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Although the recent concepts ‘gender dysphoria’ (according to the fifth edition of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 2022) and ‘gender
incongruence’ (as defined in the World Health Organization’s ...
Health care research conducted in LMICs, including South Africa, has exploded in the last few decades. Albeit a welcome development, there has emerged the fear of and actual exploitation of host communities. As health care ...
In 2014 in the case of Telecel Zimbabwe(Private) Limited v Attorney-General of Zimbabwe1 the Prosecutor-General of Zimbabwe2 challenged the issuing of private prosecution certificates to private parties on the basis that ...
This research sets to unravel the root cause of the conflict in the Niger Delta with the aim of finding a legal solution as a durable remedy. Grave violations of the indigenous peoples’ human rights and irreparable ...
Forensic science has a significant historical and contemporary relationship with the criminal justice system. It is a relationship between two disciplines whose origins stem from different backgrounds. It is trite that ...
The development of graffiti into an accepted art form, street art, is a cause of concern for South African property owners. The current position in South African property law regarding the original acquisition of ownership ...
This study demonstrates the negative effect of stereotypes in the progression of women in the legal profession in South Africa and the laws, policies and measures that reinforce gender and sex stereotypes are discriminatory ...
A large portion of the population of South Africa is made up of people who, due to poverty, disability, old age and/or lack of education, rely solely on social assistance provided by the government for their survival. The ...
The law regarding collective bargaining in South Africa has been interpreted in two ways; the Labour Relations Act (LRA) refers to a duty to bargain collectively, while the Constitution refers to a right to engage in ...
Medical negligence is a growing concern within South Africa.1 The medical environment has great potential for conflict, because even the best trained physicians can commit errors that result in medical disabilities and ...
This study was designed to evaluate the quality of informed consent practiced by healthcare
professionals in South Africa using an empirical quantitative methodology combined with medicolegal
analysis to produce an ...
The right to have access to health care services is enshrined in section 27 of the South African Constitution of 1996 as one of the socio-economic rights protected by this Constitution. In order to observe the entitlements ...
Unknown author(Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2017)
The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree programme should adequately prepare graduates for the demands set by both legal practice and the greater South African society. Law schools are not tasked with producing future legal ...
Mnyongani, Freddy(The Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law University of South Africa, 2008)
The tension between the right of a people to self-determination and the right of a state to its territorial integrity has claimed many lives in Africa. The raison d'être of international law is the regulation of affairs ...
This article is about duties of a lawyer in a multicultural society like South Africa. South Africa is a multicultural society characterised by among others a constant competition of cultures, values, and norms. At the ...
Mnyongani, Freddy(Verloren van Themaatsentrum/Centre, 2009)
At the core of the legal profession are legal professional ethics, which are concerned with 'questions of moral permissibility' of legal practitioners. The debate about the relationship between morality and the law is far ...
The adoption in 1993 of the interim Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act (200 of 1993) as the supreme law of the Republic marked a watershed moment in the history of South Africa. It was a moment of transition ...
Mnyongani, Freddy(VerLoren Van Themaat Centre / UNISA Press, 2012)
A relevant question here is whether there is a difference in the symbolisation of animals between cultures, for example, between indigenous traditions that regard animals as sacred and those that see animals as non-sacred ...
The South African Constitution in section 27(1)(c) obligates the state to develop a comprehensive social security system. It affirms the universal right to access to social security, including appropriate social assistance ...
E-crimes continue to generate grave challenges to the ICT regulatory agenda. Because e-crimes involve a wrongful appropriation of information online, it is enquired whether information is property which is capable of being ...