04T15:36:52Z
2009
PIENAAR, G. 2009. Regulating communal land rights: The saga continues. Tydskrif vir hedendaagse romeins-hollandse reg = Journal of contemporary Roman-Dutch law, 72(1):1-16, Feb.
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The regulation off-label drugs is a complicated and controversial area of the law. Regulators must protect patients’ safety without interfering with physicians’ practice of medicine or manufacturers’ First Amendment rights. The recent Neurontin decisions, which apply the doctrine of false claims to prescription drug regulation, only adds additional complexity. This paper explores the federal government’s attempts to regulate the promotion of off-label drugs. It discussed the advantages and disadvantages of off-label marketing, the current regulatory environment, and the implications of the Neurontin lawsuit
Regulating communal land rights: The saga continues
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/167782016-04-28T09:33:37Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Stander, A.L.
2016-04-01T10:57:01Z
2016-04-01T10:57:01Z
2013
Stander, A.L. 2013. Some thoughts on environmental claims in liquidation. Tydskrif vir hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg. Journal of contemporary Roman-Dutch law (THRHR), 76(3):436-450. [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2389231]
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The purpose of this note is to establish if it is ever possible, after completion of
the liquidation process, to recover the balance of a claim for damages not fully
paid during the liquidation of an insolvent company. The focus is specifically on
the situation where the activities of an insolvent company are found to have
caused damage to the environment. Given the nature of this discussion, reference
is made to the situation where an insolvent debtor is involved and is rehabilitated
after the completion of the sequestration process. For the sake of completeness,
reference is also made to the priority of the claims considered during the seques-
tration/liquidation process. Also relevant to this topic (namely the enforcement
of a claim for damages against the insolvent as a result of harm to the environ-
ment) are the stay of legal proceedings after the issuing of the sequestration/
liquidation order; the effect that the dissolution of the insolvent company has on
claims for damages that are not fully paid out during the liquidation process; and
of the perpetrator’s latent environmental obligations
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Liquidation of company
damages not fully paid
environmental damage
Some thoughts on environmental claims in liquidation
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34142018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Crous, Aletta
2010-08-04T15:36:51Z
2010-08-04T15:36:51Z
2009
CROUS, A. 2009. Keuringspanele ('Screening Panels') as gepaste geskilbeslegtingsmetode ter oplossing van mediese wanpraktykgeskille. Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad/ Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 12(3): 98-134 [http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1727-3781&lng=en&nrm=iso] [http://www.saflii.org/za/journals/PER/2009/7.html]
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A right only has any value if there is a remedy providing for the acknowledgement and enforcement thereof. An increase in medical malpractice claims can be expected in South Africa in view of the fact that the public is becoming more and more aware of its rights in respect of health services and health care. The public opinion calls for development of dispute resolution proceedings. The fact that the law is not accessible to everyone in South Africa is a matter of concern. High litigation costs, coupled with the time consuming protracted, formal and complicated process, call for a transformation towards an alternative, non-judicial process that is suitable for a particular dispute and apposite to the parties involved. Selection panels, the medical ombudsperson and arbitration clauses incorporated in doctor/patient agreements, are ADR mechanisms that have been proved by American law as suitable for resolution of medical malpractice claims. In this particular article attention is paid to screening panels as pre-trial mechanism with the exclusive purpose to select malpractice disputes, discourage unfounded disputes and to encourage an early settlement in case of a prima facie case.
Several objections have been raised by critics in this regard, for instance, a screening panel infringes on: the right of equal protection/the right of access to the courts/the right to a jury trial/the right to a due process as well as on the trias politica doctrine. These so-called infringements are attended to and eventually a positive conclusion regarding screening panels is made: medical screening panels (consisting generally of a medical doctor, a lawyer and a member of public), based on the American experience, is indeed an appropriate dispute resolution method.
Keuringspanele ('Screening Panels') as gepaste geskilbeslegtingsmetode ter oplossing van mediese wanpraktykgeskille
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60292018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Verschuuren, Jonathan
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2010
Verschuuren, J. 2010. The Dutch crisis and recovery act: Economic recovery and legal crisis? Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad = Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 13(5):5-25, Apr. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_perblad.html] [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6029
The Dutch crisis and recovery act: Economic recovery and legal crisis?
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/138792016-04-28T22:12:45Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Rautenbach, Christa
Du Plessis, Lourens
2015-06-02T13:03:39Z
2015-06-02T13:03:39Z
2013
Van Plessis, L.M. & Rautenbach, C. 2013. In the name of comparative constitutional jurisprudence: the consideration of German precedents by South African constitutional court judges. German law journal. 14(8):1539-1578. [https://www.germanlawjournal.com/]
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/13879
No abstract available
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In the name of comparative constitutional jurisprudence: the consideration of German precedents by South African constitutional court judges
Article
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Rautenbach, Christa
Du Plessis, Anél
2011-07-08T07:47:15Z
2011-07-08T07:47:15Z
2009
Rautenbach, C. & Du Plessis, A.A. 2009. Fragmentation: Friend or foe in the effective implementation of the Cultural Diversity Convention in South Africa? South African Yearbook of International Law, 34:132-158 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sayil.html]
0379-8895
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4260
http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sayil.html
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 Expressions 2005 (the CDC). The CDC is the first legally binding international document protecting cultural diversity. It was adopted by UNESCO on 20 October 2005 and ratified by South Africa on 21 December 2006, three months before it entered into force on 18 March 2007.
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Fragmentation: Friend or foe in the effective implementation of the Cultural Diversity Convention in South Africa?
Article
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Nortje, W
du Toit, P
2018-04-17T09:57:25Z
2018-04-17T09:57:25Z
2017-12-18
Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektoniese regsblad (PER), 20: [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/26743
Sexual crimes continues to be a scourge in our society. It is therefore not surprising that the prevention and criminalisation of sexual crimes in South Africa has received a large amount of attention over the last few years. Contrarily, the matter of historical sexual abuse has received only occasional consideration. Cases of historical sexual abuse present numerous challenges to all parties involved. The victims of historical sexual abuse, often children at the time, are now adults. Some of these victims might not want to relive the experience or confront the offender. On the other hand, the offender might have been rehabilitated and become a respected citizen. In Hewitt v S 2017 1 SACR 309 (SCA) the Supreme Court of Appeal heard the appeal against the sentence of Bob Hewitt, a retired tennis champion. He was convicted of committing numerous sexual offences against young girls. The first of these crimes was committed more than three decades ago. This case note analyses the decision by the SCA while it also examines historical sexual abuse more generally in South Africa as well as in England and Wales, in order to establish whether any lessons can be learned from previous cases and laws as implemented in these countries.
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Sexual crimes
historical sexual abuse
rape
children
sports icon
Bob Hewitt
mitigating factors
aggravating factors
remorse
sentencing
A Fresh Perspective on Historical Sexual Abuse: The Case of Hewitt v S 2017 1 SACR 309 (SCA)
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34182018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Wilhelmina
2010-08-04T15:36:52Z
2010-08-04T15:36:52Z
2009
DU PLESSIS, W., PIENAAR, J. & OLIVIER, N. 2009. Land matters:2008(2),(2009/121). SA Publiekreg = SA Public Law, 23(2):101-134 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sapr.html] [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=681]
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Land matters:2008(2),(2009/121)
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Ferreira, Gerrit M.
Scholtz, Werner
2009-12-21T08:35:18Z
2009-12-21T08:35:18Z
2008
Ferreira, G.M. & Scholtz, W. 2008. The interpretation of section 231 of the South African Constitution: a lost ball in the high weeds! Comparative and international law journal of Southern Africa, 41(2):324-338. [https://journals.co.za/content/cilsa/41/2/EJC24666]
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https://journals.co.za/content/cilsa/41/2/EJC24666
A critical discussion of Quagliani v President of the Republic of South Africa case 959/04 (TPD) (unreported); Van Rooyen / Brown v President of the Republic of South Africa case 28214/06 (TPD) (unreported) decided on 6 March 2008, and Goodwin v Director-General Department of Justice and Constitutional Development case 21142/08 (TPD) (unreported) decided on 23 June 2008.
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The interpretation of section 231 of the South African Constitution: a lost ball in the high weeds!
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/27142018-04-13T10:37:44Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Rautenbach, Christa
2009-12-21T08:09:21Z
2009-12-21T08:09:21Z
2008
Rautenbach, C. 2008. Indian succession laws with apecial reference to the position of females: a model for South Africa. Comparative and international law journal of Southern Africa, 41(1):105-135. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23252720]
0010-4051
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/23252720
South Africa's dual system of succession laws (the common law of succession and the customary law of succession) recently came under scrutiny in Bhe v Magistrate, Khayelitsha (Commission for Gender Equality as Amicus Curiae); Shibi v Sithole; South African Human Rights Commission v President of the Republic of South Africa 2005 1 SA 580 (CC) where the customary rule of male primogeniture, amongst others, was declared to be unconstitutional. The court developed the Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987 and in effect unified the common and customaiy law of succession, with the imperative to develop the succession laws by means of legislative initiatives. Since the envisaged statute has not yet been enacted, it is appropriate to compare the legal position in other jurisdictions with that of South Africa. Legal academics tend to compare aspects of the South African legal system with European and American legal systems and incline to forget the value of other major legal systems, such as the legal systems of Asia. The history of South Africa shows remarkable similarities to that of India and, since the phenomenon of legal pluralism is particularly prevalent there, it would be worthwhile to compare the succession laws of India in order to determine whether something similar would benefit South Africa. Besides focusing on the succession laws of Hindus, Muslims and Jews in general in India, this article will concentrate on the legal position of women under the various succession laws in particular.
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Indian succession laws with apecial reference to the position of females: a model for South Africa
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60252019-06-24T09:03:44Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Kotze, Louis Jacobus
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2010
Kotze, L.J. 2010. Phiri, the plight of the poor and the perils of climate change: Time to rethink environmental and socio-economic rights in South Africa? Journal of human rights and environment. 1(2):135-160, Sept. [http://e-elgar.metapress.com/content/121644/?p=646e87e060084da7a2671c667657e378&pi=0]
1759-7188
1759-7196 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6025
South Africa is a water-stressed country where scarce water resources are unequally
available to South Africans. It seems inevitable that climate change will in future severely
affect the availability of water resources and the ecological and socio-economic aspects of
water uses in the country. It is especially the poor, indigent and marginalized sectors of
the population that have inadequate access to water and it is these people who would also
be most severely affected by the impact of climate change on water resources. While South
African constitutional and statutory provisions guarantee everyone access to sufficient
water, an environmental right and other laws simultaneously aim to protect water
resources. There is accordingly a very real possibility for sustainability conflicts to
arise where difficult decisions have to be made with respect to providing people access
to sufficient water on the one hand and protecting water resources for the benefit of present
and future generations on the other. The latter conflict was recently illustrated in the
Constitutional Court judgment of Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg 2009 JDR 1030 (CC).
For the first time, South Africa’s highest Court was required to provide content to the constitutionally
entrenched right of access to sufficient water. Against a general discussion of
the state of water resources in South Africa, the predicted impact of climate change on
these resources and the prevailing socio-economic conditions in the country, this article
analyses the Court’s decision in Mazibuko and argues that its restrictive interpretation
of the right to access to water could be considered ecologically responsible and conducive
to achieving inter-generational equity.
Phiri, the plight of the poor and the perils of climate change: time to rethink environmental and socio-economic rights in South Africa?
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/170262016-04-28T22:07:13Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Pelser, George
Rautenbach, Christa
2016-04-20T13:55:19Z
2016-04-20T13:55:19Z
2012
Pelser, G. & Rautenbach, C. 2012. Begrafnisregte in die konteks van die Afrika-gewoontereg en die rol van die testamentopsteller. Litnet akademies, 9(2):134-175. [http://www.litnet.co.za/category/akademies/litnet-akademies/litnet-akademies-geesteswetenskappe/]
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Religious and cultural practices and values play an important role in funerals and how they should be conducted. This creates considerable conflict between heirs and family members, especially those living under a system of African customary law, when someone dies and funeral arrangements have to be made. This whole issue can be brought under the concept of burial rights. This "right" to bury a deceased family member can be quite problematic in two ways: first, when the question of who should bury the deceased must be decided, and secondly when the question of where the deceased must be buried has to be decided. Not only do these two questions give rise to conflict among the family members of the deceased, but they also lead to considerable confusion in the courts, especially where there is no agreement on the exact principles to be applied
other
African customary law
burial rights
drafter of a will
will
Begrafnisregte in die konteks van die Afrika-gewoontereg en die rol van die testamentopsteller
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/193012018-03-19T06:55:13Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Chitimira, Howard
2016-11-03T11:08:27Z
2016-11-03T11:08:27Z
2015
Chitimira, H. 2015. An overview analysis of selected challenges in the enforcement of the prohibition of insider trading and market manipulation in the European Union and South African regulatory frameworks. Law, Democracy And Development, 19:94–106. [ http://www.ajol.info/]
1028–1055
2077–4907 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19301
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ldd.v19i1.5
It is submitted that cross-border trading in securities has caused a great number of challenges for various national regulators, especially with regard to the enforcement of market abuse laws. For instance, cross-border trading in securities has exacerbated the commission of other related illicit trading practices, such as, high frequency trading, credit default swaps, short selling and front running, particularly during the 2008-2009 global financial crises. Moreover, cross-border trading in securities has, to some extent, given rise to the inconsistent application and enforcement of the market abuse prohibition in South Africa and other European Union (EU) Member States. Accordingly, the need for strong co-operation and co-ordination between such regulators is still crucial and inevitable for the purposes of combatting market abuse in the EU and other jurisdictions, such as, South Africa. It is against this background that some selected national regulators and/or role players in the enforcement of the market abuse prohibition in South Africa, such as, the Financial Services Board (FSB), the Directorate of Market Abuse (DMA) and the Enforcement Committee as well as the EU’s Committee, of the Wise Men, the Forum of European Securities Commissions (FESCO), the Committee of European Securities Commissions Regulators (CESR), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the Lamfalussy Process and the EU’s Action Plan for Financial Services, will be discussed. This is mainly done to isolate and expose the challenges and/or flaws in the enforcement of market abuse laws in both the EU and South Africa8 in order to recommend, where applicable, possible anti-market abuse measures that could be employed to enhance the curbing of market abuse activities in their respective jurisdictions. Thereafter, some concluding remarks will be provided
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An overview analysis of selected challenges in the enforcement of the prohibition of insider trading and market manipulation in the European Union and South African regulatory frameworks
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/167772016-04-28T09:33:36Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Robinson, J.A.
