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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 ... -
A critical analysis into the land tenure system in Lesotho and its implication on foreign investment
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)This mini dissertation will analyse whether Lesotho has in place land laws and policies that ensure that land in the country contributes significantly towards the country’s economic development. Land is an important resource ... -
Consumer protection afforded to juristic persons ito section 14 of the CPA
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The promulgation of Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) became the first consumer law extending protection to juristic persons in South Africa. This is by and large based on the fact that consumer laws acknowledge ... -
Portability of social security benefits of circular migrant workers in selected SADC member states
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The issue of portability of social security benefits is a daunting issue facing migrant workers in both Southern Africa and the world in general. In the Southern African Development Community region migration seems to be ... -
Towards a social justice-oriented environmental law jurisprudence in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The problem that this thesis seeks to address is the South African judiciary's failure, in general, to recognise in the adjudication of environmental law disputes that social injustices are connected to harmful environmental ... -
The indexation of inflation for capital gains tax in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)This study investigates the possibility of indexing inflation on capital gains tax in South Africa. The research question asks to which extent inflation will have an effect on capital gains tax, and the study aims to answer ... -
An evaluation of the legal framework for African traditional healers in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The quest for health includes alternative methods to treat and cure illnesses. The centuries-old method of alternative traditional healing has been used in many countries. The importance of traditional healing was realised ... -
Twin Peaks-model: die nuwe regulatoriese raamwerk vir die Suid-Afrikaanse finansiële sektor
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Ná die finansiële krisis van 2007 en die impak daarvan op ekonomieë is regulatoriese raamwerke wêreldwyd heroorweeg. Die regulatoriese raamwerk van die Suid-Afrikaanse finansiële sektor is hervorm volgens die Twin Peaks-model. ... -
Municipal Courts and environmental justice in South African local government
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Environmental injustice is part and parcel of the fundamentals of international and domestic environmental law. In South Africa, section 2(4)(c) of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) establishes ... -
An analysis of press regulation and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal in line with the constitutional imperative of a free and independent press
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)This study provides a critical analysis of press regulation in South Africa, in light of calls for a Media Appeals Tribunal (MAT), an institution that would, if created, be mandated with statutory regulation of the press. ... -
The best interest of the child in the harmful religious practice of ritual slavery in West Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Ritual slavery has been an extant concern in West Africa, and more specifically, Ghana, Togo and Benin since at least the 19th century and has exhibited its pervasiveness ever since. Although Africa is rife with what is ... -
A legal perspective on a blockchain-based e-bill within international trade law
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The bill of lading (BoL) is one of the most imperative and widely used documents in the shipping industry. This traditionally paper-based BoL has been assisting international trade for centuries and is still a prominent ... -
The effect of anti-avoidance tax legislation on the protection of a legal interest in wealth creation and preservation
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Two interests, regulated by two separate areas of the law: the one, a yet to be recognised legally protectable interest in wealth creation and preservation; and the other, firmly positioned statutory provisions of the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Re-integration, rehabilitation and return-to-work of disabled workers: a comparative legal enquiry
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)There are many employment positions in the labour market that could be filled by the disabled of whom most, given the right environment, could be productive in the workplace. However, there are employers who still labour ... -
Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals
(Springer Nature, 2020)Circulating proteins are vital in human health and disease and are frequently used as biomarkers for clinical decision-making or as targets for pharmacological intervention. Here, we map and replicate protein quantitative ... -
Parasite infection directly impacts escape response and stress levels in fish
(Company of Biologists, 2020)Parasites can account for a substantial proportion of the biomass in marine communities. As such, parasites play a significant ecological role in ecosystem functioning via host interactions. Unlike macropredators, such ... -
Event reconstruction for KM3NeT/ORCA using convolutional neural networks
(IOP Publishing, 2020)The KM3NeT research infrastructure is currently under construction at two locations in the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ORCA water-Cherenkov neutrino detector off the French coast will instrument several megatons of ... -
Changes induced by atrazine in Clarias gariepinus provide insight into alterations in ovarian histoarchitecture and direct effects on oogenesis
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Clarias gariepinus juveniles were exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of 0 (control), 2.5, 25, 250 and 500 μg L−1 atrazine in a quality-controlled 28-day laboratory procedure. Findings revealed a significant ...
