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The role of traditional leaders in Zimbabwe: are they still relevant? 3083 114 0 0 3197
The SADC regional bloc: What challenges and prospects for regional integration? 1594 74 0 0 1668
Devolution of power in Zimbabwe's new constitutional order: Opportunities and potential constraints 1544 49 0 0 1593
Divorce and the law of khul: A type of no fault divorce found within an Islamic legal framework 935 22 0 0 957
South African municipalities in financial distress: what can be done? 887 40 0 9 936
Supervision of local government in Zimbabwe: The travails of mayors 696 40 0 8 744
The slippery slope to State capture: cadre deployment as an enabler of corruption and a contributor to blurred party-State lines 700 24 0 6 730
An investigation into the causes of violent strikes in South Africa: Some lessons from foreign law and possible solutions 567 143 0 0 710
The use of e-procurement in South African public procurement law: Challenges and prospects 488 26 0 0 514
In the face of judicial deference: Taking the "minimum core" of socio-economic rights to the local government sphere 401 50 0 0 451
Formation of a government in Lesotho in the case of a hung parliament 443 8 0 0 451
Cultural and religious diversity: Are they effectively accommodated in the South African workplace? 429 19 0 0 448
Contemporary trends in provincial government supervision of local government in South Africa 422 17 0 0 439
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission: Prospects and challenges for the protection of human rights 386 26 0 0 412
Integrating the traditional with the contemporary in dispute resolution in Africa 334 23 0 0 357
The double punch of workplace bullying/harassment leading to depression: legal and other measures to help South African employers ward off a fatal blow 293 24 0 7 324
A critical analysis of Zimbabwe's codified business judgment rule and its place in the corporate governance landscape 282 35 0 3 320
The state of political inclusion of ethnic communities under Kenya's devolved system 298 16 0 0 314
The political question doctrine in Uganda: A reassessment in the wake of CEHURD 275 31 0 0 306
An overview of South Africa's institutional framework in promoting women's right to development 279 15 0 0 294
The implications of Truworths Limited v Minister of Trade and Industry 2018 (3) SA 558 (WCC) for access to credit by historically disadvantaged and low-income consumers 231 16 0 9 256
Refugees and asylum seekers: Barriers to accessing South Africa's labour market 232 20 0 0 252
Assessing the nature of competition law enforcement in South Africa 221 22 0 0 243
The implications of the Public Protector's remedial action directing the exercise of discretionary constitutional powers: separation of powers implications 232 9 0 2 243
An analysis of the duty to reasonably accommodate disabled employees: a comment on Jansen v Legal Aid South Africa 215 16 0 11 242
Four years following South Africa's declaration upon the ratification of the ICESCR and jurisprudence on the right to basic education: A step in the right direction? 213 15 0 2 230
Development and regulation of tourism for mutual benefit in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) 213 5 0 0 218
Is the employer compelled to provide safe working conditions to employees during a violent strike? 202 13 0 1 216
An empirical analysis of class actions in South Africa 173 31 0 2 206
Democratic policing: a conceptual framework 184 9 0 3 196
Hold onto critical jurisprudence 158 25 0 10 193
What gender legislative reforms have meant for women in South Africa 165 22 0 5 192
Black economic empowerment in South Africa: Is transformation of the management structures of enterprises as essential as it should be? 154 22 0 5 181
Sustainable development and international economic law in Africa 147 22 0 5 174
A human rights based approach to fighting corruption in Uganda and South Africa: shared perspectives and comparative lessons 155 13 0 0 168
Higher education access in South Africa for students with criminal records 161 4 0 0 165
Between separation of powers and justiciability: Rationalising the Constitutional Court's judgement in the Gauteng E-tolling litigation in South Africa 147 12 0 0 159
Does the South African Pension Funds Adjudicator perform an administrative or a judicial function? 146 12 0 0 158
The High Court of Malawi as a constitutional court: constitutional adjudication the Malawian way 149 9 0 0 158
Regional integration in the area of intellectual property: The case for Southern African Development Community involvement 144 12 0 0 156
Failure to recognise a third gender option: unfair discrimination or justified limitation? 145 10 0 1 156
Socioeconomic Rights in South Africa: Symbols or Substance? 124 24 0 0 148
The role of intellectual property rights' protection in advancing development in South Africa 124 16 0 4 144
Private regulation in the context of international sales contracts 101 23 0 5 129
When do you call time on a compromise? South Africa's discourse on transformation and the future of transformative constitutionalism 106 17 0 1 124
South Africa's post-apartheid microcredit-driven calamity 105 18 0 0 123
The South African Constitution's empty promise of "radical transformation": unequal access to quality education for black and/or poor learners in the public basic education system 84 12 0 21 117
Deciding non-constitutional matters of general public importance in South African law: can constitutional values be used? 99 11 0 4 114
The unresolved ethnic question in Uganda's district councils 105 7 0 0 112
Overview of the legislative protection of retirement benefits against transfer, reduction, hypothecation and attachment in South Africa 97 13 0 0 110
Dismissal of an employee at the instance of a client: Revisiting Nape v INTCS Corporate Solutions (Pty) Ltd in the context of the Labour Relations Amendment Act 6 of 2014 96 13 0 0 109
The application of the doctrine of Res Judicata in political rights cases: National Freedom Party v Electoral Commission and Others (2016) 99 10 0 0 109