2016-04-01T10:44:04Z
2016-04-01T10:44:04Z
2013
Robinson, J.A. 2013. Reflections on the conflict of interests of children and parents. Tydskrif vir hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg. Journal of contemporary Roman-Dutch law (THRHR), 76(3):400-420. [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2389216]
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Een van die mees ingewikkelde probleme wat deur die beste belang van die kind aan die
orde gestel word is in die interaksie tussen die regte van kinders en hulle ouers geleë. Die
Grondwet bevat geen aanduiding hoe die ouer-kind verhouding gereguleer moet word nie.
Daarmee saam word die situasie bemoeilik deur uitsprake van die Konstitusionele Hof dat
die beste belang van die kind ’n fundamentele reg is (en nie bloot ’n riglyn of beginsel
nie) sonder om enige verpligtinge inherent aan die reg aan te dui of reëls met betrekking
tot die uitoefening daarvan voor te skryf. Die benadering van die hof vereis dat die reg
van ’n kind dat sy/haar beste belang as van deurslaggewende belang geag word met die
regte van sy/haar ouers uit hoofde van artikel 8(2) van die Grondwet gebalanseer word.
Daar is egter slegs enkele voorbeelde in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg waar die howe inderdaad
hierdie benadering gevolg het. Engelse en Suid-Afrikaanse regspraak word geanaliseer en
daar word aangetoon dat in sommige gevalle die beste belang van die kind nie eens in
aanmerking geneem word nie ten spyte daarvan dat dit ’n deurslaggewende oorweging is.
Daar word tot die gevolgtrekking geraak dat qua fundamentele reg die beste belang van
die kind van sui generis aard is aangesien die ouer-kind verhouding ’n consortium omnis
minoritatis vergestalt.
“Probably the most complex issue raised by the best interests principle is the
interaction between the rights of children, their parents and other family members.
Other than the best interests standard, the Constitution contains no indication of
how this relationship is to be regulated."
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Parents
children
interests
conflict of interests
Reflections on the conflict of interests of children and parents
Article
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Du Plessis, Willemien
Pienaar, Juanita
Olivier, Nic
2009-08-28T07:39:38Z
2009-08-28T07:39:38Z
2008
Du Plessis, W. et al. 2008. Land matters: 2008(1). SA publiekreg = SA public law, 23(1):112-146. [https://journals.co.za/content/sapr/23/1/EJC97958]
0258-6568
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https://journals.co.za/content/sapr/23/1/EJC97958
According to the Minister of Land Affairs 95% of all land claims were finalised by February 2008 (Snyman 'Grondoordrag by reservaat in Pilanesberg afgehandel' Beeld (2008-02-26) 2). The Legal Resources Centre, however, indicated that land restitution will still take a long time to finalise as only 150 community claims were dealt with to date. It is uncertain how many of the remaining 5 083 land claims are community claims. Some of the claims are quite complicated, as 48% of Mondi's forested land, large sugar plantations and 70% of the Limpopo Province are subject to claims (Bruce Words and Deeds (2008-02-22); Khuzwayo 'Claimants "should take land, not payouts"' Sunday Independent (2007-09-23) 1; Jacks 'Forestry firms face big land claims' Star (2008-01-14) 15).
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Land matters: 2008(1)
Article
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Van Genugten, Willem J.
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2010
Van Genugten, W.J. 2010. Protection of Indigenous peoples on the African continent: Concepts, position seeking, and the interaction of Legal Systems. American journal of international law, 104(1):29-65, Jan. [http://www.asil.org/index.cfm]
0002-9300
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6033
Protection of Indigenous peoples on the African continent: Concepts, position seeking, and the interaction of Legal Systems
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Rautenbach, Christa
2010-08-04T15:36:50Z
2010-08-04T15:36:50Z
2009
RAUTENBACH, C. 2009. Formalities of "foreign" internet wills in South Africa and the Netherlands: A storm in a teacup? Tydskrif vir hedendaagse romeins-hollandse reg = Journal of contemporary Roman-Dutch law,2(72):241-256 [http://www.worldcat.org/]
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3408
Formalities of "foreign" internet wills in South Africa and the Netherlands: A storm in a teacup?
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Horsten, Debra Anne
Robinson, Jacobus Abraham
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2010
Horsten, D.A. & Robinson, J.A. 2010. The quantification of "Labour of Love": Reflections on the constitutionality of the discretion of a court ot redistribute capital assets in terms of section 7(3)-(6) of the South African divorce act. Speculum juris, 1:96-117 [http://www.lexisnexis.co.za/store/za/catalog/booktemplate/productdetail.jsp?pageName=relatedProducts&prodId=ZAProd9780409020359]
0584-8652
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The quantification of "Labour of Love": Reflections on the constitutionality of the discretion of a court ot redistribute capital assets in terms of section 7(3)-(6) of the South African divorce act
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34132018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Stewart, Linda
2010-08-04T15:36:51Z
2010-08-04T15:36:51Z
2009
STEWART, L. 2009. Interpreting and limiting the basic socio-economic rights of children in cses where they overlap with the socio-economic rights of others. South African Journal on Human Rights, 24(3):472-494
0258-7203
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3413
Interpreting and limiting the basic socio-economic rights of children in cses where they overlap with the socio-economic rights of others
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/417082023-06-10T01:07:31Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Mwonzora, Gift
2023-06-09T11:57:23Z
2023-06-09T11:57:23Z
2022
Mwonzora, G. 2022. Local governance and Wetlands management : a tale of Harare City in Zimbabwe. Urban Forum. 33:309-328 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09448-2]
1015-3802
1874-6330 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/41708
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09448-2
For years, urban scholars have underscored the value of pristine and functioning
ecosystems, including urban wetlands, to human life. However, less well-understood
is the role of local government (mainly urban municipalities) in preserving these
wetlands, especially in African cities. Drawing on a Zimbabwean case study and
utilising the Urban Sustainability Framework (USF), this article examines how and
why the Harare municipality has failed to protect wetlands in and around Harare
City by allowing for the expansion of infrastructural development in wetland areas
despite the existence of city by-laws and planning policies regulating the built envi-
ronment. The article further adopts a critical view of what the law prescribes for
wetland preservation vis-à-vis the local government’s practical actions in preserving
urban ecosystems. Such an enquiry lies at the heart of understanding the sustain-
ability of cities in the Global South in the wake of various anthropogenic and other
human activities wrought by the growing pressures of urbanisation. The analysis is
pertinent in deepening our empirical understanding of the role of local government
and cities in shaping local, national and global sustainability.
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Wetlands
Local government
Cities
Urban sustainability
Environment
Harare
Zimbabwe
Local governance and Wetlands management : a tale of Harare City in Zimbabwe
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/99822016-08-23T08:25:13Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_9980
Fuo, Oliver Njuh
2014-01-22T10:34:39Z
2014-01-22T10:34:39Z
2013
Fuo, O.N. 2013. Constitutional basis for the enforcement of ''executive'' policies that give effect to socio-economic rights in South Africa. Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad (PER), 16(4):2-44 [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
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Although "executive" policies remain an important governance tool, there appears to be confusion on the status and possible basis for their judicial enforcement in South Africa. The aim of this article is to critically reflect on the status and possible constitutional basis for the enforceability of "executive" policies that give effect to socio-economic rights in South Africa. Based on the jurisprudence of courts and some examples of "executive" policies, this article demonstrates that the constitutional basis for the enforceability of "executive" policies could be located inter alia in the positive duties imposed on government by sections 24(b), 25(5), 26(2) and 27(2) of the Constitution to "take reasonable legislative and other measures" within the context of available resources to give effect to relevant rights. This article argues that these duties amount to a constitutional delegation of authority to the legislative and executive branches of government to concretise socio-economic rights. In addition, this article demonstrates that where "executive" policies give effect to socio-economic rights pursuant to powers delegated by enabling provisions in original legislation that covers the field of socio-economic rights, such policies may be perceived to have the force of law, thereby providing a legal basis for their judicial enforcement.
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Constitution
Socio-economic rights
Positive duties
Delegation of authority
Executive policies and judicial enforcement
Constitutional basis for the enforcement of ''executive'' policies that give effect to socio-economic rights in South Africa
Article
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Du Plessis, Alida Anél
Rautenbach, Christa
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2010
Du Plessis, A.A. & Rautenbach, C. 2010. Legal perspectives on the role of culture in sustainable development. Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad = Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 13(1):26-71, May. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_perblad.html] [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6028
Legal perspectives on the role of culture in sustainable development
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Kotzé, Louis
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2009
Kotzé, L. 2009. The lion, the ape and the donkey: Cursory observations on the misinterpretaion and misrepresentation of environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the chronicles of Fuel Retailers. The South African Journal of Environmental Law and Law Policy.
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3425
The lion, the ape and the donkey: Cursory observations on the misinterpretaion and misrepresentation of environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the chronicles of Fuel Retailers
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Rautenbach, Christa
2009-08-20T13:24:49Z
2009-08-20T13:24:49Z
2008
Rautenbach, C. 2008. Comments on the constitutional protection of religion in Swaziland. African human rights law journal, 8(2):432-457. [https://journals.co.za/content/ju_ahrlj/8/2/EJC52117]
1609-073X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2154
https://journals.co.za/content/ju_ahrlj/8/2/EJC52117
Comparable to the South African legal system, the Swazi legal system has the characteristics of a dual legal system. Though the common law of Swaziland is Roman-Dutch law, Swazi customary law has a firm hold in the Swazi legal system. With a population in the region of 1,2 million, made up of different religious denominations, religion in Swaziland is an important matter. Although Christianity is the majority religion in Swaziland, there has generally been freedom of religion from an early stage. This was recently confirmed in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 1 of 2005, which came into operation on 8 February 2006. The focus of this presentation is on the fairly new constitutional provisions dealing with freedom of religion in Swaziland. The first part of this contribution consists of a general discussion dealing with the commonalities of and interaction between the South African and Swazi legal systems, as well as certain key elements in the making of the Swazi Constitution. The second part deals with specific constitutional provisions pertaining to religion in general and freedom of religion in particular. The contribution concludes with a few comments on the role the South African constitutional jurisprudence has to play in future Swazi constitutional adjudication.
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Comments on the constitutional protection of religion in Swaziland
Article
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Schutte, P.J.W.
2009-06-08T07:12:14Z
2009-06-08T07:12:14Z
2008
Schutte, P.J.W. 2008. Behoort die saaklike ooreenkoms aan vormvereistes onderwerp te word? Potchefstroom elektroniese regstydskrif = Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 11(3):138-169.[http://www.puk.ac.za/opencms/export/PUK/html/fakulteite/regte/per/issuesnew.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1916
Behoort die saaklike ooreenkoms aan vormvereistes onderwerp te word?
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/27632020-11-19T10:35:27Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Kotzé, Louis J.
2010-01-22T08:18:05Z
2010-01-22T08:18:05Z
2008
Kotzé, L.J. 2008. Integrating fragmented pollution regulation regimes in Europe: an appraisal of the integrated pollution prevention and control directive (Part 2). De Jure, 41(1):36-58. [http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=5466]
1466-3597
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Die Suid-Afrikaanse omgewingsbeheerregime is gefragmenteer. Hierdie fragmentasie
manifesteer vera! by die plaaslike besoedelingsregulasieregime. Die
huidige regime bestaan uit verskeie owerhede, prosesse, meganismes en wetgewing
wat 'n tydsame, duur en onvolhoubare omgewingsreguleringsproses tot
gevolg het. Die Europese Kommissie het in 1 996 die GeYntegreerde Besoedelingsvoorkoming
-en kontroledirektief (die Direktief) geskep om soortgelyke uitdagings
ten opsigte van fragmentasie in die Europese Lidstate aan te spreek.
Die Direktief het spesifiek ten doe! om gefragmenteerde besoedelingregulasieregimes
te hervorm en daarmee 'n meer geYntegreerde en volhoubare benadering
tot besoedelingregulasie te bewerkstellig. Hierdie artikel ondersoek die
bepalings van die Direktief, met die spesifieke oogmerk om beste praktyke vas
te stel wat in Suid-Afrika aangewend kan word om fragmentasie aan te spreek.
