In what the Herald refers to a “precedent setting” matter, a Port Elizabeth man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly infecting his niece with HIV. The criminalisation of the transmission of HIV is an issue which has already been considered by the South African Law Commission. In 2001, the Commission developed a report […]
Author Archives: Jean-Andre Butcher
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Jun
Jun
On Thursday 6 January, the Eastern Cape High Court ordered the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to employ 108 temporary teachers on a permanent basis and remunerate them from the day they assumed duty. The DBE was given until 30 June to do this. The teachers are from 17 Eastern Cape schools and were represented […]
Constitution, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre
Law, Justice and Morality in South Africa – The Past and the Present
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Apr
Apr
22 April 2013 A speech by George Bizos SC at the Plato Week in South Africa for the School of Practical Philosophy Introduction Professors, academics, philosophers, students and interested guests: It is my honour to have been asked to speak at Plato Week in South Africa by the School of Practical Philosophy. I would like […]
Governance, Housing, Legal Resources Centre, Rights to Water
West Point Lodge families sheltered from eviction
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Mar
Mar
Please note that this article is an extract from the Legal Resource Centre’s Annual Report 2012 In February 2011, the Organisation of Civic Rights approached the LRC seeking assistance for approximately 58 families who lived in a Durban inner-city building called West Point Lodge. The LRC represented the occupants in an effort to compel the […]