Browsing by Subject "Access to information"
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A comparative analysis of the right to access to environmental information in South Africa and Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Even though the Ugandan legal framework on the right to access to environmental information has been described as one of the best in East Africa, it raises some legal concerns that could conceivably result in the limitation ... -
Die openbare administrasie en die reg op toegang tot inligting
(2001)During the previous constitutional dispensation in South Africa the management of official information tended to be excessively secretive. This position was changed by section 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of South ... -
A framework for librarians to inform the citizenry during disasters : reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic
(OASIS, 2022)Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has wreaked havoc on human lives and socio-economic activities at an unimaginable scale. African countries have not been spared from this debacle – as evidenced by media ... -
Promoting environmental justice through civil-based instruments in South Africa
(SOAS University of London, 2017)Achieving environmental justice in South Africa is critically important, not only because of historical reasons rooted in the country's apartheid past, but also to ensure that everyone in the country, especially marginalized ... -
The promotion of environmental justice through the lens of civil-based environmental governance in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Civil society has a significant role to play in promoting environmental justice, particularly through the lens of civil-based environmental governance. Civil-based instruments such as public participation, access to ... -
A rights-based approach to foreign agro-investment governance in Cameroon, Uganda and South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The practice of foreign agro-investment (FAI) for the production of food crops and biofuel crops has been a recent phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries. In fact, the present era of climate change ... -
Statutêre ondermyning van die Rechtsstaat-idee : Suid-Afrika onder die vergrootglas
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2001)During the previous constitutional dispensation, South Africa could not qualify as a Rechtsstaat (the English equivalent for Rechtsstaat can be translated as constitutional state for purposes of this dissertation). This ...
