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Municipal Service Partnerships as a legal mechanism for realising the right to have access to sufficient water in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
Water is life. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution A/RES/64/292, 2010, recognises the right to water as a fundamental right that is essential to the realisation of all human rights. Section 27 of the ...
Legal history of the reform of traditional courts in South Africa: insights from Botswana and the Kingdom of eSwatini
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
This study examines the historical development of traditional courts in South Africa, Botswana and the Kingdom of eSwatini in the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial eras. The thesis ascertains how South Africa can ...
The protection of the environmental interests of future human generations in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
The study explores the extent to which South African law protects the environmental interests of future generations. To achieve this objective, the dissertation explores the definition of future generations and also traces ...
Combating corruption in public procurement in developing countries : a legal analysis
(North-West University, 2018)
This study was motivated by the quest to find new innovative and practical ways of combating public procurement corruption in developing countries to complement the existing measures. This was achieved by comparing three ...
A critical evaluation of the South African land tenure policy : a comparison with selected aspects of the Kenyan and Tanzanian law
(North-West University, 2018)
This research deals with communal land insofar as it relates to communal land tenure security, women’s access to communal land and resolution of disputes. In this regard, lessons are drawn from the Tanzania and Kenyan ...
The role of the judiciary in advancing the right to a healthy environment : eastern and southern African perspectives
(North-West University, 2018)
The right to a healthy environment has been constitutionalised in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe. While the wording of the right in these countries broadly mirrors that of the right to a healthy environment ...
Transparency regulation in the diamond mining sector in Lesotho: Lessons from South Africa
(North-West University, 2019)
The aim of the study was to discuss the mining legislation in Lesotho in relation to transparency that enables local communities to participate in the diamond mining sector taking lessons from South Africa. The study makes ...
The levying of estate duty and capital gains tax as double tax in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)
It is almost certain that there would be tax implications at the death of a natural person. Currently, estate duty is levied in terms of the Estate Duty Act at a flat rate of 20%. Capital gains tax on the other hand, is ...
The right of access to environmental information in the public and private sphere
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Access to information, public participation and access to justice are increasingly on the agenda in the international environmental sphere. In Company Secretary of ArcelorMittal South Africa v Vaal Environmental Justice ...
Insurable interest as a requirement for insurance contracts : a comparative analysis
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
This mini-dissertation has as its focus the application of the doctrine of an
insurable interest in South Africa. The research question to be answered was to
what extent, if any, an insurable interest should be considered ...