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Integrating fragmented pollution regulation regimes in Europe: an appraisal of the integrated pollution prevention and control directive (Part 2)
Article
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De Wet, Erika
Du Plessis, Alida Anél
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2010
De Wet, E. & Du Plessis, A.A. 2010. The meaning of certain substantive obligations distilled from international human rights instruments for constitutional environmental rights in South Africa. African human rights law journal, 10(2):345-376 [http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/publications/ahrlj.html] [http://www.chr.up.ac.za/images/files/publications/ahrlj/ahrlj_vol10_no2_2010.pdf]
1609-073X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6026
The meaning of certain substantive obligations distilled from international human rights instruments for constitutional environmental rights in South Africa
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/193022018-03-19T06:55:13Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Tshehla, Boyane John
2016-11-03T11:36:41Z
2016-11-03T11:36:41Z
2015
Tshehla, B.J. 2015. Remitting of a case to the trial court and the duty to the steps to obtain evidence to determine the existence of substantial and compelling circumstances. Obiter, 36(3):815–821. [ http://reference.sabinet.co.za/]
1682–5853
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19302
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC184711
It has been a while since the minimum-sentencing legislation introduced a new approach to sentencing in the South African courts. After the initial resistance and considerable diversity in the different courts' approach to the legislation, it can now been said that the courts have given adequate clarity to the sentencing regime and how it should be approached. In S v Malgas (2001 (2) SA 1222 (SCA)), the court outlined the principles and the procedure that are appropriate in dealing with this sentencing regime. In S v Dodo (2001 (3) SA 382 (CC)), the Constitutional Court solidified the approach adopted in Malgas and, since then, there appears to be clarity regarding the sentencing approach. In sum, the courts are obliged to impose the specified minimum sentences unless there are substantial and compelling circumstances. In the absence of such substantial and compelling circumstances, the court has no option but to impose the prescribed minimum sentence.
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Remitting of a case to the trial court and the duty to the steps to obtain evidence to determine the existence of substantial and compelling circumstances
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/22012018-04-12T06:58:31Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Venter, Francois
2009-09-01T07:18:28Z
2009-09-01T07:18:28Z
2008
Venter, F. 2008. Globalization of constitutional law through comparative constitution-making. Verfassung und Recht in Ubersee: Law and politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 41(1):16-31. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43239422?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]
0506-7286
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2201
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en
Globalization of constitutional law through comparative constitution-making.
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/28022018-04-13T10:27:56Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
De Wet, Erika
2010-02-03T06:32:06Z
2010-02-03T06:32:06Z
2008
De Wet, E. 2008. The governance of Kosovo: Security Council resolution 1244 and the establishment and functioning of Eulex. American journal of international law, 103(1):83-96. [http://www.asil.org/ajil.cfm]
0002-9300
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2802
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20456723
On February 4,2008, shortly before Kosovo's controversial unilateral secession from Serbia on February 17 of that year, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted a Joint Action creating the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo/EULEX (hereinafter EULEX), the largest and most important mission thus far undertaken within the common European foreign and defense policy. Although EULEX is first and foremost a European undertaking, it is also strongly backed by the United States, which agreed to shoulder 25 percent of the operating costs while the remaining costs would be shared by European and other states. In October 2008, the U.S. Department of State further agreed to provide EULEX with eighty police officers and up to eight judges and prosecutors.
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The governance of Kosovo: Security Council resolution 1244 and the establishment and functioning of Eulex
Article
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Steyn, Nicolene Renske
2023-06-09T11:45:32Z
2023-06-09T11:45:32Z
2022
Steyn, N.R. 2022. Legislative responses to the challenge of insufficient data on water service delivery in South African cities. Urban Forum, 33:349-366. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09456-2]
1015-3802
1874-6330 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/41707
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09456-2
This article investigates the existing legal responses to the challenge of insufficient
data on water service delivery in cities. The article finds that no explicit duty exists
for cities to collect the data or information that they are regularly required to pro-
vide. While such a duty may be implied from Sect. 69 of the Water Services Act
108 of 1997, there is no clear indication of what information cities would need to
provide. Furthermore, an extensive analysis of the current national systems of infor-
mation operated by the Department of Water and Sanitation reveals that there are
numerous and significant issues on these databases, especially concerning the qual-
ity, integrity, and timeliness of the data. Finally, the article proposes that due to the
unique position of cities concerning the provision of water services, and the need for
complete and reliable data, the law should emphasise cities’ role in the collection of
data.
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Legal responses
Data
Cities
South-Africa
Water service delivery
Water service delivery
Legislative responses to the challenge of insufficient data on water service delivery in South African cities
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34342018-04-12T08:58:50Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Scholtz, Werner
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2008
Scholtz, W. 2008. Different countries, one environment: A critical Southern discourse on the common but differentiated responsibilities principle. South African Yearbook of International Law, 33:113-136 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sayil.html]
0379-8895
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3434
http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sayil.html
To argue in this way is to ignore the world we live in. We do all live in one planet, and all are interconnected; all nations are in legal terms equal sovereign members of the UN with the same rights and duties. But this statement of mixed fact and legal theory combines to hide a vicious reality. The world's unity, and the sovereign equality of nations, is mocked and nullified by the economic inequalities which exist between the so-called equal nations of the world, and in particular between the economic North and South of the world.
Clearly, the parity of the developing countries with the developed ones is not compatible with the existing stocks of natural resources. For the survival of mankind the poor developing countries should remain in a state of underdevelopment because if the evils of industrialization were to reach them, life on the planet would be in jeopardy
Different countries, one environment: A critical Southern discourse on the common but differentiated responsibilities principle
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/211222017-04-06T12:19:36Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Willemien
2017-04-06T06:37:04Z
2017-04-06T06:37:04Z
2015
Du Plessis, W. 2015. Energy efficiency and the law: a multidisciplinary approach. South African journal of science, 111(1/2):1–8. [http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2015/20130302]
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1996–7489 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/21122
http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2015/20130302
South Africa is an energy-intensive country. The inefficient use of, mostly, coal-generated energy is the cause of South Africa’s per capita contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and environmental degradation and negative health impacts. The inefficient use of the country’s energy also amounts to the injudicious use of natural resources. Improvements in energy efficiency are an important strategy to stabilise the country’s energy crisis. Government responded to this challenge by introducing measures such as policies and legislation to change energy consumption patterns by, amongst others, incentivising the transition to improved energy efficiencies. A central tenet underpinning this review is that the law and energy nexus requires a multidisciplinary approach as well as a multi-pronged adoption of diverse policy instruments to effectively transform the country’s energy use patterns. Numerous, innovative instruments are introduced by relevant legislation to encourage the transformation of energy generation and consumption patterns of South Africans. One such innovative instrument is the ISO 50001 energy management standard. It is a voluntary instrument, to plan for, measure and verify energy-efficiency improvements. These improvements may also trigger tax concessions. In this paper, the nature and extent of the various policy instruments and legislation that relate to energy efficiency are explored, while the interactions between the law and the voluntary ISO 50001 standard and between the law and the other academic disciplines are highlighted. The introduction of energy-efficiency measures into law requires a multidisciplinary approach, as lawyers may be challenged to address the scientific and technical elements that characterise these legal measures and instruments. Inputs by several other disciplines such as engineering, mathematics or statistics, accounting, environmental management and auditing may be needed. Law is often described as the catalyst for change, building bridges between different academic disciplines, and driving behavioural changes that are not only enforced by government, but that are also voluntarily adopted by the users themselves.
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Energy efficiency
energy law
voluntary mechanisms
ISO 50001
energy tax
Energy efficiency and the law: a multidisciplinary approach
Article
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Feldhaus, C.
Van den Heever, C.
2016-01-27T13:55:25Z
2016-01-27T13:55:25Z
2013
Feldhaus, C. & Van Den Heever, C. 2013. The sexual orientation of a parent as a factor when considering care. PER/PELJ: Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad / Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 16(3):292-334. [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/home-1]
1727-3781 (Online)
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The sexual orientation of a parent as a factor when considering care
Article
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Tshehla, Boyane John
2016-11-03T11:54:33Z
2016-11-03T11:54:33Z
2015
Tshehla, B.J. 2015. The Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007: A Perspective on some of the Statute's Strengths and Weaknesses. Indilinga: African Journal Of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 140(1):42–51. [ http://www.ajol.info/]
1683–0296
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19303
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/indilinga/article/view/124862
The Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007 was enacted to regulate the traditional health sector in South Africa. With effect from 1 May 2014, a cluster of the Act’s sections became effective by promulgation in the Government Gazette. This development made the majority of the sections of this statute binding after the last proclamation in 2008. The current article discusses the key provisions of the Act and the implications it has for the traditional health sector. After presenting these key provisions and highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, the article relates them to other legislative measures in the form of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 28 of 2013 and the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill (B 6-2014). It then argues that the legislative measures introduced thus far fall short of providing a framework necessary for the protection of the traditional health practice. Thereafter, the article discusses the bias of the Act, evident in the more concern shown about the protection of the public against the practices of traditional health practitioners and less concern about the protection of the traditional health practitioners against the hegemony of Western health practitioners and low respect that the former have been accorded. The main argument is that there could have been more balance in the legislative measures effected to bring about justice in the health care system of South Africa.
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Traditional healing
Health
Medicine
Intellectual property
Legislation
Traditional healing, health, medicine, intellectual property, legislation, South Africa
The Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007: A Perspective on some of the Statute's Strengths and Weaknesses
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/166282018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Pienaar, Juanita
Du Plessis, Willemien
Olivier, Nic
2016-03-10T13:11:30Z
2016-03-10T13:11:30Z
2014
Pienaar, J. et al. 2013. Land matters and rural development: 2014 (2). Southern African public law (SAPL), 29(2): 573-607. [http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=21413]
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Land matters and rural development: 2014 (2)
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Leah, Alex Ndimurwimo
Mbao, Melvin Leslie
2016-11-03T10:15:47Z
2016-11-03T10:15:47Z
2015
Leah, A.N. & Mbao, M.L. 2015. Rethinking violence, reconciliation and reconstruction in Burundi. Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad/potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 18(4):848-900. [http://journals.assaf.org.za]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19297
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i4.04
Armed violence and genocide are among the on-going problems that are still facing contemporary Africa and the world. In the aftermath of the outrages, devastation and appalling carnage of the Second World War, member states of the United Nations (UN) undertook radical steps, inter alia, "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights". Subsequently, the International Bill of Human Rights was proclaimed in order to lay down international human rights norms and standards of conduct and to prevent the recurrence of mass killings. Although Burundi is a State Party to the UN and African Union and is a signatory to a number of international and regional human rights treaties, the post-colonial history of Burundi is an epic tale of indescribable human suffering and misery as a result of systematic mass killings. At least every family or household in Burundi has been negatively affected by the mass killings of the 1960s, 1972, 1988 and 1990s, which have created a significant number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).This article traces the root causes of Burundi's systemic armed violence and argues that despite several UN Security Council Resolutions and peace agreements aimed at national reconciliation and reconstruction, mass killings and other heinous crimes remain unaddressed. The article recommends that a comprehensive transitional justice model is required in post-conflict Burundi in order to bring about national reconciliation, healing and reconstruction.
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Armed violence
Human rights violations
Reconciliation and reconstruction
Post-conflict Burundi
Rethinking violence, reconciliation and reconstruction in Burundi
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/21792018-04-13T09:09:09Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Horsten, Debra Anne
Stander, L.
2009-08-28T07:51:39Z
2009-08-28T07:51:39Z
2008
Horsten, D.A. & Stander, L. 2008. Die reg van die onderhoudsbehoeftige kind kragtens artikel 29 van die grondwet teenoor die reg van skuldeisers van die insolvente bedoel van die ouer. Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse reg = Journal of South African law, 2(2):203-221 [http://www.jutalaw.co.za/catalogue/itemdisplay.jsp?item_id=3595&nav_id=2009&tier_id=3723&qsHasChildren=true]
0257-7747
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2179
Die reg van die onderhoudsbehoeftige kind kragtens artikel 29 van die grondwer teenoor die reg van skuldeisers van die insolvente bedoel van die ouer.
Article
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Marumoagae, Motseotsile Clement
2016-11-03T09:51:31Z
2016-11-03T09:51:31Z
2015
Marumoagae, M.C. 2015. Factors justifying forfeiture or patrimonial benefits orders: Molapo vs Molapo. Obiter, 36(1):232–242. [ http://reference.sabinet.co.za/]
1682–5853
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19296
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC171299
Marriage in community of property carries major implications for ownership of the parties' assets, liability for their debts as well as their capacity to enter into legal transactions (Tomlin v London and Lancashire Insurance Co Ltd 1962 (2) SA 30 (D) 33C-D; and W v W 2011 (1) SA 545 (GNP) par 17). To some extent, the same may be true for marriages out of community of property with the application of the accrual system, more particularly at the dissolution of such a marriage. Community of property entails the pooling of all assets and liabilities of the spouses immediately on marriage, automatically and by operation of law (Heaton South African Family Law 3ed (2010) 67). The same regime applies to assets and liabilities which either spouse acquires or incurs after entering into the marriage. The joint estate created by marriage in community of property is held by the spouses in co-ownership, in equal and undivided shares (Van Heerden, Cockrell, Keightley, Clark, Sinclair and Mosikatsana Boberg's Law of Persons and the Family 2ed (1999)185). The natural consequence of holding the parties to their marriage agreement is that on divorce the joint estate will be divided equally between them unless a forfeiture of patrimonial benefits order is made (DT v DA Case no (15402/2010) ZAGPJHC/2013 Unreported case par 18). Where it has been established, forfeiture of patrimonial benefits is a financial patrimonial consequence of marriages in community of property and marriages out of community of property were the accrual system is applicable.
