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Sexual rights violations during the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2005 and 2015
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This thesis examines the sexual rights violation in Eastern DRC, which has been described as the worst in the world. The sexual violence against women and children in this country is systematic and widespread and perpetrated ...
Sexual rights violations during the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2005 and 2015
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This thesis examines the sexual rights violation in Eastern DRC, which has been described as the worst in the world. The sexual violence against women and children in this country is systematic and widespread and perpetrated ...
‘Public participation and environmental law: A South African perspective’
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa ‘despite being one of the world’s most liberal
constitutions, South Africans still have no transparent and participatory mechanisms for
deciding democratically on the ...
Meeting obligations but failing hopes? An investigation into South Africa’s obligation to realise the Human right to sanitation in Rural schools
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
In South Africa, notwithstanding 25 years into democracy, the constitutional commitment to
socio-economic transformation of post-apartheid South Africa remains unfulfilled and
unrealized by the vast majority of its ...
The protection of languages and of language rights in the South African constitution
(University of the Western cape, 2011)
The 1996 South African Constitution contains a number of provisions that deal specifically with the protection of languages and of rights relating to language. The most important of these is section 6 which recognises 11 ...
An analysis of the decentralisation framework provided for in the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development, 2014
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
In 2014, the African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (the African Charter on Decentralisation). The Charter is a first of its ...
Promoting sustainable development in South Africa : environmental regulation in support of renewable energy
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Adopting the Twin Peaks model as a consumer protection mechanism in the financial sector : the Ugandan perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The main objective of the study is to analyse the possibility of adopting the Twin Peaks model as a mechanism for ensuring protection to the consumers of financial services in Uganda. Uganda's financial sector has suffered ...
Kenya’s devolution implementation: emerging issues in the relationship between senate and county governments
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Tensions have arisen in Kenya’s devolved system between the Senate - the body representing the sub-national units at the national level and the county governors. The magnitude of the problem is such that it has motivated ...
Examining the parameters of the powers of the Minister of Local Government to issue policy directives to urban local authorities in Zimbabwe in terms of section 313 of the Urban Councils Act
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This is a desktop based study which will analyse relevant books and chapters in books relating to supervision of local governments by national and other higher level governments. It will also examine legislation, journal ...