Author: Martin van Staden Date: 25 November 2019 INTRODUCTION The Traditional Courts Bill, 2017, is intended to fill the void left by those provisions of the Apartheid-era Black Administration Act that empowered traditional leaders to adjudicate disputes and hear charges of certain...Read More

Author: Gary Moore Date: 13 June 2019 This memorandum considers legislation[1] governing electricity provision, and Eskom in particular. It is concluded that the legislation violates the Rule of Law in some respects. Before Eskom was established, the provision of electricity...Read More

Author: Gary Moore Date: 17 December 2018 The National Water Act, 1998[1] states that it is an Act to provide for fundamental reform of the law relating to water resources.[2] The Act’s provisions envisage the making by the Minister[3] of...Read More

Author: Gary Moore Date: 11 November 2018 The Constitution[1] states that all citizens are equally entitled to the rights, privileges and benefits of citizenship and equally subject to the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.[2] National legislation must provide for the acquisition,...Read More

Author: Gary Moore Date: 31 October 2018 The Financial Markets Act, 2012[1] states that it is an Act to provide for[2] the regulation of financial markets, inter alia.[3] The Act stipulates that it must be interpreted in a manner that...Read More