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Pathological corporate governance deficiencies in South Africa's state-owned companies: a critical reflection
(PER, 2018)
Globally, states use state-owned companies (SOCs) or public corporations to provide public goods, limit private and foreign control of the domestic economy, generate public funds for the fiscus, increase service delivery ...
Performing arts medicine: A research model for South Africa
(2014)
Performing Arts Medicine has developed into a highly specialised field over
the past three decades. The Performing Arts Medical Association (PAMA) has been the
leading proponent of this unique and innovative field with ...
South African History textbook research – a review of the scholarly literature
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
School history textbooks are seen to embody ideological messages about whose
history is important, as they aim both to develop an ‘ideal’ citizen and teach the
subject of history. Since the 1940s, when the first study ...
The Shaping, Enactment and Interpretation of the First Hate-Crime Law in the United Kingdom - An Informative and Illustrative Lesson for South Africa
(PER, 2017)
Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by personal prejudice or bias. Hate-crime laws criminalise such conduct and allow for the imposition of aggravated penalties on convicted perpetrators. This article examines the ...
The Reverend Kenneth Mosley Spooner: African-American missionary to the BaFokeng of Rustenburg district, South Africa, 1915-1937
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)
This article examines the missionary and educational work and impact of Kenneth Spooner, an African-American missionary among the BaFokeng African community in Rustenburg district, South Africa from 1915 to 1937. Originally ...
The changing geography of wildlife conservation: perspectives on private game farming in contemporary KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
Widespread wildlife ranching on privately owned land in South Africa has been fuelled mainly by land use changes in the agricultural sector over recent decades. This has changed the landscape of nature conservation with ...
Monkey selfie and authorship in aopyright law: The Nigerian and South African perspectives
(PER/PELJ, 2018)
A photograph taken by a monkey is in the centre of a copyright claim in the famous monkey selfie case in the United States of America. Suing as next friend of the monkey, named Naruto, the People for the Ethical Treatment ...
Religious Freedom and Equality as Celebration of Difference: A Significant Development in Recent South African Constitutional Case-Law
(2009)
This contribution focuses on the way in which the South African Constitutional Court has, since 1997, been dealing with the (seemingly) eccentric claims of (assumedly) idiosyncratic 'religious Others'. Developments in this ...
Using the Law to Combat Public Procurement Corruption in South Africa: Lessons from Hong Kong
(2017)
Since South Africa’s political transition in 1994, corruption has been a major feature of the country’s politics. However, the complexity of post-apartheid South African politics has sometimes prevented allegations and ...
’n Verkenning van Suid-Afrika se veranderende posisie in die wêreldhandelnetwerk 1948–1994
(AOSIS, 2017)
An exploration of South Africa’s changing position in the World Trade Network 1948–1994. The World Trade Network (WTN) has been studied as a network in numerous studies. However, countries with smaller economies are usually ...