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Intergenerational solidarity and the provision of support and care to older persons
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This thesis deals with a very important issue in South African society, i.e. the provision of financial and non-cash support to older persons. Older persons in South Africa can be described as a sizeable but vulnerable ...
The role of international human rights law in guiding the interpretation of women's right to be free from violence under the South African constitution
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The thesis firstly looks at how women's right to freedom from violence has developed in international (global) human rights law since the early 1990s. In this regard, the study finds that while the issue of violence against ...
The regionalisation of international criminal justice in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This study was undertaken under the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal
Justice, University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa and Humboldt Universitat zu
Berlin, Germany. The Centre provided a ...
Food security and local government in South Africa: the role of municipalities in a food systems approach.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Realising the right to food in South Africa requires more than an increase in food supply. Instead it requires the structural causes that give rise to food insecurity be addressed. This is argued to compel the state to ...
The African court on human and peoples’ rights: a test of African notions of human rights and justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (the Court) is the most recent of the three regional Human Rights Bodies. Envisioned by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right, its structures was not planned until ...
Sustainable Development Goal 6: A watershed moment for ensuring sustainable freshwater development and management?
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Water is at the very core of sustainable development, critical for a thriving people, planet and prosperity. Water is regarded as a public good which is fundamental for health and life. Water is so important that it was ...
Protecting girls against child motherhood and the rights of child mothers in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The issue of child motherhood remains a key challenge, especially in developing countries such as Zimbabwe. Despite bearing the worst of its effects, Zimbabwe looks largely to have fallen short of answers to solve this ...
A critical assessment of Zimbabwe’s anti-dumping laws
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Anti-dumping measures, safeguards and countervailing measures are trade remedies within the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). More specifically, the imposition of anti-dumping measures is a remedial measure, ...
An examination of the legal framework governing opportunities and barriers to economic development in Southern Africa: a case study of Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This thesis examines the legal framework of Zimbabwe to determine if the laws and policies which
are in place create opportunities for, or barriers to, economic development. Specifically, it
examines the legal framework ...
Facilitating intra-regional trade through the movement of people in the Southern African development community (SADC).
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Regional integration has been part of Africa’s overarching strategy for economic
transformation. To further enhance sustainable development and economic growth, in the
African continent intra-regional trade is equally ...