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Public procurement as a tool to drive innovation in South Africa
(2016)
This article is an analysis of the use of public procurement as a tool to drive innovation. It explores the meaning of innovative procurement or public procurement of innovation, as well as the rationale for using public ...
Constitutionalism and coloniality: A case of colonialism continued or the best of both worlds?
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
This article deals with the concept of constitutionalism in relation to
colonialism and modernity, with a specific emphasis upon South Africa and
South African constitutional development. The Republic of South ...
Die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk en die Republiek van die Oranje-Vrystaat: Hooflyne van ’n kerk-staatverhouding, 1854-1902
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
A close relationship existed between the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State and the Republic of the Orange Free State during the existence of the latter in 1854-1902. This was due to a shared world view and the ...
The impact of HIV/AIDS regarding informal social security: Issues and perspectives from a South African context
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
The purpose of the article is to examine the right to social assistance for households
living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In particular, the article focuses on the impact of
this pandemic on households' access to ...
Theoretical (dis-) position and strategic leitmotivs in constitutional interpretation in South Africa
(2015)
This essay takes a look at the historic restoration that bequeathed this country and its people a prototypical, justiciable Constitution. The advent of constitutional democracy in South Africa went hand in hand with an ...
Der Einfluss und die Stellung des Völkerrechts in den Verfassungssystemen einiger ost- und Mitteleuropäerfassungssystemen Einiger Ost- und Mitteleuropäischer Transformationsstaaten
(2008)
Some twenty years ago, the importance of international law, particularly for
practical purposes, could be described as marginal in national legal orders in
the socialist Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries. The ...
Constitutional basis for the enforcement of ''executive'' policies that give effect to socio-economic rights in South Africa
(2013)
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 ...
The Concept of a "Decision" as the Threshold Requirement for Judicial Review in Terms of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act
(2011)
The Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 defines administrative action
as “any decision [of a specified kind]" taken by specified persons or entities. The Act
goes on to define decision as “any decision of an ...
Municipal tender awards and internal appeals by unsuccessful bidders
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
In recent years, bidders aggrieved by municipal tender awards are increasingly
resorting to Section 62 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act1 for relief.
The application of this provision to tender processes is ...
Public interest environmental litigation: recent cases raise possible obstacles
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
Despite the broadening of locus standi in environmental cases by both Section 38 of
the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and Section 32 of the National
Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, two ...