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The history of labour hire in Namibia: a lesson for South Africa
(2013)
Labour hire, the practice of hiring out employees to clients by a labour broker, has been
a part of Namibia’s history since the early 1900s in the form of the contract labour
system. This form of employment was characterized ...
Protecting critical databases - towards a risk based assessment of critical information infrastructures (CIIS) in South Africa
(2013)
South Africa has made great strides towards protecting critical information
infrastructures (CIIs). For example, South Africa recognises the significance of
safeguarding places or areas that are essential to the national ...
The child justice act: procedural sentencing issues
(2013)
In this contribution a number of procedural issues related to the sentencing of child offenders and emanating from the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 are considered in some detail. As a general rule, the Act requires ...
The paradox of migration and the interest of the atomistic nation-states: the Southern African perspective
(2013)
The "paradox of migration and the interests of the atomistic nation-states"
interrogates the phenomenon of migration in general and in the Southern African
Development Community in particular. The point of departure of ...
The impact on women on the removal of gender as a rating variable in motor-vehicle insurance
(2013)
Insurers use actuarial statistics as rating variables to differentiate and distinguish for
the purposes of risk classification. They justify their use of actuarial statistics due to
its accuracy as a predictor of risk. ...
The inforcement of the payment of lobolo and its impact on children's rights in South Africa
(2013)
Various communities in South Africa practise the custom of lobolo (payment in kind
or cash by a prospective husband or the head of his family to the head of the
prospective wife’s family in consideration of a customary ...
Reasonable and probable cause in the law of malicious prosecution: a review of South African and commonwealth decisions
(2013)
The requirement that the plaintiff in an action for malicious prosecution must prove
a lack of reasonable and probable cause to initiate, instigate or continue the
prosecution on the part of the instigator or prosecutor ...
Common problems affecting supranational attempts in Africa: an analytical overview
(2013)
Ever since the colonial era, attempts have been made throughout the various regions of Africa at building supranational units chiefly for administrative and legal convenience. Examples of such attempts include the Federation ...
Driving corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the companies act: an overview of the role of the social and ethics committee
(2013)
The corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement can be described as a bundle of
trends comprising regulatory frameworks aimed at improving corporate practices
and leading to changes in these practices, the mobilisation ...