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Factors justifying forfeiture or patrimonial benefits orders: Molapo vs Molapo
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/79572018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Dupper, Ockert
Govindjee, Avinash
Olivier, Marius Paul
2013-01-25T12:14:09Z
2013-01-25T12:14:09Z
2011
Govindjee, A. et al. 2011. Activation in the context of the unemployment insurance system in South Africa. Stellenbosch law review/Stellenbosch regstydskrif, 22(1):205-227. [http://www.jutalaw.co.za/products/8245-stellenbosch-law-review-2000-to-date-online]
1016-4359
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7957
The main aim of labour market activation policies is to bring jobless people from unemployment or inactivity into work or, at the very least, to influence the employment prospects of the unemployed positively. Activation schemes typically make benefit receipt conditional upon job search activities, acceptance of available job offers and participation in training activities. This article addresses the appropriate role of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) in the establishment of activation in South Africa. It focuses on a number of principled and practical considerations and constraints that challenge the use of activation mechanisms, such as the fragmentation of the existing legal and institutional frameworks, the lack of available employment opportunities and human rights considerations. It is argued that the limited and short-term impact of the UIF, its strong labour-market orientation and its inability to appropriately contribute to preventing and combating unemployment or to reintegrate the unemployed into the labour market all point to the urgent need to reform the UIF. The gaps in the current unemployment insurance system are highlighted, as is the need to enhance the relationship between the unemployment insurance system and (appropriate) activation measures. The role of existing social security and employment creation initiatives in this dynamic is also considered. In particular, the absence of a link between those excluded from the UIF and the activation mechanisms introduced by the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 is underscored. Proposals contained in the Employment Services Bill are also evaluated. It is suggested that an expanded form of employment services provision, incorporating a network of labour centres, ought to receive prioritisation in the South African context. This must be coupled with a move to consolidate the various available governmental databases in terms of which unemployed persons may register as job-seekers. The creation of an enabling framework to achieve such goals would require a variety of legislative changes, some of which are discussed in the article.
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Activation in the context of the unemployment insurance system in South Africa
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/177242016-06-10T11:37:56Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Smit, Nicola
2016-06-10T11:35:11Z
2016-06-10T11:35:11Z
2013
Smit, N. 2013. The contribution of labour law and non–discrimination law to empowerment and social justice in an unequal society: a South African perspective. International journal of comparative labour law and industrial relations, 29(4):375-390. [http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?pubcode=IJCL]
0952-617X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/17724
http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=IJCL2013024
The tragic events at the Marikana mine ( North-West Province, South Africa) in 2012 again underlined the vast inequalities that persist in South African society. Significant income differentials and disparities in quality of life remain pervasive in society, regardless of the fact that the statutory framework addresses unfair discrimination during recruitment, employment and termination. The South African regulatory framework extends beyond the workplace as a result of the Constitution that includes a Bill of Rights, along with generally applicable equality provisions, skills developments legislation, black economic empowerment legislation and sector-specific codes of conduct and charters. Regardless of this vast regulatory system, the achievement of equality or, arguably, a socially just society remains an elusive ideal for many South Africans. This contribution provides a brief overview of the statutory framework for promoting equality and preventing and eliminating unfair discrimination in South African workplaces. The contribution will highlight certain challenges that remain in the area of labour equality laws with regard to conceptual and application issues, and will argue that labour law in itself cannot address the problems facing a highly unequal society such as South Africa. However, where there are other non-discrimination laws and empowering statutes in place, greater emphasis must be placed on the coordination and integration of all relevant statutory instruments and on cultivating fundamental values and rights across the wide spectrum of society
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Equality
social justice
affirmative action
employment equity
inherent requirements
unfair discrimination
The contribution of labour law and non–discrimination law to empowerment and social justice in an unequal society: a South African perspective
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60302016-04-28T09:33:49Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Scholtz, Werner
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2010
Scholtz, W. 2010. The promotion of regional environmental security and Africa's common position on climate change. African human rights law journal, 10(1):1-25 [http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/publications/ahrlj.html] [http://www.chr.up.ac.za/images/files/publications/ahrlj/ahrlj_vol10_no1_2010.pdf]
1609-073X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6030
The promotion of regional environmental security and Africa s common position on climate change
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/267552018-04-17T13:02:12Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_19803
Rautenbach, C
2018-04-17T12:26:55Z
2018-04-17T12:26:55Z
2017-10-26
Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektoniese regsblad (PER), 20: [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/26755
In the past, customary law has been applied rather haphazardly in the courts. Its inherent adaptive flexibility and indeterminate nature created confusion in a court system ill-equipped to deal with litigation dealing with customary law issues. Understandably, customary law was treated in the same way as a common-law custom, which also originates in a community's acceptance of certain standards of behaviour. This meant that anyone averring a rule of customary law had to prove it, except where the rule was contained in a statute or precedent. The courts were not keen to engage in law-making and where the ascertainment of customary law proved to be difficult, they would merely apply the common law. In 1998, the Law of Evidence Amendment Act 45 of 1988, which allows the judiciary to take judicial notice of readily accessible customary law, made fundamental changes to this situation. The Act is still in operation, although it must now be interpreted in the light of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution). No direction on how this must be done can be found in the wording of the constitutional provisions dealing with the customary law. Besides instructing the courts to apply customary law when "applicable, subject to the Constitution and any legislation that specifically deals with customary law", the Constitution is silent on the way forward. Given the fact that most of the judiciary does not have any knowledge of the content of living customary law and the fact that there are fundamental differences between the evidentiary rules applied in the common and customary laws of South Africa, a few problems are bound to surface when litigating issues involving the customary law. They include: the status of customary law in the South African legal system; the applicability of customary law; and especially the determination of living customary law. The aim of this analysis is to determine if the existing evidentiary rules are appropriate to deal with these challenges in litigating matters involving customary law in the ordinary courts.
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Customary law
living customary law
judicial notice
ascertainment of customary law
sources of customary law
status of customary law
choice of laws
Oral Law in Litigation in South Africa: An Evidential Nightmare?
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/102342018-05-16T06:45:02Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_10229
Fuo, Oliver Njuh
2014-03-12T13:21:21Z
2014-03-12T13:21:21Z
2013
Fuo, O.N. 2013. A critical investigation of the relevance and potential of IDPs as a local governance instrument for pursuing social justice in South Africa. Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad (PER), 16(5):221-286 [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10234
http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html
Unlike the situation in the past, when local government’s role was limited to service delivery, local government is now constitutionally mandated to play an expanded developmental role. As a “co-responsible” sphere of government, local government is obliged to contribute towards realising the transformative constitutional mandate aimed at social justice. South African scholars and jurists share the view that social justice is primarily concerned with the eradication of poverty and extreme inequalities in access to basic services, and aims to ensure that poor people command sufficient material resources to facilitate their equal participation in socio-political life. In order to enable municipalities to fulfil their broad constitutional mandate, the system of integrated development planning (IDPs) came into effect in South Africa in 2000. Each municipality is obliged to design, adopt and implement an integrated development plan in order to achieve its expanded constitutional mandate. The IDP is considered to be the chief legally prescribed governance instrument for South African municipalities.
The purpose of this article is to explore and critically investigate the relevance and potential of IDPs in contributing towards the achievement of social justice in South Africa. This article argues inter alia that the multitude of sectors that converge in an IDP makes it directly relevant and gives it enormous potential to contribute towards social justice because, depending on the context, municipalities could include and
implement strategies that specifically respond to diverse areas of human need. In
this regard, the legal and policy frameworks for IDPs provide a structured scheme
that could be used by municipalities to prioritise and meet the basic needs of
especially the poor. Despite its potential, it is argued that the ability of IDPs to
respond to the basic needs of the poor is largely constrained by a series of
implementation challenges partly attributed to the underlying legal and policy
framework.
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Transformative constitutionalism
Social justice
Local government
IDPs
A critical investigation of the relevance and potential of IDPs as a local governance instrument for pursuing social justice in South Africa
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/151472019-06-24T08:54:09Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Toit, Pieter
2015-11-19T07:22:20Z
2015-11-19T07:22:20Z
2013
Du Toit, P. 2013. The role of remorse in sentencing. Obiter, 34(3):558-564. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/document/EJC148916]
1682-5853
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15147
It has become an established feature of the South African sentencing practice to consider the level of remorse displayed by the accused (S v M (Centre for Child Law as Amicus Curiae) 2007 (2) SACR 539 (CC) par [115]). Genuine contrition or remorse is generally regarded as a mitigating factor whilst the absence thereof is considered to be an aggravating factor. Our courts link the presence of remorse with the prospect of the rehabilitation of the offender(Terblanche "Sentencing" 2010 Annual Survey of South African Law 1279 1287-1288; S v Ntuli 1978 (1) SA 523 (A) 528B-C; S v PN 2010 (2) SACR 187 (ECG); S v De Klerk 2010 (2) SACR 40 (KZP) par [28]; S v Langa 2010 (2) SACR 289 (KZP) par [36]; S v Onose 2012 JDR 1074 (ECG) par [9]; and S v Keyser 2012 (2) SACR 437 (SCA) par [29]). In S v Seegers (1970 (2) SA 506 (A) 512G-H) Rumpff JA held that remorse, as an indication that the offence will not be committed again, is an important consideration, in suitable cases, when the deterrent effect of a sentence on the accused is considered. This note considers the meaning of "remorse" in the eyes of our courts, the approach of South African courts (in particular the Supreme Court of Appeal) to the role of remorse in sentencing, as well as the question whether the presence or absence of remorse can truly be determined by a court.
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The role of remorse in sentencing
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/85862018-05-16T06:45:02Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Olivier, Marius Paul
2013-06-10T06:32:19Z
2013-06-10T06:32:19Z
2011
Olivier, M.P. 2011. Informality, employment contracts, and social insurance coverage: rights-based perspectives in a developing world context. International journal of comparative labour law and industrial relations, 27(4):419-433. [http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?ProdID=SS0952617X&name=International-Journal-of-Comparative-Labour-Law]
0952-617X
0952-617X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8586
This contribution critically reflects on rights-based perspectives in relation to the extension of social security, in particular social insurance coverage to those who work informally, with a focus on the developing world. It is argued that the traditional social security concept is insufficient in this regard, mainly as a result of its particular focus on formal employment-based social insurance, its emphasis on state-regulated and formal forms of social security, and a narrowly focused risk/benefit approach, which does not reflect the true needs and situation of those who work informally. Domestic (social security) legal systems, as is the case with international standards embedded in most of the International Labour Organization (ILO) instruments, have a primary focus on those in the formal economy, who work within the framework of an identifiable employment relationship. In addition, there appears to be little scope to apply employment contracts outside the framework of the traditional employment relationship to support coverage extension of social insurance arrangements. Alternative approaches to and opportunities for coverage extension are suggested. These include: adopting innovative conceptual approaches to extend coverage beyond those who work in terms of a contract of employment; using contractual tracking approaches and deeming measures; and deliberately widening the base of social insurance coverage through targeted accommodation of informal workers. Finally, it is argued that there is need for a strengthened rights-based framework, supported and informed by suitable international standards, regional norms, and constitutional prescriptions, to ensure that social security, in particular social insurance coverage, is extended to informal workers.
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Informal economy and social security
Informal sector and social security
Extension of social security
Social security international standards
Social security for informal workers
Informality, employment contracts, and social insurance coverage: rights-based perspectives in a developing world context
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/79592018-05-16T06:45:02Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Robinson, Jacobus Abraham
Weideman, Jeanette
2013-01-28T06:38:01Z
2013-01-28T06:38:01Z
2011
Weideman, J. & Robinson, J.A. 2011. The interpretation and application of article 13(b) of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Stellenbosch law review/Stellenbosch regstydskrif, 22(1):71-93. [http://www.jutalaw.co.za/products/8245-stellenbosch-law-review-2000-to-date-online]
1016-4359
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7959
This article examines how courts in the UK, the USA and South Africa apply and interpret article 13(b) of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Courts in the UK have always adopted a very narrow interpretation and application of this defence. Even domestic violence victims who flee with their children to escape domestic violence have had difficulty invoking this defence successfully. This very narrow interpretation is due to the fact that English courts are primarily concerned with protecting and adhering to the principles of the Convention and they usually only consider the best interests of children in general. Additionally, English courts assume that imposing undertakings will sufficiently protect children from exposure to grave risk of harm. In the USA courts have moved away from the very strict application of this defence and have very fittingly applied and interpreted this defence much more widely, because courts consider the safety of the individual child to be paramount. This new direction seems to be in accordance with the modern challenges of increased domestic abuse that are faced worldwide. It seems that South African courts are similarly following a wider approach to the defence due to the fact that the best interests of a child will be of paramount importance. This approach is firmly entrenched in the South African Constitution, the Children's Act as well as the Convention. It is submitted that courts hearing a matter under the Convention should give consideration to the circumstances of each case concerning each individual child and a mechanical approach towards parental child abduction matters should be avoided, especially in instances where domestic violence is raised as the basis of the article 13(b) defence. Additionally, in certain circumstances undertakings will not sufficiently protect victims of domestic violence against harm and article 13(b) as defence should succeed in those instances.
