North-West University Journals: Recent submissions
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Accountability of law enforcement personnel for Human Rights Violations in Cameroon : trends and challenges
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Law enforcement personnel are critically important in both the security and criminal justice sectors. Unlike ordinary citizens, they possess the broad powers needed to perform the tasks in these sectors: for example, they ... -
Revisiting the Zimbabwean unfair labour practice concept
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe entrenches the broad right to fair labour practices. The right is given effect to in Part III of the Labour Act (Chapter 28:01), which provides an exhaustive list of unfair labour practices ... -
Is the WTO appellate body in Limbo? The roots of the crisis in the WTO dispute settlement body and the available routes navigating the quagmire
(PER/PELJ, 2021)In its over 25 years' history, the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been touted as one of the most active and successful international adjudicatory systems in relation to other ... -
Editorial: Special Edition on corporate and financial markets law: embracing technology in corporate, securities and financial markets law and the combating of financial crimes in the 4th Industrial Revolution
(PER/PELJ, 2021)This special edition consists of a selection of contemporary and well thought out academic contributions that were developed into full journal articles by presenters who delivered their key findings at the 2nd Annual ... -
The need to adopt preventative measures to combat the misappropriation of retirement fund assets
(PER/PELJ, 2021)This paper discusses the challenge of the misappropriation of retirement fund assets by trustees, fund asset managers and retirement funds' administrators. It demonstrates that retirement fund members lose substantial ... -
Personal data security in South Africa’s financial services market: the protection of personal information Act 4 of 2013 and the European Union general data protection regulation compared
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The contemporary global financial services market has witnessed a substantial increase in cybercrime which places consumers' personal data at risk. Rapid increases in cybercrime linked to the financial services market ... -
Towards ingenious technology and the robust enforcement of financial markets laws to curb money laundering in Zimbabwe
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Technology has positively contributed to the creation of financial markets and the facilitation of payments globally. The effective use of robust technology could enhance the consistent enforcement of financial market ... -
The reliance on lifestyle audits for public officials to curb corruption and tax evasion in Nigeria
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Widespread corruption in the Nigerian public service is having a far-reaching detrimental effect on the economy. Public officers and other policy makers that formulate socio-economic policies are the main perpetrators ... -
Differences between members and shareholders of a friendly society and the payment of dividends : a South African–Australian perspective
(PER/PELJ, 2021)This article focusses on a very specific problem statement, namely how shareholder society relationships are viewed in Australia and South Africa. Friendly societies are special "legal creatures" enjoying legal personality ... -
Mainstreaming black women into managerial positions in the South African Corporate Sector in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The active participation of Black South African women in the corporate sector is essential for the achievement of equity and diversity. Since 1994 the sector has failed to promote black women into managerial positions ... -
Enhancing the value of patents as corporate assets in South Africa : how can artificial intelligence (AI) assist?
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Although the accounting definition of assets contemplates intangible, abstract assets such as those embodied in intellectual property (IP), South African company law largely views IP as a legal and not a business asset. ... -
The integration and reliance on technology to enhance the independence and accountability of company directors in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The most indispensable means of change in contemporary business society is technology because it offers convenience to both businesses and their clients. Almost every business has been influenced by technology. Traditional ... -
The Nexus between mobile money regulation, innovative technology and the promotion of financial inclusion in Zimbabwe
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The advent of mobile money innovations has given people in rural areas, informal settlements and other poor communities an opportunity to participate in Zimbabwe's mainstream financial economy. However, the technology-driven ... -
The regulation and use of artificial intelligence and 5G technology to combat cybercrime and financial crime in South African Banks
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Artificial intelligence (AI) and fifth generation network technology (5G) are now being utilised by some companies and financial institutions such as banks to enhance their competitiveness and expand their businesses. ... -
A Legal analysis of the use of innovative technology in the promotion of financial inclusion for low-income earners in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The promotion of financial inclusion is important for the combating of financial exclusion in many countries, including South Africa. Nonetheless, most low-income earners living in rural areas and informal settlements ... -
Digital financial services : prospects and challenges
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Digital financial services (DFSs), being financial services accessed and delivered through digital channels, have grown rapidly in South Africa as well as globally. The adoption of the technology for DFSs has led to an ... -
Corruption and Corporate Governance in Namibia : an analysis of the strategic approaches in the 4th Industrial Revolution
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The advent of new technology and the 4th Industrial Revolution has introduced new facets of corporate crimes and regulatory challenges for the enforcement of anti-corruption laws. Acknowledging the negative effects of ... -
Shareholder oppression as corporate conduct repugnant to public policy : infusing the concept of Ubuntu in the interpretation of Section 163 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The concept of ubuntu continues to exert considerable influence on the development and the general application of post-independence jurisprudence in South Africa. While ubuntu undoubtedly permeates the interpretation of a ... -
Municipal courts and environmental justice in South African Local Government
(PER/PELJ, 2021)South African law establishes environmental justice (EJ) as among the environmental management principles to direct decision-making. EJ's inclusion as a guiding principle in the National Environmental Management Act 107 ... -
Recalibrating everyday space : using Section 24 of the South African Constitution to resolve contestation in the urban and spatial environment
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Positioned as existing predominantly within a green agenda, the right to an environment (section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996) presents numerous opportunities for rights-based interpretation ...