Has South Africa committed in good faith to article 34 of the UN Refugee Convention, which calls for the naturalisation of refugees? 87 12 0 8 107
Who are "the people" in the German Constitution? A critique of, and contribution to, the debate about the right of foreigners to vote in multilevel democracies 91 5 0 7 103
Concurrent national and provincial legislative competence: Rethinking the relationship between nature reserves and national parks 83 11 0 7 101
Normative intersectionality in married women's property rights in southern Nigeria 88 10 0 1 99
Staircase or safety net? Examining the meaning and functioning of RDP house ownership among beneficiaries: a case study of Klapmuts, Stellenbosch 82 16 0 1 99
Marriages of convenience through the immigration lens: concepts, issues, impact and policies 79 14 0 3 96
Kenya's implementation of the Smuggling Protocol in response to the irregular movement of migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia 90 5 0 0 95
The (Mis)application of the Limitation Analysis in Maseko and others v Prime Minister of Swaziland and others 89 6 0 0 95
Bicameralism in Lesotho: A review of the powers and composition of the second chamber 78 11 0 5 94
An evaluation of Kenya's parallel legal regime on refugees, and the courts' guarantee of their rights 82 10 0 0 92
Driving corporate social responsibility through Black economic empowerment 82 9 0 0 91
Revisiting legal harmonisation under the Southern African Development Community Treaty: The need to amend the Treaty 82 9 0 0 91
Before the camel's back is broken: How Malawi provides succour to employers by jettisoning the payment of a severance allowance and pension benefits at the same time 82 6 0 0 88
Nativism in South African municipal indigent policies through a human rights lens 77 7 0 0 84
The incentivisation of inclusionary housing by South African municipalities: a property law perspective 71 13 0 0 84
State obligations in international law related to the right to an adequate standard of living for persons with disabilities 72 9 0 0 81
The role of the African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration in promoting good governance 67 10 0 4 81
The Amended Government Procurement Agreement: Challenges and opportunities for South Africa 75 5 0 0 80
A discourse on the plight of South African women in the face of abuse and neglect 61 12 0 5 78
The implications of the decision in Helen Suzman Foundation v Judicial Service Commission 2018 (7) BCLR 763 (CC) 8 on the functioning of the South African Judicial Service Commission 69 7 0 1 77
An assessment of the constitutionality of the COVID-19 regulations against the requirement to facilitate public participation in the law-making and/or administrative processes in South Africa 63 12 0 0 75
Democracy and (the essential content of) fundamental rights: marching in line or precarious balancing act? 66 6 0 2 74
eThekwini's discriminatory bylaws: criminalising homelessness 63 7 0 3 73
A critique of the protection afforded to non-standard workers in a temporary employment services context in South Africa 58 14 0 0 72
The impact of socio-legal inequality on women in the Nigerian domestic work sector 56 8 0 5 69
A fourth transformation of democracy? Liquid democracy, supra-national democracy and the fate of participation 58 8 0 1 67
Examining the interpretation of section 115(2)(a) of the Companies Act of 2008 58 5 0 4 67
Increasing access to education for refugees in Uganda 50 14 0 1 65
Does the exclusion of a right to basic sanitation in international law impede its legal enforcement? 52 11 0 1 64
Promoting the quality of legal aid in South Africa through better coordination of service provision 53 8 0 2 63
Reflections on the rejection of the right to sexual orientation by the institution of traditional leadership: Lessons from South Africa 57 5 0 0 62
After the Novartis judgment - 'Evergreening' will never be the same again! 56 5 0 0 61
Insufficient access to substance abuse treatment centres for illicit drug users and its potential effect on a foetus: A breach of the right to access health care services 56 4 0 0 60
Time for the tide to change for rules of engagement in labour law: a proposal for effective wage dispute resolution 55 5 0 0 60
The Investor-State Dispute Resolution Forum under the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment: Challenges and opportunities for effective harmonisation 48 8 0 0 56
The institution of traditional authority in Okombahe, Erongo Region of Namibia: can the institution be reconciled with democratic values of justice? 45 5 0 5 55
Regional integration in Africa: Proposals for an Africa-wide payment system 42 9 0 4 55
Engendering access to justice for development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a study of policy, programming and implementation 40 8 0 6 54
Institutionalising a military judicial office and improving security of tenure of military judges in South Africa 48 5 0 0 53
My Vote Counts and the transparency of political party funding in South Africa 48 3 0 0 51
The exhaustion of local judicial remedies in investor-state dispute settlement: a proposal for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement on Investment Protocol 45 6 0 0 51
"Alone in the Dark": How the Current Mining and Minerals Legal Regime Continues to fail Artisanal and Small-scale Miners in South Africa 37 13 0 0 50
Exploring the citizen inclusiveness and micro-economic empowerment aspects of regional integration in Africa 45 3 0 0 48
Shifting consciousness and challenging power: Women activists and the provision of HIV/AIDS services 46 2 0 0 48
The necessity for Zambia's vitamin A sugar fortification requirement 39 8 0 1 48
Engendering access to environmental justice in Nigeria's oil producing areas 41 3 0 4 48
Ex parte Somers (1927) 48 NPD 1: A story of racial exclusion in the South African legal profession 40 2 0 0 42
T Kondo (Ed) Law and Investment in Africa: The Governance of Foreign Direct Investment In Zimbabwe 35 5 0 0 40
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