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The interpretation and application of article 13(b) of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/151482019-06-24T08:53:19Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Fuo, Oliver Njuh
2015-11-19T07:31:35Z
2015-11-19T07:31:35Z
2013
Fuo, O.N. 2013. The transformative potential of the constitutional environmental right overlooked in Grootboom. Obiter, 34(1):77-95. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/document/EJC137228]
1682-5853
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15148
http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/document/EJC137228
It is axiomatic that Grootboom (Government of the Republic of South Africa v Grootboom 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC) hereinafter "Grootboom") remains the hallmark of the Constitutional Court’s success in terms of its transformative socio-economic rights jurisprudence. In this regard, De Vos has argued that lawyers and legal academics who wish to pursue the transformative possibilities of the Bill of Rights may find much to assist them in the Grootboom case. One of the reasons for De Vos’s recommendation is that the Court acknowledged the transformative nature of the Constitution in this Case and strongly asserted the interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of the rights in the Bill of Rights in achieving the transformative objectives of the Constitution. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the court's transformative jurisprudence in Grootboom and to argue that, although the court strongly asserted the interrelated and interdependent nature of the variety of rights in Bill of Rights in fostering the transformative vision of the Constitution, it failed to highlight the centrality of the section 24 environmental right in fostering that vision. This article argues that the realization of elements of the section 24 environmental right are indispensible to the realization of rights that are generally perceived as having transformative potentials - rights entrenched in sections 26(1) and 27(1) of the Constitution. Drawing from a variety of sources, this article demonstrates the intersection between these rights and argues that the fulfilment of the section 24 environmental right can also contribute to the transformative vision of the Constitution.
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The transformative potential of the constitutional environmental right overlooked in Grootboom
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/192992018-03-19T06:55:13Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Chitimira, Howard
2016-11-03T10:47:34Z
2016-11-03T10:47:34Z
2015
Chitimira, H. 2015. The regulation of insider trading in australia: a historical and comparative analysis. Speculum Juris, 29(0–6986–215–4):86–107. [http://www.scielo.org.za/ ]
0584–8652
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19299
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/PELJ.V18I2.03
Notably, in Australia, market abuse practices like market manipulation and other market misconduct practices are expressly prohibited under the Corporations Act as amended by the Financial Services Reform Act. In the light of this, and for the purposes of this article, a brief historical analysis of the market manipulation prohibition will be presented first. Secondly, the available penalties and remedies for market manipulation are discussed. Thereafter, possible recommendations and significant Australian anti-market abuse enforcement approaches that may be utilised in South Africa are briefly stated. Lastly, concluding remarks are provided.
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Enforcement
Market abuse
Regulation
Financial markets
Market manipulation
The regulation of insider trading in australia: a historical and comparative analysis
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34262018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Horsten, Debra Anne
Stewart, Linda
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2009
HORSTEN, D.A., & STEWART, L. 2009. The role of sustainability in the adjudication of the right to access to adequate water. SA Publiekreg = SA Public Law , 24(2):486-505 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sapr.html]
0258-6568
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3426
South Africa is a water-stressed country where scarce water resources are unequally available to South Africans. It seems inevitable that climate change will in future severely affect the availability of water resources and the ecological and socio-economic aspects of water uses in the country. It is especially the poor, indigent and marginalized sectors of the population that have inadequate access to water and it is these people who would also be most severely affected by the impact of climate change on water resources. While South African constitutional and statutory provisions guarantee everyone access to sufficient water, an environmental right and other laws simultaneously aim to protect water resources. There is accordingly a very real possibility for sustainability conflicts to arise where difficult decisions have to be made with respect to providing people access to sufficient water on the one hand and protecting water resources for the benefit of present and future generations on the other. The latter conflict was recently illustrated in the Constitutional Court judgment of Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg 2009 JDR 1030 (CC). For the first time, South Africa's highest Court was required to provide content to the constitutionally entrenched right of access to sufficient water. Against a general discussion of the state of water resources in South Africa, the predicted impact of climate change on these resources and the prevailing socio-economic conditions in the country, this article analyses the Court's decision in Mazibuko and argues that its restrictive interpretation of the right to access to water could be considered ecologically responsible and conducive to achieving inter-generational equity
The role of sustainability in the adjudication of the right to access to adequate water
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/166182019-06-24T08:54:12Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Van Der Schyff, Elmarie
2016-03-10T09:26:09Z
2016-03-10T09:26:09Z
2013
Van Der Schyff, E. 2013. Stewardship doctrines of public trust: has the eagle of public trust landed on South African soil? South African law journal, 130(Part 2):369-389. [https://jutalaw.co.za/products/3601-south-african-law-journal]
0038-2388
1996-2177 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/16618
The idea of a doctrine of public trust is a controversial one in South African law. Despite
the fact that international commentators argue that a constitutional and statutory
foundation has been laid for a doctrine of public trust to operate in South African law, very
little has been written in South African literature on what the subject might entail. The
reality is, however, that the philosophical notion that governments exercise a fiduciary
trust on behalf of their people, and that ‘certain interests are so particularly the gifts of
nature’s bounty that they ought to be reserved for the whole of the populace’ has been
incorporated in different pieces of environmental and natural resources-related legislation.
This notion, as embodied in s 24 of the Constitution and subsequent statutes dealing
with natural resources, establishes a stewardship ethic of public trusteeship and state
custodianship in South African natural resources law. An analysis of the relevant natural
resources legislation leads to the conclusion that the concept of public trusteeship has, in
limited fields, been incorporated in South African law in unique stewardship doctrines of
public trust. As this stewardship ethic has been created in different statutes, the
consequences brought about by this statutory intervention depend exclusively on the
symbioses between the provisions of each individual statute
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Stewardship doctrines of public trust: has the eagle of public trust landed on South African soil?
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60242018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Van der Schyff, Elmarie
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2010
Van Der Schyff, E. 2010. Unpacking the public trust doctrine: A journey into foreign territory. Potchefstroomse elektroniese Regsblad = Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 13(5):122-159 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_perblad.html] [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6024
Unpacking the public trust doctrine: A journey into foreign territory
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34292018-04-13T08:08:24Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Venter, Francois
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2008
Venter, F. 2008. Arms deals, bribery and political interference: How (im)potent the (rule of ) law? South African law journal, 125(4):633-643. [https://journals.co.za/content/ju_salj/125/4/EJC53851]
0258-2503
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3429
https://journals.co.za/content/ju_salj/125/4/EJC53851
What can be done in law when a government prevents one of its own law-enforcement agencies from pursuing an investigation into alleged corruption and bribery? This question was raised in the judgment of April 2008 by the Administrative Court of the Queen's Bench Division in R (Corner House Research & another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWHC 714 (Admin) (the BAE case) per Moses LJ with Sullivan J. The implications of the judgment are also highly topical in the context of contemporary South African politics and law. (The judgment incidentally also demonstrates the increasing permeability of the boundaries between various disciplines of the law, as the arguments range seamlessly through administrative law, public international law, criminal law and constitutional law.)
Arms deals, bribery and political interference: How (im)potent the (rule of ) law?
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/21872018-04-13T09:49:47Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Rautenbach, Christa
2009-08-31T12:44:52Z
2009-08-31T12:44:52Z
2008
Rautenbach, C. 2008. Godsdienstige en kulturele simbole in openbare skole: sigbaarwording en groei van regspluralisme in Suid-Afrika.
Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg = Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law, 71(1):25-37, Feb.[www.lexisnexis.co.za]
1682-4490
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2187
Godsdienstige en kulturele simbole in openbare skole: sigbaarwording en groei van regspluralisme in Suid-Afrika
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34092020-11-19T10:45:11Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
De la Harpe, Stephen
2010-08-04T15:36:50Z
2010-08-04T15:36:50Z
2008
De la Harpe, S. 2008. Green Public Procurement - An Option for South Africa?(2009/122). Speculum Juris, 22(2):53-74,
0698-62154
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3409
Green Public Procurement - An Option for South Africa?(2009/122)
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/28292020-11-19T10:32:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Robinson, J.A.
Bradley, S. Smith
2010-02-11T05:48:34Z
2010-02-11T05:48:34Z
2008
Robinson, J.A. & Bradley, S.S. 2008. The South African Civil Union Act. 2006. progressive legislation with regressive implications? International journal of law, policy, and the family, 22(3):356-392, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebn011]
1360-9939 (Online)
1464-3707
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebn011
A ground-breaking judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court on 1 December 2005 gave parliament 1 year within which to promulgate legislation that facilitated same-sex marriage in South Africa. In response, the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006 came into operation on 30 November 2006. This Act provides for the solemnization and registration of a civil union in the form of either a marriage or a civil partnership. While it can be accepted that the Act allows persons of the same sex to conclude a civil union, the position of heterosexual persons appears to be less certain – a situation which requires urgent attention due to the lack of legal protection currently afforded to cohabitants who have not formalized their relationships. This problem is exacerbated by a number of anomalies created by judicial intervention (prior to the promulgation of the Act), in terms of which certain benefits of civil marriages were extended to same-sex unmarried couples while their heterosexual counterparts were left out in the cold. After elucidating the interpretative difficulties caused by the Act, attempting to shed some light on a number of the anomalies alluded to above and briefly analysing the comparable marriage and marriage-like relationships encountered in Dutch law, this contribution concludes that the Civil Union Act is a badly-drafted piece of legislation that has only served to further fragment an already disjointed legal landscape.
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The South African Civil Union Act 2006: progressive legislation with regressive implications?
Article
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Du Plessis, Wilhelmina
Pienaar, Juanita Magrietha
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2010
Van Plessis, W. & Pienaar, J.M. 2010. The more things change, the more they stay the same: The story of communal land tenure in South Africa. Fundamina: A journal of legal history, 16(1):73-114 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_funda.html]
1021-545X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6031
The more things change, the more they stay the same: The story of communal land tenure in South Africa
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/18852020-11-19T10:43:16Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_1771
Du Plessis, Anél
2009-06-05T11:00:19Z
2009-06-05T11:00:19Z
2008
Du Plessis, A. 2008. Public participation, good environmental governance and fulfilment of environmental rights. Potchefstroom electronic law journal = Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad, 11(2):170-252. [http://www.puk.ac.za/fakulteite/regte/per/editpolicy.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1885
http://www.puk.ac.za/fakulteite/regte/per/editpolicy.html
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 rights. Based on a survey of literature and jurisprudence, the article considers substantive environmental rights as human rights and the notion of public participation generally. It also puts forward some ideas on the relation between public participation and the fulfilment of environmental rights and how this may feed into good environmental governance. The article does not aim to contribute to the discourse on good governance or good environmental governance per se. Instead, it introduces the presumed role of public participation processes in an environmental rights context what may be but a facet of good governance and/or good environmental governance. Where applicable, the South African context is employed to illustrate and reinforce the observations and/or viewpoints maintained.
Public participation, good environmental governance and fulfilment of environmental rights
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Du Plessis, Willemien
Kloppers, Henk
2009-08-25T10:16:34Z
2009-08-25T10:16:34Z
2008
Du Plessis, W. & Kloppers, H. 2008. Corporate social responsibility, legislative reforms and mining in South Africa. Journal of energy & natural resources law, 26(1):91-119. [https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2008.11435179]
0264-6811
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2163
https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2008.11435179
The South African mining industry is currently one of the largest contributing sectors to the country’s economy. In the years preceeding the new constitutional era, the sole aim of the mining sector was the exploitation of South Africa’s rich mineral resources while the majority of South Africans only benefitted indirectly from the infrastructure and economy established by the mining sector. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the mining sector was to a large extent neglected and only received attention after the introduction of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and the promulgation of legislation such as the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002. Although the concept of CSR has been developing since the 1970s, there is still no single universally accepted definition. South African legislation does not place an obligation on companies to fulfil their CSR. However, CSR language is used to bring about measures to achieve some of the CSR objectives. Since the abolition of the apartheid system several pieces of legislation were passed in parliament dealing with skills development and the redress of past discrimination, as well as to ensure that everyone in South Africa has an opportunity to share in the country’s wealth. The purpose of the paper is to indicate how South African legislation indirectly introduced CSR and how this legislation impacts on the mining industry. In this article a brief interpretation of the definition of CSR in the South African context is given, after which legislation that indirectly introduces CSR is discussed. Voluntary mechanisms are then discussed with reference to CSR practice in order to come to a conclusion and to make recommendations.
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Corporate social responsibility, legislative reforms and mining in South Africa.
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/22052018-04-12T07:45:20Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Jansen van Rensburg, Linda
2009-09-01T09:18:32Z
2009-09-01T09:18:32Z
2008
Jansen van Rensburg, L. 2008. The right of access to adequate water [discussion of Mazibuko v The City of Johannesburg Case no 13865/06]. Stellenbosch law review, 19(3):415-435. [https://journals.co.za/content/ju_slr/19/3/EJC54675]
1016-4359
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2205
https://journals.co.za/content/ju_slr/19/3/EJC54675
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 guarantees everyone the right to access to adequate water and places an obligation on the state to take reasonable measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of this right. This discussion focuses on the possible implications of the recent High Court case of Mazibuko v The City of Johannesburg case no 13865/06 for socio-economic jurisprudence in South Africa.
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The right of access to adequate water [discussion of Mazibuko v The City of Johannesburg Case no 13865/06]
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/188872019-06-24T08:55:53Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1870col_10394_1871col_10394_1872
Claasen, Nicole
Covic, Namukolo M.
Idsardi, Ernst F.
Sandham, Luke A.
