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The realisation of the constitutional water right in South African cities through intelligent water management technologies
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
The human right to water is fundamental to the realisation of various interdependent human rights, such as the right to health, life, equality, and human dignity. In particular, efficient water service delivery may be ...
Environmental legal compliance through self-regulation in the petrochemical industry in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
Traditionally, command and control regulation in environmental management is known for its hierarchical top-down state-led approach to compliance. This approach involves instruments where the conduct of the regulated ...
uBuntu as a constitutional value : a social justice perspective
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution) makes a commitment to social justice. This commitment is set against the background of a difficult and tumultuous past characterised ...
Municipal planning law and policy for sustainable cities in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
Cities have long been the pioneers of and driving force behind the development and evolution of human societies. The significance of cities as drivers of the sustainable development agenda received its strongest recognition ...
Regulations regarding autonomous vehicles and their use in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
This study addresses the question to what extend automated vehicles and their use are regulated in South Africa. To answer this question the autonomous vehicle legislation of various countries was critically discussed as ...
Legal protection of 'microclimate regulation' as an urban ecosystem service in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
The current trends towards living in urban areas, along with unabated urban development are critically affecting cities and city environments. Urban areas face severe challenges such as environmental degradation, ...
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 ...
Legal governance of the commons in promoting social ecological resilience in transfrontier conservation areas in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
Transfrontier conservation Areas (hereafter TFCAs) are defined as areas or components of large ecological regions that straddle the boundaries of two or more countries, encompassing one or more protected areas, as well as ...