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Making non-state actors accountable for violations of economic rights: a case study of transnational corporations in the African context
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)The development of a common standard for holding governments accountable for human rights violations represented by international human rights law (IHRL) has been one of the major achievements of international law. ... -
Making the rights of poor people practical in Malawi through a rights based approach to development
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)This thesis tackles the issue of human rights and poverty in the context of Malawi. Our main concern is to find ways of how to make human rights practical for poor people in Malawi through a human rights-based approach to ... -
Managing the proceeds of crime : an assessment of the policies of Tanzania, South Africa and Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study assesses the policies for managing recovered proceeds of crime in three countries, namely, Tanzania, South Africa and Nigeria. It considers the role and relevance of asset management in the asset recovery regimes ... -
Mandatory court based mediation as an alternative dispute resolution process in the South African civil justice system
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Civil litigation is the primary method of dispute resolution in the South African civil justice system. This process is characterised by a number of shortcomings which include the adversarial nature of the process which ... -
The market abuse control legislative regime of South Africa, Nigeria and the United Kingdom - an approach to regulation and monitoring in relation to certain aspects of the financial markets of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The regulation of market abuse is currently an ever evolving subject, to such an extent that it has been placed as a high priority for regulators worldwide.¹ The Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012 (FMA) of South Africa² ... -
Mediation as an alternative to litigation: A comparative study between South Africa and Germany
(University of Western Cape, 2019)The judicial court system in South Africa is overburdened, which results in parties having to wait for long periods of time to have their matters settled or even heard. Furthermore, the cost of litigation in South Africa ... -
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 ... -
Meeting the minimum standards of the Palermo Protocol: The case of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This research is aimed at evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of the legal framework dealing with human trafficking in South Africa. To achieve this purpose, a comprehensive overview of the punishment, prevention of ... -
Mergers and acquisitions as a strategy for business growth : a comparative overview
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This paper focuses on mergers and acquisitions as tools for business growth, how these have come into existence, their strengths, and mainly the reasons for their failure. Taking a closer look on how these have emerged in ... -
Minimum Resale Price Maintenance In South Africa: Rule of reason or per se prohibition?
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The field of competition law has in an unprecedented way experienced an incredibly vast geographical expansion within a short period of time and as such it is no longer the exclusive feature of developed countries only. ... -
Minority language rights in Namibia: An international human rights perspective
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Namibia is home to a number of linguistic minorities. According to the 2011 census, the Owambo constitute 49.35 per cent of the population, accounting for almost half of the country’s total population.1 The rest of the ... -
Mitigating the effects of the ever-widening fiscal gap plaguing metropolitan municipalities in South Africa: A quest for an additional own-revenue source in the form of a Local Business Tax.
(2019)The prominent role of cities in contemporary developing countries, especially in South Africa, purposively cannot be overstated. Home to 40 per cent of South Africa’s population and accounting for 63 per cent of the national ... -
Mobile Money Payments as Vehicles for Money Laundering: A Case Study of Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Money laundering is defined as the process of converting the proceeds derived from a wide range of underlying criminal offences, called predicate offences, to apparently legitimate property. In other words, it is the process ... -
Municipal Planning By-laws and the extent to which they give effect to the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013.
(University of Western Cape, 2017)The spatial legacy created by the planning laws of the apartheid regime is still apparent in most cities and towns across South Africa. The legacy of apartheid spatial planning reveals not only planning which was undertaken ... -
Municipal regulation of food and waste pickers on landfill sites in South Africa: what should municipalities (dis)allow?
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The unemployment rate in South Africa is alarmingly high. In the year 2018, the unemployment rate was recorded at 27.2%. Many people are forced to do desperate, and even dangerous things in order to sustain themselves. ... -
Muslim family law and judicial protection of women’s rights in Kenya: an assessment
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The status of women in Muslim majority and minority states is a major question in the articulation of rights in non-Western settings. Contestations over women’s rights in these societies are thought to stem from conundrums ... -
The Nagoya protocol: a possible solution to the protection of traditional knowledge in biodiverse societies of Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)There is a growing interplay of competing realities facing the international community in the general areas of innovation, technological advancement and overall economic development. The highly industrialised wealthy ... -
Namibia's implementation of the financial action task force's international standards on combating the financing of terrorism
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Terrorism has become one of the biggest threats to international peace and security. It threatens to destroy basic human rights and freedoms, particularly the rights to life, liberty, security, and in more recent times, ...