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Traditional Leadership and Independent Bantustans of South Africa: Some Milestones of Transformative Constitutionalism beyond Apartheid
(2009)
The institution of traditional leadership represents the early form of societal organisation. It embodies the preservation of culture, traditions, customs and values. This paper gives a brief exposition of the impact that ...
The role of religious leaders in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
The tragic impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Nigeria and its rate of escalation
despite increasing access to health services have been alarming and terrifying.
Nigerian people are very religious, yet the impact of the ...
The impact on women on the removal of gender as a rating variable in motor-vehicle insurance
(2013)
Insurers use actuarial statistics as rating variables to differentiate and distinguish for
the purposes of risk classification. They justify their use of actuarial statistics due to
its accuracy as a predictor of risk. ...
Disability discrimination and the right of disabled persons to access the labour market
(2012)
Inequality, discrimination and transformation remain the key challenges which most
employers are faced with in the South African labour market. Key among such
challenges has also been employers' ability to ensure that ...
UNISA v Reynhardt [2010] 12 BLLR 1272 (LAC): does affirmative action have a lifecycle?
(2012)
The Employment Equity Act (EEA) was enacted to achieve equity in the workplace
by prohibiting unfair discrimination and by requiring the implementation of affirmative
action measures to ensure the adequate representation ...
Marital Power Finally Obliterated: The History of the Abolition of the Marital Power in Civil Marriages in Eswatini
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
Women's subordination is not new in the world. As society became human rights conscious, many countries started abrogating or scrapping discriminatory laws and attitudes towards women, in particular married women. However, ...
Poverty as a Ground of Indirect Discrimination in the Allocation of Police Resources – A Discussion of Social Justice Coalition v Minister of Police 2019 4 SA 82 (WCC)
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (PEPUDA) prohibits indirect and direct unfair discrimination in terms of the grounds listed in the act (such as race, sex, and sexual orientation) ...
Section 27 of the insolvency act 24 of 1936 as a violation of the equality clause of the constitution of South Africa: a critical analysis
(2016)
This paper examines section 27 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 within the context of the right to equality in section 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution). Section 27 of the ...
Hate speech and racial slurs in the South Afican context : where to start
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
Protecting people against hate speech and racist slurs requires
weighing up several fundamental rights. To maintain legitimacy
in enforcing the legislative protection, a fine balance must be
struck between the rights ...