Gildenhuys, Anél
2016-09-27T12:07:32Z
2016-09-27T12:07:32Z
2015
Claasen, N. et al. 2015. Applying a transdisciplinary mixed methods research design to explore sustainable diets in rural South Africa. International journal of qualitative methods, 14(2):69-91. [https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/index]
1609-4069 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/18887
https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/article/view/23092/18229
https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/article/view/23092
This article describes a conceptual framework for exploring sustainable diets, using a case study example of ongoing research in the Vaalharts region, a rural setting in South Africa. A qualitative research approach is followed with an integrated transdisciplinary mixed methods research design with multiple concurrent components employed during two sequential phases. A successful application of the framework is achieved through a collaborative team effort of researchers with qualitative and quantitative research expertise transcending different disciplines, as well as participation of community members throughout the research process. We demonstrate that transdisciplinary mixed methods research designs are essential to gain a better understanding of the complex concept of sustainable diets
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South Africa
sustainable diets
mixed methods
case study
transdisciplinary research
Applying a transdisciplinary mixed methods research design to explore sustainable diets in rural South Africa
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/22502018-04-10T10:09:33Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Wilhelmina
De la Harpe, Stephanus
2009-09-04T06:51:27Z
2009-09-04T06:51:27Z
2008
Du Plessis, W. & De la Harpe, S. 2008. The duty to disclose and the right to refuse: undefined dilemma of environmental practitioners: South Africa and other jurisdictions. The South African journal of environmental law and law policy, (2)15[http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx?mainid=913]
1023-1765
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2250
en
The duty to disclose and the right to refuse: undefined dilemma of environmental practitioners: South Africa and other jurisdictions
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/138162016-07-20T13:01:47Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Olivier, Marius
2015-05-13T07:30:08Z
2015-05-13T07:30:08Z
2013
Olivier, M. 2013. Social protection in Lesotho: innovations and reform challenges. Development Southern Africa, 30(1):98-110. [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdsa20/current]
0376-835X
1470-3637 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/13816
Given its current socioeconomic conditions and fiscal ability, Lesotho has achieved an impressive record in creating a basic social assistance and social protection system, informed by political commitment and through budget reprioritisation. It has set up and administered near universal schemes operating at scale with fairly low transaction costs, addressing core areas and serving vulnerable constituencies – including the aged, orphaned and vulnerable children and children of school-going age. A contribution-based comprehensive national social security scheme to provide coverage for Lesotho workers and their families is also planned. Nevertheless, the task of providing adequate social protection coverage faces systems and delivery challenges; several human development indicators have worsened, and most of the Millennium Development Goals are far from being achieved. There is scope for creating greater fiscal space by establishing a compulsory national contributory scheme, and donor support in the short to medium term is inevitable
en
Comprehensive social security
fiscal space
social protection in Lesotho
social security reform
social transfers
Social protection in Lesotho: innovations and reform challenges
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60352018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Robinson, Jacobus Abraham
Smith, Bradley
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2010
Robinson, J.A. & Smith, B. 2010. An embarrassment of riches or a profusion of confusion? An evaluation of the continued existence of the civil union act 17 of 2006 in the light of prospective domestic partnerships legislation in South Africa. Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad = Potchefstroom electronic Law Journal, 13(2):29-75 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_perblad.html] [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6035
An embarrassment of riches or a profusion of confusion? An evaluation of the continued existence of the civil union act 17 of 2006 in the light of prospective domestic partnerships legislation in South Africa
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/267502018-04-17T13:02:17Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_19803
Soyapi, W B
2018-04-17T10:45:17Z
2018-04-17T10:45:17Z
2017-01-05
Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektoniese regsblad (PER), 20: [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/26750
The Southern African region's water-related problems are quite diverse. From the struggles of indigenous communities in Botswana to the cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe; from the difficulties of poor communities in accessing basic water services to the disputes between municipal councils and individual well-to-do water users, it is abundantly evident that water security is a goal/vision that needs to be pursued by governments. Yet, much of the holistic scholarly focus on water security within the region has been on transboundary water management, to the exclusion of local/national water constitutional frameworks. Through four cases from Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe the paper addresses selected aspects of the varied water issues, in particular the constitutional right to water and how that impacts on water security within the region. The literature and case law reviewed in the paper indicate that while there are benefits to constitutionalising the right to water as a fundamental right, courts are still able to read the right to water into existing rights, especially the right to life. However, reading in has its own limitations, including that courts sometimes leave hanging/unpronounced government duties/responsibilities where the right to water is not provided for. Accordingly, the paper attempts to show that while the right to water could be read into other existing rights like the right to life, water security could be better achieved through an independent constitutional human right to water, which creates constitutional duties on the state.
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Water security
human right to water
Mazibuko case
Mosetlhanyane case
Nyasulu case
Strümpher case
Mushoriwa case
Water Security and the Right to Water in Southern Africa: An Overview
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/77972018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Van der Walt, Tharien
2012-11-29T06:59:30Z
2012-11-29T06:59:30Z
2011
Van der Walt, T. 2011. The use of force in effecting arrest in South Africa and the 2010 bill: a step in the right direction?Potchefstroom electronic law journal = Potchefstroom elektroniese regstydskrif (PER), 14(1):137-162. [http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1727-3781&lng=en&nrm=iso]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7797
In South Africa the use of force in effecting arrest is statutorily governed by section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977. The inception of the Constitution brought about a dramatic change in South African law in this regard. During 2001 and 2002 the two highest courts in the country had to decide on the constitutionality of sections 49(1) and 49(2) respectively. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Govender v Minister of Safety and Security 2001 2 SACR 197 (SCA) did not declare section 49(1) unconstitutional but found it had to be interpreted restrictively ("read down") to survive constitutional scrutiny. The Constitutional Court on the other hand confirmed the unconstitutionality of section 49(2) in S v Walters 2002 2 SACR 105 (CC) and the section was declared invalid. By then (as early as 1998) the legislature had already promulgated an amendment to section 49, but the amendment came into operation only in 2003 after section 49 had undergone intensive constitutional scrutiny. Legal scholars and others raised serious objections against the amendment - some were even of the opinion that it created a "right to flee" and that the rights of perpetrators were protected to the detriment of law-abiding citizens. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in 2010 drafted an Amendment Bill which was subsequently approved in Parliament. This paper discusses and concludes on: the developments over the last years in the South African law with regard to the use of force in effecting arrest by the South African Police Service (SAPS); international policies and guidelines of the police in this regard; and the application of the provisions of the Amendment Bill in practice and the possible pitfalls in the application of the latter.
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Use of force in effecting arrest
Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act
reasonable, proportional and necessary force
deadly force
national arrest law manual
application of the use of force in practice
The use of force in effecting arrest in South Africa and the 2010 bill: a step in the right direction?
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/78792018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Stander, Anita Leonie
Kruger, D.J.
2013-01-14T08:48:42Z
2013-01-14T08:48:42Z
2010
Kruger, D.J. & Stander, A.L. 2010. Die aard en omvang van die 'alle risiko' -polis in die seeversekeringsreg. SA mercantile law journal, 22(04):484-516. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/ju_samlj]
1015-0099
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7879
It is well known that 'all-risk' policies do not actually cover all perils. The liability of the insurer in such cases is consequently not absolute. Certain 'self-evident' exclusions, in fact, exist in the case of the liability of the insurer in an 'all risk' policy. Despite the fact that the insured procured an 'all-risk' policy, an insurer would not be liable to compensate the insured for damages resulting from all occurrences. It is crucial that the precise content and meaning of terms and especially 'wear and tear', 'leakage', 'breakage', 'inherent vice', 'latent defect' and 'defective packaging' be clear. It appears that the South African law of insurance blindly follows the English law. As a result, the potentially problematic interpretation incidental to English law is incorporated into South African insurance law. An example of this problem situation is the current interpretation of 'inherent vice' and 'defective packaging'. In English law, these terms are interpreted as being the same. It is submitted, however, that the defective packaging of a product should not be construed as an inherent vice of that product. The implication of this submission is not that an insurer should be held liable, but that the combination of these concepts as having the same meaning is not technically correct in law. In similar vein, the South African courts also follow the English courts in their superfluous distinction between 'normal' and 'abnormal' wear and tear, as well as 'normal' and 'abnormal' leakage
other
Die aard en omvang van die 'alle risiko' -polis in die seeversekeringsreg
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34282023-09-27T11:30:45Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60232018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Stewart, Linda
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2012-02-29T09:51:05Z
2010
Stewart, L. 2010. Resource constraints and a child s right to legal representation in civil matters at state expense in South Africa. International journal of children's rights, 19(2):295-320(26) [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/chil;jsessionid=9tan1cbegtbg7.alice]
0927-5568
1571-8182 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6023
Resource constraints and a child s right to legal representation in civil matters at state expense in South Africa
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/267562018-04-17T13:02:20Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_19803
du Plessis, E
2018-04-17T12:29:05Z
2018-04-17T12:29:05Z
2017-10-17
Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektoniese regsblad (PER), 20: [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/26756
In terms of section 30 of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, the court is allowed to "admit any evidence, including oral evidence, which it considers relevant and cogent to the matter being heard by it, whether or not such evidence would be admissible in any other court of law". This means that the normal rules of evidence can be relaxed in the case of restitution claims. This articles analyses the way in which courts have dealt with the section, with a specific focus on oral histories. The paper also makes a few suggestions as to how courts can better grapple with the question in the future, to ensure that a strict adherence to the rules of evidence does not preclude justice in the context of land restitution claims.
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Evidence
restitution of land
oral history
Application of Section 30 of the Restitution of Land Rights Act in the Courts: Some Guidelines
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34112018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Rautenbach, Christa
Cordier, Susanna Isabella Johanna
2010-08-04T15:36:50Z
2010-08-04T15:36:50Z
2009
RAUTENBACH, C., & CORDIER, S.I.J. 2009. Hindoe-eggenote, weet jy wat jou regsposisie in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg is? Obiter, 30(3):585-606 [http://www.nmmu.ac.za/default.asp?id=168&bhcp=1]
1682-5853
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3411
This article investigates the legal position of a Hindu wife married in terms of Hindu rites. In general, her marriage is not recognised as a valid marriage because it does not comply with the requirements set out in the Marriage Act 25 of 1961. Although the Durban and Coast Local Division of the High Court recently held that she is a ''spouse'' in terms of the Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987, her legal position is far from certain. In Singh v Rampersad 2007 3 SA 445 (D) the court held that a monogamous marriage in terms of Hindu rites is not a valid marriage in terms of South African law. The non-recognition of her marriage has certain consequences, especially when a Hindu wife wants to dissolve her ''marriage'' or one of the ''spouses'' dies. In this contribution the differences between a Hindu marriage and a civil marriage are pointed out, including the possible consequences if parties want to conclude a marriage in terms of Hindu rites only
Hindoe-eggenote, weet jy wat jou regsposisie in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg is?
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34312018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Pienaar, Gerrit
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2009
PIENAAR, G. 2009. Die grondwetlikheid van die voorgestelde onteieningsraamwerkd vir Suid-Afrika : aantekeninge. Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg = Journal of South African Law, 22(2):344-352, Aug. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ju_tsar.html]
0257-7747
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3431
Die grondwetlikheid van die voorgestelde onteieningsraamwerkd vir Suid-Afrika : aantekeninge
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/22512020-11-19T10:37:57Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Wilhelmina
Kotzé, Louis
Nel, Johan
Snyman, Esme
2009-09-04T07:04:19Z
2009-09-04T07:04:19Z
2008
Du Plessis, W. et al. 2008. Strategies to integrate environmental policy at the operational level towards an integrated framework for environmental authorisations. The South African journal of environmental law and policy, 15(2), [http://www.research.up.ac.za/2002/home.htm]
1023-1765
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2251
en
Strategies to integrate environmental policy at the operational level towards an integrated framework for environmental authorisations
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34122020-11-19T10:34:48Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Kotzé, Louis
Lubbe, Willem Daniel
2010-08-04T15:36:51Z
2010-08-04T15:36:51Z
2009
KOTZE, L., & LUBBE, W.D. 2009. How (not) to silence a spring: the Sitlfontein Saga in three parts? The South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 16(1):49-77, Jun.
1023-1765
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3412
How (not) to silence a spring: the Sitlfontein Saga in three parts?
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/79582018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Dupper, Ockert
Govindjee, Avinash
Olivier, Marius Paul
2013-01-25T12:23:03Z
2013-01-25T12:23:03Z
2011
Olivier, M.P. et al. 2011. Redesigning the South African unemployment insurance fund: selected key policy and legal perspectives. Stellenbosch law review/Stellenbosch regstydskrif, 22(2):396-425. [http://www.jutalaw.co.za/products/8245-stellenbosch-law-review-2000-to-date-online]
1016-4359
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7958
This contribution examines selected issues from a policy and legal perspective. Against the background of the broader social security reform agenda in South Africa and the vision of a comprehensive social security system, the contribution covers five key areas, namely alignment with international standards; the need to develop synergies with the rest of the social security system and for institutional reform and alignment; addressing certain material deficiencies and inconsistencies in the UIF legislation (with reference to removing the restriction on certain contributors to benefit and redefining the range of dependants); re-aligning the current UIF benefit regime to focus on loss of employment; and improving the UIF benefit regime through the introduction of standardised measures and other reforms (with reference to the indexation of benefits, utilising a minimum wage arrangement as a basis for benefit enhancement, adjusting the contribution rate and developing a streamlined adjudication framework). It is argued that complying with relevant international standards will move South Africa closer to be in a position to ratify these instruments, in particular ILO Convention 102 of 1952 on minimum standards in social security. Ample opportunity exists to introduce streamlined approaches in among others the collection of contributions and shared benefit payment facilities and arrangements, and the harmonisation of benefits. However, particular considerations and substantive constraints define and circumscribe the extent and content of the alignment of the UIF that is currently considered. These relate in particular to the compensation function of the UIF; its role as a labour market instrument; and the need to recognise unemployment insurance as a separate risk category with a ringfenced contribution and benefit regime framework. It should also be considered to separate unemployment insurance benefits in the strict sense of the word (ie benefits accruing to a beneficiary as a result of loss of employment) from unemployment-related benefits such as sickness, maternity and adoption benefits.
