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South Africa's journey to climate change regulation : Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v Minister of Environmental Affairs 2017 2 All SA 519 (GP)
(PER/PELJ, 2021)
Concerns over climate change are increasingly reaching an urgent level. Many countries have begun focusing their efforts on mitigating its devastating impact. At the same time countries need to ensure their economic growth ...
Should South Africa criminalise Ukuthwala leading to forced marriages and child marriages?
(PER/PELJ, 2021)
In 2014 the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) released a Discussion Paper on the practice of ukuthwala. The Discussion paper was revised and released again in 2015 to include public consultations and the proposed ...
“To build a just and fair society”: Fosatu and the vision of a new South Africa, ca.1970s-1980s
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)
popularised the utopia of building a rainbow nation. The idea was to bring
together all people of South Africa, in all their diversity, to work towards a
new, common, non-racial and equal society. Indeed, the vision of ...
The impact of disasters on economic growth in selected Southern Africa development community countries
(OASIS, 2021)
This research study explores the impact of disasters on economic growth in selected
Southern Africa Development Community countries. Annual data from 2005 to 2019 and
panel data econometric estimation techniques are used ...
Using Setswana in business transactions in the clothing industry at the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng
(AOSIS, 2020)
According to Census 2011, the three languages with the highest number of first language (L1)
speakers in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng are Setswana (27.3%), Afrikaans
(16.9%) and isiXhosa (14.9%). This ...
Altering the human genome : mapping the genome editing regulatory system in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2021)
Novel therapeutic strategies using genome editing technologies,
such as CRISPR-Cas9 are revolutionising the way in which
diseases can be prevented and treated in the future.
Consequently, a global debate has emerged ...
First-year History Education students’ personal narratives of the history of South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)
This article is based on a free writing exercise given to 31 first-year History Education students in which they were, asked to write ‘The history of South Africa according to me’. Using narrative enquiry, the stories of ...
Exploring strategies for management of disasters associated with illegal gold mining in abandoned mines : a case study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
(OASIS, 2022)
Due to many abandoned mines that are not rehabilitated, there will be illegal mining. Although
the mining industry and government continue to prevent illegal gold mining in abandoned
mines by sealing open shafts, it is ...
Strikes in essential services in Kenya : the doctors, nurses and clinical officers' strikes revisited and lessons from South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
The right to strike is one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Kenyan Constitution, 2010. Any limitation to the right involves the danger of collective bargaining. The right to strike is derived from the Right to ...
Workplace engagement of South African Millennials: A non-issue?
(AOSIS, 2021)
Although theories on generational issues abound, this research sought to explore whether
Millennial employees and employees from Generation X responded differently to the South
African work environment. The aim of the ...