THE CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW AND OXFORD HUMAN RIGHTS HUB URGE THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL TO PUT CHILDREN FIRST IN LANDMARK CLASS ACTION CASE ABOUT LEAD POISONING
The Centre for Child Law (CCL), together with legal scholars from the Oxford Human Rights Hub (“the Amici”), will appear before the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein as amicus...
When Context Trumps History: The Malema Case and Hate Speech Law in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Hate speech law in South Africa sits uneasily at the intersection of history and context. Nowhere is this clearer than in South African Human Rights Commission & Another v. Julius...
Un-“sexing” Sex as a Ground for Anti-Discrimination
There has been significant commentary on UK Supreme Court’s (UKSC) decision which held that the terms “man”, “woman” and “sex” under the Equality Act 2010 (EA) only refer to a...
Pushing forward and ahead to safeguard SRHR Rights!: Strategic litigation in the face of anti-rights backlash in Africa
Strategic litigation in Africa has emerged as a powerful catalyst for advancing and protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), by utilizing individual cases to promote the clarification, respect,...
Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa
Rights Up: The Oxford Human Rights Hub Podcast · Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa In this episode, Almas Shaikh talks with Dr Anthony Ubani and Dr Wycliffe Nyachoti...
Implementing Imperfect Laws or Fighting for Law Reform: A Closer Look at Sexual Harassment Laws
In a 2024 report on sexual harassment laws in Africa, the inconsistency in definitions and fragmented approaches to reporting, investigations and punitive measures was found to be a significant challenge....
The Changing Tides of Delictual Liability: State Failure at the Intersection of Housing and Property Rights in Johannesburg
A recent South African High Court decision, Changing Tides 74 v City of Johannesburg, marks a significant legal turn, testing how private law can respond to chronic state inaction in...
Sexual Offences Will Never Be The Same Again: The Embrace Projects tackles the definition of rape in South Africa (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this blog, I explained how the High Court of South Africa came to decide that certain provisions of the Sexual Offences Act were “unconstitutional…to the extent...
Sexual Offences Will Never Be The Same Again: The Embrace Projects tackles the definition of rape in South Africa (Part 1)
In The Embrace Project v Minister of Justice, the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria declared unconstitutional an unreasonable belief in consent when prosecuting sexual offences in South Africa....
Bromwell Street: Constitutional Court judgment moves one step closer to a socially and spatially just South Africa
On 20 December 2024, South Africa’s Constitutional Court (‘Court’) handed down a landmark judgment in Commando and Others v The City of Cape Town addressing the important issue of spatial...
Upholding Democratic Taxation, Accountability, and Rural Democracy in South Africa
On 20 December 2024, South Africa’s Constitutional Court (CC) handed down judgment in Mohlaba v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The CC confirmed the High Court’s order of...
Where social and economic justice meet: South Africa’s SRD decision affirms a rights-based approach to poverty
Over eighteen million of South Africa’s poorest peoples breathed a sigh of relief when, on 23 January 2025, the High Court of Pretoria handed down judgment in Institute for Economic...