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Redesigning the South African unemployment insurance fund: selected key policy and legal perspectives
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/79522018-05-16T06:45:02Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Stewart, Linda
2013-01-25T06:57:19Z
2013-01-25T06:57:19Z
2011
Stewart, L. 2011. The Grootboom judgment, interpretative manoeuvring and depoliticising children's rights. SA publiekreg/SA public law, 26(26):97-114. [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=24152]
0258-6568
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7952
en
The Grootboom judgment, interpretative manoeuvring and depoliticising children's rights
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/22032021-06-07T08:46:33Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1870col_10394_1871
Robinson, J.A.
Van Aardt, W.J.
2009-09-01T08:06:09Z
2009-09-01T08:06:09Z
2009
ROBINSON, J.A. & VAN AARDT, W.J. 2009. The biology of homosexuality and its implications for human rights in South Africa. Journal of contemporary Roman-Dutch Law = Tydskrif vir hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse reg, 71(2):179-193. [http://www.lexisnexis.co.za/]
1682-4490
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2203
https://heinonline-org.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/tyromhldre71&id=1&size=2&collection=journals&index=journals/tyromhldre
en
The biology of homosexuality and its implications for human rights in South Africa.
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/22002018-04-13T06:31:47Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Venter, Francois
2009-09-01T06:52:44Z
2009-09-01T06:52:44Z
2008
Venter, F. 2008. Judges, politics and the separation of powers. Speculum Juris. [http://oldwww.ru.ac.za/academic/faculties/law/research_links/speculum_juris.htm#GUIDE%20TO%20CONTRIBUTORS]
0-6986-215-4
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2200
en
Judges, politics and the separation of powers.
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/79512020-12-03T09:54:50Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Pienaar, Juanita
Du Plessis, Wilhelmina
Olivier, Nic
2013-01-25T06:41:22Z
2013-01-25T06:41:22Z
2011
Du Plessis, W. et al. 2011. Land matters and rural development: 2010. SA publiekreg/SA public law, 26(1):292-318. [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=24152]
0258-6568
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7951
en
Land matters and rural development: 2010
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/267302018-04-16T16:02:45Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_19803
Agbor, A A
2018-04-16T13:41:02Z
2018-04-16T13:41:02Z
2017-12-19
Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektoniese regsblad (PER), 20: [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/26730
Undoubtedly, global and regional human rights instruments clearly entrench the right to an effective remedy for a human rights violation. The substantive nature of the right to an effective remedy makes it relevant to the realisation of the right to equality as well as the right to equal protection under the law. Cameroon, as a State Party to most of these human rights instruments, is bound to adopt measures aimed at giving effect to the rights contained therein. One of such steps, in my opinion, is the enactment of domestic legislation that defines the content of these rights; stipulates the forums where remedies for human violations could be pursued; specifies what kinds of remedies a victim of a human rights violation would get at the end; and lastly, defines who can access such forums. Unfortunately, the lack of domestic legislation that meets these requirements means the right to an effective remedy for a human rights violation in Cameroon cannot be realised. It is argued in this paper that the critical nature of the right to a remedy, given its bearing on other substantive human rights as well as the protection and promotion of human rights, warrants progressive efforts undertaken by the State in order to give effect to this right. Therefore, the sheer lack of a legislative instrument in this regard makes it very difficult for the pursuit of a right to a remedy when there is a violation of human rights. As evidenced by legislative developments in numerous African States that are States Parties to these international instruments, there is growing consensus that the enactment of domestic legislation that answers the questions of content; forums; outcomes and access is a positive and vital step towards the realisation of the right to an effective remedy for a human rights violation.
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Right to an effective remedy
human rights litigation
democratic culture
human rights
Cameroonian legal system
South African legal system
Pursuing the Right to an Effective Remedy for Human Rights Violation(s) In Cameroon: The Need for Legislative Reform
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/79442016-04-28T09:34:56Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Scholtz, Werner
2013-01-23T12:35:46Z
2013-01-23T12:35:46Z
2010
Scholtz, W. 2010. The day after no tomorrow? Persons displaced environmentally through climate change: AU law to the rescue?. South African yearbook of international law, 35:36-55. [http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=13699]
0379-8895
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7944
The phenomenon of so-called 'environmental refugees' has received thorough consideration from scholars. The dire consequences of climate change in relation to migration patterns have placed the focus on 'environmental refugees' and even spawned a Hollywood movie which depicts the consequences of global warming in a series of extreme weather events that lead US refugees to flee to Mexico.
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The day after no tomorrow? Persons displaced environmentally through climate change: AU law to the rescue?
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34322018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Matthee, Jacques Louis
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2010-08-04T15:36:54Z
2009
MATTHEE, J.L. 2009. Die mishandelde vrou in die strafreg: 'n regsvergelykende ondersoek. Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad/ Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 12(4):215-245 [http://www.saflii.org/][http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/1150]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3432
This article seeks to critically examine recent criminal law developments in Australia, England and Wales that specifically address the situation in which battered women find themselves. This article specifically focuses on the question of whether or not South Africa can learn something from these developments in order to make better provision for battered women who kill their abusers after having suffered through years of physical abuse. The question of whether or not a separate defence can be created for battered women in South Africa is also explored in this article. In order to answer this question, an investigation is launched into suggested defences in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Die mishandelde vrou in die strafreg: 'n regsvergelykende ondersoek
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/138802019-06-24T08:54:11Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Venter, Francois
2015-06-02T13:56:38Z
2015-06-02T13:56:38Z
2013
Venter, F. 2013. Why should the South African Constitutional Court consider German sources? Comment on Du Plessis and Rautenbach. German law journal. 14(8):1579-1589. [https://www.germanlawjournal.com/]
2071-8322
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/13880
No abstract available
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Why should the South African Constitutional Court consider German sources? Comment on Du Plessis and Rautenbach
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/160642019-06-24T08:54:52Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Botes, A.
2016-01-27T13:31:20Z
2016-01-27T13:31:20Z
2013
Botes, A. 2013. The history of labour hire in Namibia: a lesson for South Africa. PER/PELJ: Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad / Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 16(1):505-536. [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/home-1]
1727-3781 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/16064
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The history of labour hire in Namibia: a lesson for South Africa
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/21772018-04-10T09:54:31Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Venter, Francois
2009-08-27T10:28:41Z
2009-08-27T10:28:41Z
2008
Venter, F. 2008. Die staat, staatsreg en globalisering. Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse reg = Journal of South African law, 3:412-424. [https://journals.co.za/content/ju_tsar/2008/3/EJC55195]
0257-7747
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2177
https://journals.co.za/content/ju_tsar/2008/3/EJC55195
As navorser oor die publiekreg is Ig Rautenbach van akademiese "kindsbeen" af 'n regsvergelyker. Hy het sy dissipline gedurende sy loopbaan sien groei en verander. Hier, in erkenning van sy inspirerende werk oor meer as drie dekades, is hierdie artikel 'n poging om 'n greep te kry op die grondige veranderinge wat die staatsreg ondergaan.
Binne een akademiese generasie het die staatsreg sy aard van 'n relatief parogiale dissipline, grootliks beperk tot die nasiestaat se funksionering binne sy territoriale jurisdiksie, verander na 'n regsgebied wat oopgesper is vir invloede vanuit vele ander wetenskaplike dissiplines.
Die staat, staatsreg en globalisering
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/192982018-03-19T06:55:13Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Kanamugire, Jean Chrysostome
2016-11-03T10:38:10Z
2016-11-03T10:38:10Z
2015
Kanamugire, J.C. 2015. Specific performance as a primary remedy in the South African Law of Contract. Corporate Board: Role, Duties And Composition, 11(2):65–72. [ http://www.virtusinterpress.org]
1810–8601
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19298
http://www.virtusinterpress.org/SPECIFIC-PERFORMANCE-AS-A-PRIMARY.html
Specific performance is a primary remedy for breach of contract available for the aggrieved party. This order emphasises the performance of contractual obligations. Although the plaintiff can elect to claim specific performance from the defendant, the court has a discretion to grant or decline the order of specific performance. The discretion must be exercised judicially and does not confine on rigid rules. Courts decide each case according to its own facts and circumstances. Plaintiff has a right of election whether to claim specific performance from the defendant or damages for breach of contract. The defendant does not enjoy any choice in this matter. As a general rule, specific performance is not often awarded in the contract of services. However, recent developments have demonstrated that specific performance will usually be granted in employment contracts if there is equality of bargaining power among contracting parties and such order will not produce undue hardship to the defaulting party. Public policy generally favours the utmost freedom of contract and requires that parties should respect or honour their contractual obligations in commercial transactions. Public policy is rooted in the constitution and can sparingly be used to strike down contracts. Specific performance should not continue to be a primary remedy for breach of contract. Contracting parties should be allowed to resile from the contract and use damages as a remedy for breach of contract.
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Breach of Contract
Judicial Discretion
Specific Performance
Damages
Specific performance as a primary remedy in the South African Law of Contract
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/191352018-03-19T06:55:13Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Chitimira, Howard
2016-10-21T14:02:05Z
2016-10-21T14:02:05Z
2014
Chitimira, H. 2014. A Historical Overview of the Regulation of Market Abuse in South Africa. Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad/potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 17(3):937-971. [http://www.ajol.info/index.php/pelj/index]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/19135
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v17i3.3
In an early attempt to combat market abuse in the South African financial markets, legislation such as the Companies Act, the Financial Markets Control Act and the Stock Exchanges Control Act were enacted. However, these Acts failed to effectively curb market abuse activities that were allegedly rife in the financial markets. Consequently, the Insider Trading Act was enacted and came into effect on 17 January 1999. While the introduction of the Insider Trading Act brought some confidence in the financial markets, market abuse activities were still not extinguished. The provisions of the Insider Trading Act were to some extent inadequate and ineffectively implemented. Eventually, the Securities Services Act was enacted to repeal all the flawed provisions of the Insider Trading Act. Notwithstanding these efforts on the part of the legislature, more may still need to be done to increase the number of convictions and settlements in cases involving market abuse in South Africa. It is against this background that a historical overview analysis of the regulation of market abuse is carried out in this article to expose the flaws that were previously embedded in the South African market abuse laws prior to 2004. This is done to raise awareness of the situation on the part of the relevant stakeholders, as they consider whether such flaws were adequately resolved or subsequently re-introduced under the Securities Services Act and the Financial Markets Act. To this end, the article firstly discusses the historical development and regulation of market manipulation prior to 2004. Secondly, the regulation and enforcement of insider trading legislation prior to 2004 are examined. Moreover, where possible, certain flaws of the previous market abuse laws that were re-incorporated into the current South African market abuse legislation are isolated and recommendations are made in that regard.
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insider trading
market abuse
regulation
financial markets
market manipulation
A Historical Overview of the Regulation of Market Abuse in South Africa
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/75422018-05-16T06:45:02Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Stander, Anita Leonie
Botha, S.J.
2012-10-22T13:01:43Z
2012-10-22T13:01:43Z
2011
Botha, S.J. & Stander, A.L. 2011. Die bepaling van die 'sentrum van hoofbelange' by oorgrens insolvensies: is die Parmalat-benadering voldoende om die behoeftes van moderne handel te bevredig? Journal for juridical science, 36(1):19-48. http://www.ufs.ac.za/templates/journals.aspx?journal=1]
0258-252X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7542
The determination of the ‘centre of main interests’ in cross-border insolvencies: Is the Parmalat approach sufficient to meet the needs of modern commerce?
Despite various viewpoints on the determination of the centre of main interest (COMI), the legal question in this investigation is whether, and to what extent, the approach in In re Eurofood IFSC Ltd (the Parmalat case) brings about an effective solution for the determination of the location of the COMI of individual companies, either unattached or as part of a group (in contrast with companies forming a so called economic unit). There exists a presumption that the COMI is situated there where the company’s registered office is. This is the physical factor in determining the COMI. There is also a mental or psychological factor. The COMI must correspond with the place which third parties (including foreigners) regard as the place where the debtor ordinarily manages its business and most prominent interests on a regular basis. If the registered office is situated at one place and the judgment of third parties with regard to the COMI is elsewhere, the presumption will not come into operation and the ordinary onus of proof will rest on the party concerned. If the subsidiary’s registered office and the opinion of third parties point to the same location (in order for the presumption to come into operation) the holding company should lead more substantial evidence so as to rebut the presumption. The presumption shall not be rebutted easily. An essential and delicate process of weighing up relevant factors should take place. The COMI must be identified with reference to criteria which are objectively foreseeable by all parties involved.
