• The extra-judicial ejectment of land intruders : an evaluation of the relation between the possession and home concepts 

  Marais, Ernst; Muller, Gustav (LexisNexis, 2025-02)

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• Overview of the role of selected consumer protection bodies in the regulation of prices and access to redress under the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 

  Magau, Phemelo; Chitimira, Howard (Editura Universitara Danubius, 2024-04)

  The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) seeks to promote the achievement and maintenance of a fair, accessible, efficient, sustainable and responsible market place for consumer products and services in South Africa. ...
• An overview of the extent of the powers of South African competition authorities in the regulation of price discrimination under the Competition Act 89 of 1998 in the context of digital transformation 

  Magau, Phemelo (North-West University, 2024-07)

  The purpose of the Competition Act 89 of 1998 as amended (the Competition Act) is, among others, to promote the efficiency, adaptability and development of the economy as well as to provide consumers with competitive ...
• The role and mandate of the motor industry ombudsman of South Africa : addressing prospects and challenges to enhance consumer protection 

  Tshabalala, Thapelo; Magau, Phemelo (North-West University, 2024-12)

  The Motor Industry Ombudsman of South Africa (MIOSA) is an industry ombud recognised under the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA). The MIOSA regulates the interaction and provides for alternative dispute resolution ...
• Product liability in an age of development risks : should South Africa reconsider adopting a development risk defence? 

  Tennant, Sarah-lynn; Van Heerden, C.M. (Corlia) (Cambridge University Press, 2024-10)

  To provide protection against harm caused by defective, unsafe products and to promote product safety, the law of product liability has developed as a specialized area of the law of delict (tort). The vexing question is, ...
• Liability for damage caused by loadshedding : a consideration of whether collective action for redress by consumers in South Africa is possible 

  Scott-Ngoepe, Tshepiso (North-West University, 2024-12)

  The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) seeks to advance the social and economic welfare of consumers in South Africa by protecting vulnerable consumers, amongst other things. Loadshedding, which is characterised by ...
• Excluding life and insurance benefits from insolvent estates : a comparative study of South Africa, England and Wales, and the United States of America 

  Mabe, Zingapi; Mibiriri, Edith (North-West University, 2024-10)

  In South Africa, two principles apply to the exclusion of certain assets from an insolvent estate. First is the common-law principle that even the desperate insolvent is entitled to the basic necessities of life. Hence ...
• Did the CPA shut the bathroom doors for transgender and non-binary people? A critical legal reflection of Section 9(2) of the CPA 

  Scott-Ngoepe, Tshepiso; Van Dyk, Obakeng (North-West University, 2024-12)

  The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) introduced a variety of consumer rights that are intended to protect consumers in their engagement with suppliers. Amongst these rights is the consumer's right to equality in ...
• Interrogating the right to basic education of undocumented children in the context of the call for their exclusion from public schools in South Africa 

  Mutu, Perekeme (Nelson Mandela University, 2024-07-07)

  The right to basic education is recognised as a fundamental human right that is guaranteed to everyone, including undocumented children under international and domestic law. However, the question needs to be asked whether ...
• Notes on the political significance of songs in promoting equality and maintaining historical legacy : legal challenges to hate speech in Afriforum v Economic Freedom Fighters [2022] ZAGPJHC 599;2022 (6) SA 357 (GJ 

  Radebe, Martha Keneilwe (Nelson Mandela University, 2025-01-13)

  Song and music can be a powerful medium through which life is expressed (Adebayo “Vote does not fight’: examining music’s role in fostering non-violent elections in Nigeria” 2017 17 African Journal on Conflict Resolution ...
• The timing of a proposed settlement in insolvency can be a gamble : Corruseal Corrugated KZN v Zakharov [2023] ZAWCHC 48 

  Boraine, A. (Andre), 1957-; Mabe, Zingapi (Nelson Mandela University, 2024-10-01)

  In Corruseal Corrugated KZN v Zakharov ([2023] ZAWCHC 48 (Corruseal Corrugated)), the court considered whether a donation made to a debtor after a provisional sequestration order (but before the final order of sequestration) ...
• Informed consent and access to gender-affirming treatment for children in South Africa 

  Ozah, Ronaldah Lerato Karabo (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  Informed consent for medical treatment is a developed legal concept in South African common law; the elements of which have been clearly set out by our courts. The overarching principle is viewed as a collaboration between ...
• Reconciling lobolo with the equality principle : the need to realign official customary law with living customary law of South Africa 

  Boterere, Shammah God'swill; Maimela, Charles (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  Much scrutiny has recently been directed towards African customary law mostly because of its traditionally patriarchal nature, which conflicts with the inalienable constitutional principle of equality. The landmark ...
• The expanding role of the curator ad litem in protecting children’s rights in South Africa 

  Hansungule-Nefale, Zita M.; Courtenay, Morgan (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  The appointment of the curator ad litem during litigation in which children’s interests are concerned has, over the years, played a critical role in advancing the child’s right to be heard and participate in matters affecting ...
• Child rights jurisprudence without borders : developments in extraterritorial jurisdiction 

  Skelton, Ann, 1961- (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  This article elaborates on the development of a global child rights jurisprudence emerging from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (the CRC Committee), drawing from other treaty bodies and supranational ...
• The role and effect of the constitution in customary law of succession 

  Mtsweni, Lindiwe; Maimela, Charles (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  Customary law is the original law of the inhabitants of South Africa; however, it has always been treated as the stepchild of the legal system. The new constitutional dispensation requires that all laws be measured against ...
• The Komape litigation – ensuring effective remedies 

  Veriava, Faranaaz; Harding, Mila (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)

  The three Komape cases were spurred by the death of Michael Komape in 2014, when he drowned in a dilapidated pit toilet at his school in Limpopo. In the first judgment, the High Court recognised that the government ...
• Realising a ‘right’ to research in Nigeria and South Africa : the role of the executive arm of government 

  Okorie, Chijioke (Juta Law Journals, 2023)

  Development agendas and plans such as South Africa’s National Development Plan 2030 and Nigeria’s National Development Plan 2021–2025, indicate the need for, and benefits of, development research to sharpen countries’ ...
• A re-evaluation of the special investigating unit and special tribunal in South Africa 

  Ndunyana, Luvuyo (University of Pretoria, 2018-02)

  The main focus of this dissertation is to critically evaluate the functioning of the Special Investigating Unit ('SIU') and Special Tribunal in the execution of its mandate, which includes the fight against fraud and ...
• Is silence in the face of global injustice in the “best interests” of South African universities? 

  Lewins, Kezia; Van Heusden, Peter; Mohamed, Nazeema; Sibanda, Sanele; Pointer, Rebecca; Reynolds, Louis; Wadee, Shabbir A.; Baldwin-Ragaven, Laurel (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2025-03)

  SIGNIFICANCE : Invited to respond, we write here not to rebut every argument advanced in the provocation piece ‘Should our universities respond to geopolitical conflicts around the world?’. This would presuppose alignment ...

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