Browsing Faculty of Law by Author "20999410 - Fuo, Oliver Njuh"
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Bridging the public-private regulatory divide: South African mines and the right of access to water
Kotzé, Louis; Fuo, Oliver (Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this article we explore the extent to which the South African mining industry can contribute to realising positive obligations stemming from socio-economic rights, and in particular, the right of access to water. Our ... -
Constitutional basis for the enforcement of ''executive'' policies that give effect to socio-economic rights in South Africa
Fuo, Oliver Njuh (2013)Although "executive" policies remain an important governance tool, there appears to be confusion on the status and possible basis for their judicial enforcement in South Africa. The aim of this article is to critically ... -
A critical investigation of the relevance and potential of IDPs as a local governance instrument for pursuing social justice in South Africa
Fuo, Oliver Njuh (2013)Unlike the situation in the past, when local government’s role was limited to service delivery, local government is now constitutionally mandated to play an expanded developmental role. As a “co-responsible” sphere of ... -
Domestic manifestations of international law's right to water: a comparative analysis of emerging rights obligations in Finland and South Africa
Belinskij, Antti; Kotzé, Louis Jacobus; Fuo, Oliver (Edinburgh University Press, 2017)Against the backdrop of the content and specific obligations arising from the right to water in international law, this article compares how the legal regimes in Finland and South Africa protect the right to water. The ... -
Implementation of Chapter 21 of the UN Agenda 21: a case study of municipal solid waste management in the Bamenda urban council area of Cameroon
Fuo, Oliver Njuh; Semie, Sama Memuna (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2010)In recent times, the world has witnessed inreasing environmental degrading resulting from increased atmospheric concentration of green house gases. This has led to increased global warming and climate change. The waste ... -
In the face of judicial deference: taking the “minimum core” of socio-economic rights to the local government sphere
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Local government indigent policies in the pursuit of social justice in South Africa through the lenses of Fraser
Fuo, Oliver (Juta, 2014)The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 is committed to addressing the injustices of the past and to establishing a society based on social justice. This constitutional commitment is now firmly rooted both ... -
ntrusion into the autonomy of South African local government: advancing the minority judgment in the Merafong City case
Fuo, Oliver (Pretoria University Law Press, 2017)Teen die agtergrond van die aard en wese van die Suid-Afrikaanse plaaslike regering wat na 1996 tot stand gekom het, is die saak van Merafong City Local Municipality v AngloGold Ashanti Ltd [2016] ZACC 35 een van die mees ... -
Public participation in decentralised governments in Africa: making ambitious constitutional guarantees more responsive
Fuo, Oliver N. (Juta Law, 2015)Following the example of South Africa, Kenya, Tunisia and Zimbabwe have recently adopted constitutions that contain bills of rights, embrace the ideals of decentralisation and profess a commitment to participatory democracy. ... -
The transformative potential of the constitutional environmental right overlooked in Grootboom
Fuo, Oliver Njuh (NMMU, 2013)It is axiomatic that Grootboom (Government of the Republic of South Africa v Grootboom 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC) hereinafter "Grootboom") remains the hallmark of the Constitutional Court’s success in terms of its transformative ...