Ten spyte van verskeie standpunte oor die sentrum van hoofbelange (COMI), is die regsvraag in hierdie ondersoek of, en tot watter mate, die benadering in In re Eurofood IFSC Ltd (die Parmalat-saak) ’n effektiewe oplossing bied vir die vasstelling van die ligging van die COMI van individuele maatskappye, hetsy onverbonde of as deel van ’n groep (in teenstelling met die COMI van maatskappye wat ’n sogenaamde ekonomiese eenheid vorm). Daar bestaan ’n vermoede dat die COMI geleë is waar die maatskappy se geregistreerde kantoor is. Dit is die fisiese faktor in die bepaling van die COMI. Daar is ook ’n psigiese faktor. Die COMI moet ooreenstem met die plek wat derde partye (insluitende buitelanders) beskou as die plek waar die skuldenaar gewoonlik sy besigheid en mees prominente belange op ’n gereelde basis administreer. As die geregistreerde kantoor op een plek geleë is en die oordeel van derde partye ten opsigte van die COMI op ’n ander plek is, sal die vermoede nie in werking tree nie en die gewone bewyslas sal op die betrokke party rus. As die filiaal se geregistreerde kantoor en die opvatting van derde partye op die selfde plek dui (sodat die vermoede in werking tree), moet die houermaatskappy meer, beter en swaarder getuienis aanvoer om die vermoede te weerlê. Die vermoede sal egter nie sonder meer weerlê word nie. ’n Essensiële en delikate opwegingsproses van die relevante faktore moet plaasvind. Die COMI moet geïdentifiseer word met verwysing na kriteria wat objektief voorsienbaar is deur alle betrokke partye.
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Die bepaling van die 'sentrum van hoofbelange' by oorgrens insolvensies: is die Parmalat-benadering voldoende om die behoeftes van moderne handel te bevredig?
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/166512016-04-28T09:33:38Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Stander, A.L.
2016-03-14T06:59:22Z
2016-03-14T06:59:22Z
2013
Stander, A.L. 2013. Die effek van likwidasie op arbitrasies. Stellenbosch law review, 3:480-509. [https://jutalaw.co.za/products/3603-stellenbosch-law-review]
1016-4359
1996-2193 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/16651
This article addresses the effects of insolvency in arbitral proceedings. The interaction between
insolvency law and the law of arbitration is a neglected topic and literature on the subject is scarce. In
this article three situations are distinguished and discussed. The first exposition merely reflects on the
effect of liquidation on an arbitration clause recorded in a contract between an insolvent, liquidated
company and another. Secondly the situation is discussed where an arbitration is already in process
when liquidation takes place. In the third instance the position is examined where an arbitration award
has been made prior to the liquidation. Suggestions as to how national courts should apply the law
in each of these situations are provided. In the second part of the article the effect of an international
arbitration is investigated. As will be seen, the interaction between the insolvency law and arbitration
law is complex, in particular in an international context. In general it can be said that neither of the
fields provides appropriate answers and useful guidelines where these two fields intersect. Suggestions
are nevertheless presented in an attempt to find a fair and just solution for every party concerned
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Die effek van likwidasie op arbitrasies
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/112362019-06-24T08:54:30Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Geduld, Allison
Dircksen, Marianne
2014-08-19T08:54:33Z
2014-08-19T08:54:33Z
2013
Geduld, A. & Dircksen, M. 2013. The right to say “I don’t”: the reception of the action for breach of promise . De jure, 46(4):957-967. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/sa_epublication/dejure]
2225-7160
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11236
Die reg om “Nee” te sê: die resepsie van die aksie vir troubreuk
Hierdie artikel speur die ontwikkeling en aard van die aksie vir troubreuk na van sy Romeinse oorsprong af deur die Kanonieke-, Engelse- en Romeins-Hollandse reg heen tot by die Suid-Afrikaanse reg in die jaar 2013. Die sosiale konteks waarbinne die aksie toepassing gevind het, word ook telkens geskets om die interaksie tussen die reg en sosiale faktore te illustreer. Die volgende premis word deur hierdie oorsig bevestig: die toepassing van die aksie vir troubreuk binne 'n regstelsel weerspieël die mores van die eietydse gemeenskap. Die feit dat die aksie vir troubreuk langer as 'n halwe eeu onder dispuut in die Suid-Afrikaanse howe en onder regsgeleerdes is, dui daarop dat die aksie lank reeds nie meer strook met bogenoemde premis nie. Die wye nuusdekking wat die onlangse saak van Bridges v Van Jaarsveld geniet het en regter Harms se bedenking oor die paslikheid van so 'n aksie in ons tyd, het hierdie dissonansie opnuut aan die kaak gestel. Met regter Henney se uitspraak in die saak van Cloete v Maritz in April 2013 word daar eindelik weggedoen met die aksie vir troubreuk in Suid-Afrika. Met Regter Harms se rigtinggewende obiter dictum as basis gee ons 'n opsomming van faktore wat bydra tot die aksie se ongewensdheid binne 'n moderne Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. Baie spesifieke omstandighede het veroorsaak dat dit lank geneem het vir sosiale kragte om 'n impak op die reg te hê, maar ten slotte kon die aksie vir troubreuk nie die veranderende houdings, gewoontes en realiteite van die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing oorleef nie.
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The right to say “I don’t”: the reception of the action for breach of promise
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34232020-11-19T10:43:42Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Anél
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2009
DU PLESSIS, A. 2009. Some comments on the sweet and bitter of the National Environmental Law Framework for 'Local Environmental Governance'. SA Public law = SA Publiekreg, 24(1):56-96 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sapr.html] [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=681]
0258-6568
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3423
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 and weaknesses. Particular attention is paid to the suite of environmental legislation impacting upon or imposing duties on local government, the status quo of local authorities execution of the said duties and concerns regarding obstacles such as a lack of scientific environmental capacity and infrastructural support in the local government sphere. In order to contribute to the optimisation of LEG and to encourage further informed discourse on this topic, this contribution concludes with some recommendations for effective realisation of the material and substantive intersection between local government and environmental statute law
Some comments on the sweet and bitter of the National Environmental Law Framework for 'Local Environmental Governance'
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/21812018-04-10T12:36:22Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Scholtz, Werner
2009-08-28T10:38:10Z
2009-08-28T10:38:10Z
2008
Scholtz, W. 2008. Custodial sovereignty: reconciling sovereignty and global environmental challenges amongst the vestiges of colonialism. Netherlands international law review, 55(3):323-341. [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1017/S0165070X08003239]
0165-070X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2181
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1017/S0165070X08003239
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Custodial sovereignty: reconciling sovereignty and global environmental challenges amongst the vestiges of colonialism
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/177252016-06-13T07:36:38Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Olivier, Marius Paul
2016-06-13T07:34:48Z
2016-06-13T07:34:48Z
2013
Olivier, M.P. 2013. International labour and social security standards: a developing country critique. International journal of comparative labour law and industrial relations, 29:21-38. [http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?ProdID=SS0952617X&name=International-Journal-of-Comparative-Labour-Law]
0952-617X
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/17725
http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?ProdID=SS0952617X&name=International-Journal-of-Comparative-Labour-Law
Emphasizing the need for international standards to appreciate the realities of developing countries, the contribution highlights some of the problems experienced in this context: weak ratification of international labour and social security instruments, the lack of appropriate standards and coverage as regards informal economy workers, inadequacies in the material sphere of coverage emanating from these standards, and deficiencies in respect of standard-setting and -enforcement. It suggests that there is need for a reorientation and reconceptualization of international labour and social security standards, supported by a change in approach to assist developing countries in achieving outcomes that are aligned with international standards, and involving those affected by the extension debate in the design of appropriate standards and interventions.
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International Labour Standards
International Labour Organization
Developing Countries; Informal Economy
Ratification
Coverage Extension
International labour and social security standards: a developing country critique
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60342020-11-19T10:42:02Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Alida Anél
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2010
Du Plessis, A.A. 2010. "Local environmental governance" and the role of local government in realising section 24 of the South African constitution. Stellenbosch law review = Stellenbosch regstydskrif, 21(2):265-297 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ju_slr.html]
1016-4359
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6034
http://www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/ju_slr/ju_slr_v21_n2_a4.html
In South Africa, local government has been transformed in many respects since 1994. A total number of 283 municipalities now make up the local government sphere which is independent albeit inter-related in the bigger governmental structure. Local government's constitutional mandate centres mainly on the idea of "developmental local government". It is argued that as part of its developmental mandate local government is co-responsible for the realisation of the constitutional environmental right. Environmental governance is regarded as one of the mechanisms available to government by means of which to achieve this. It follows that local environmental governance should be one of the mechanisms available to local authorities in doing the same, albeit specifically at the local level. This article defines local environmental governance within the broader local government and local governance context. It is argued that in order for local environmental governance to contribute meaningfully to the realisation of the constitutional environmental right, it should be aligned with at least eight different and more concrete elements of the notion "to realise" or "to fulfil". This article concludes with a brief overview of how the "politics of pollution" and party politics may influence the objectives of local environmental governance.
"Local environmental governance" and the role of local government in realising section 24 of the South African constitution
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/21842018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Willemien
2009-08-31T08:14:28Z
2009-08-31T08:14:28Z
2008
Du Plessis, W. 2008. Legal mechanisms for cooperative governance in South Africa: successes and failures. SA publiekreg = SA public law, 23(1):87-110. [https://journals.co.za/content/sapr/23/1/EJC97959]
0258-6568
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2184
https://journals.co.za/content/sapr/23/1/EJC97959
South Africa's Constitution explicitly makes provision for cooperative governance. Despite this obligation, fragmentation, turf wars and the unwillingness of officials sometimes frustrate this ideal. South Africa's policy and legislation have served to strengthen cooperative governance, especially with regard to environmental matters, and so leading to a mixture of success and failure.
Section 24 of the Constitution states that everyone has a right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being, and this section may be applied vertically and horisontially (Drittwirkung). To ensure that this right is given further effect, government must, through reasonable legislation and other measures, ensure that the environment is protected for present and future generations. This right is not an absolute right, but it must be weighed against the promotion of justifiable economic and social development.
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Legal mechanisms for cooperative governance in South Africa: successes and failures
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/60362018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Venter, Francois
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2012-02-29T09:51:06Z
2010
Venter, F. 2010. Liberal democracy : The unintended consequence. South African constitution-writing propelled by the winds of globalisation. South African journal on human rights, 26(1):45-65 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ju_sajhr.html]
0258-7203
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6036
Liberal democracy : The unintended consequence. South African constitution-writing propelled by the winds of globalisation
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/79412020-11-19T10:44:28Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Du Plessis, Alida Anél
2013-01-23T09:43:11Z
2013-01-23T09:43:11Z
2011
Du Plessis, A.A. 2011. South Africa's constitutional environmental right (generously) interpreted : what is in it for poverty?. South African journal on human rights, 27(2):279-307. [http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/clm/law/11088/southafricanjournalonhumanrights.html]
0258-7203
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7941
Section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 provides that everyone has the right to an environment that is not detrimental to his or her health or well-being. The nature and ambit of the environmental right relate to ss 27(1) and (2), which provide for a right of access to health-care services and sufficient food and water. Yet the scope of s 24 transcends the modalities of what is necessary for people's 'biological survival', including physical health. Departing from the viewpoint that a strong link exists between the vulnerable poor and the different constitutional entitlements enshrined in s 24, this article explores how poverty influences the way in which the normative content of the constitutional environmental right should be interpreted and applied. Following an interpretative approach, the call is made for an expansive or generous interpretation of the environmental right that takes into account the broader purposes and interests which this right and the Constitution in general, seem to protect.
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South Africa's constitutional environmental right (generously) interpreted : what is in it for poverty?
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/17722020-11-19T10:45:45Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_1150com_10394_1149col_10394_1871col_10394_1771
De la Harpe, Stephen
Rijken, Conny
Roos, Rolien
2009-03-20T08:13:27Z
2009-03-20T08:13:27Z
2008
De la Harpe, S. et al. 2008. Good Governance. Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad = Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 11(2):3-252. [http://www.puk.ac.za/fakulteite/regte/per/editpolicy.html]
1727-3781
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1772
Good governance
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/416862023-06-08T01:07:17Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Biermann, Frank
Oomen, Jeroen
Gupta, Aarti
Ali, Saleem H.
Conca, Ken
Hajer, Maarten A.
Kashwan, Prakash
Kotzé, Louis J.
Leach, Melissa
Messner, Dirk
Okereke, Chukwumerije
Persson, Åsa
Potočnik, Janez
Schlosberg, David
Scobie, Michelle
VanDeveer, Stacy D.
2023-06-07T08:01:01Z
2023-06-07T08:01:01Z
2022
Bierman, F. & Kotzé, L., et.al. 2022. Solar geoengineering : the case for an international non-use agreement. WIREs Climate Change, 13(3):e754 [ https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.754]
1757-7799 (Online)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/41686
https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.754
Solar geoengineering is gaining prominence in climate change debates as an
issue worth studying; for some it is even a potential future policy option. We
argue here against this increasing normalization of solar geoengineering as a
speculative part of the climate policy portfolio. We contend, in particular, that
solar geoengineering at planetary scale is not governable in a globally inclusive
and just manner within the current international political system. We therefore
call upon governments and the United Nations to take immediate and effective
political control over the development of solar geoengineering technologies.
Specifically, we advocate for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar
Geoengineering and outline the core elements of this proposal.
This article is categorized under:
Policy and Governance > International Policy Framework
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Climate engineering
Solar geoengineering
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation modification
Solar geoengineering : the case for an international non-use agreement
Article
oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/34242018-05-16T06:45:01Zcom_10394_1865col_10394_1871
Ferreira, Gert
Ferreira-Snyman, Anel
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2010-08-04T15:36:53Z
2009
FERREIRA, G. & FERREIRA-SNYMAN, A. 2009. The constitutionalisation of public international law and the creation of an international rule of law: Taking stock. South African Yearbook of International Law, 33:147-167 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sayil.html]
0379-8895
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3424
The constitutionalisation of public international law and the creation of an international rule of law: Taking stock
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