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The utility of King IV Principles on Corporate Governance in improving the state of accountability in local government.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Local government is often described as the cornerstone of democratic government and it is the
level or sphere of government that is physically closest to the people.1 As a result, local
government tends to have the most ...
An analysis of the South African legislative framework for the reintegration of sentenced adult male offenders.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world. The state aims to reduce the
prevalence of crime mainly by sentencing offenders to imprisonment. In turn the goal of
imprisonment is to rehabilitate offenders ...
Directors personal liability for irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure in South African (SA) state owned companies (SOC)
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Directors of companies are the forerunners in overseeing and strategically managing a
company.1
The Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the Companies Act) gives the board of directors
the legislative obligation for a company to ...
The Transformation of local government service delivery in South Africa: The failures and limits of legislating new public management
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Apartheid local government failed to deliver services to the people of South Africa. Instead, it
created huge spatial/settlement distortions, economic disparities, skewed urban economic logic,
and massive service and ...
The importance of competition policy and law in managing foreign direct investment in the Tripartite Free Trade Area - lessons to be learnt from South Africa and the European Union
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
With the coming into force of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) and the anticipated increase
in trade between TFTA members, the need to regulate multijurisdictional business transactions
will likely create an anomaly, ...
Are employees suffering from depression in the South African workplace protected by the existing disability provisions within employment law?
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Depression is a mood disorder that negatively affects the way in which a person feels
about himself or herself. This can ultimately affect an employee's ability to work,
through reducing his or her capabilities to perform ...
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. ...
The Paralegal and the Right of Access to Justice in South Africa
(The University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Political settlements in post-conflict democracies such as South Africa with its accompanying
constitutional reforms have altered the relationship between citizens and the State, creating a new order
of citizen entitlement ...
Unaccompanied Minor Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Placement in Foster care and Adoption as Durable Solutions.
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
At the age of 15, Nestor Tata watched rebel soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo
(hereinafter DRC) kill his father, and not long afterwards came home from school to find the
murdered body of his mother. With no siblings ...
Developing a Community Engagement Model as a Normative Framework for Meaningful Engagement During Evictions
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The research problem of this study is the jurisprudential inconsistency in the application
of the right in section 26(3) of the South African Constitution's Bill of Rights. The
inconsistency is due to inadequate conceptualisation ...