scholarly journals Public participation, Good Environmental Governance and fulfilment of Environmental rights

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Ané Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
South African ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
State Governments ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Environmental Rights ◽  
African Context ◽  
Per Se

This article succinctly, albeit critically, assesses with reference to some international developments the role that public participation is expected to play in state governments’ fulfilment of citizens’ environmental rights.  Based on a survey of literature and jurisprudence, the article considers substantive environmental rights as human rights and the notion of public participation generally. It also puts forward some ideas on the relation between public participation and the fulfilment of environmental rights and how this may feed into good environmental governance. The article does not aim to contribute to the discourse on good governance or good environmental governance per se.  Instead, it introduces the presumed role of public participation processes in an environmental rights context what may be but a facet of good governance and/or good environmental governance.  Where applicable, the South African context is employed to illustrate and reinforce the observations and/or viewpoints maintained.

scholarly journals Governing authorities in the same boat and a tale of two schedules: Marius Nel v Hessequa Local Municipality (2015)

2018 ◽  
pp. 71-82
Author(s):  
Anél Du Plessis ◽  
Oliver Fuo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
African Context ◽  
The Republic

This article responds to the tension inherent in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 which lists ‘the environment’ proper as a function of national and provincial government. The authors discuss one of the arguments raised in the recently decided case of Marius Nel and Others v Hessequa Local Municipality and Others (2015) with particular emphasis on what the court’s reasoning adds to the growing body of jurisprudence on local government’s authority to govern environmental matters and the need for cooperative environmental governance in the South African context. The article features an overview of the relevant facts and findings in the Hessequa case, followed by a discussion of the implications of the court’s judgment.

scholarly journals Practice of Ritual Sacrifice and the Role of Religion in Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cas Wepener
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
South African ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
Ritual Sacrifice ◽  
African Context ◽  
Role Of Religion

The practice of ritual sacrifice within the South African context is explored in the light of the emerging global discussion regarding religion and development. Firstly, some aspects of the theory of René Girard on sacrifice is discussed, as well as African theories pertaining to sacrifice and modern ways in which sacrifice/offering enters language. The following section presents three case studies pertaining to sacrifice from South Africa: one from fiction, one from fieldwork done in an African Independent church and a description of a recent sacrifice conducted on a beach in Cape Town. In a succeeding section, the data presented in the empirical part is interpreted in the light of the preceding theories. In the concluding section a thesis is advanced regarding the possible meaning and significance of sacrifice for an African understanding of development.

scholarly journals Public Theology in the South African Context

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etienne de Villiers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context

The objective of this article is to help the non-South African reader to better situate and understand the contributions included in this issue of the journal. A sketch of the challenges public theology faces regarding its role and the role of churches in the democratic South Africa is provided. Attention is also given to the debate on public theology as such and the different notions of public theologians prevalent in the South African context. Lastly, a brief sketch of the most important public theology institutions and initiatives in South Africa is provided.

scholarly journals Die gebruik van ‘Skrifkritiek’: ’n Herbesinning

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J.M. Van Deventer
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Reformed Theology ◽  
The South ◽  
The Bible ◽  
African Context ◽  
Specific Meaning ◽  
General Meaning

The use of ‘Scriptural criticism’: a Reflection.  In the reformed theological world the term Scriptural criticism is a well-known concept. However, no clearly defined definition for this term exists in reformed circles. This contribution endeavours to fill this gap by focusing on the origin of the term specifically in the South African context. Also, it seeks to indicate how the term is used firstly, as having a specific meaning when reference is made to a method of biblical interpretation, as well as secondly, having a more general meaning related to a dogmatic point of view regarding the nature of the Bible and the role of a reader in understanding the Bible. It is suggested that reformed theology in the South African context should rethink the use of this term.

scholarly journals The Emerging Role of the Constitutional Value of Ubuntu for Informal Social Security in South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarence I. Tshoose
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Security ◽  
South African ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Family Solidarity ◽  
The Social ◽  
African Context

AbstractThis paper explores the significance of the African value of ubuntu within the context of social protection. The paper argues that ubuntu as a constitutional value plays a crucial role in supporting the existence of informal social security in South Africa. It concludes by reflecting the overarching potential that the traditional African value has for influencing the social protection and enhancing family solidarity in the South African context.

scholarly journals Legal Perspectives on the Role of Culture In Sustainable Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Anél Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
South African ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
Development Context ◽  
African Context ◽  
Cultural Governance

This article introduces some legal perspectives on the role of culture in sustainable development. The authors agree that sustainable development has been designed as an environmental concept but that room exists for the more prominent inclusion of some form(s) of the notion "culture" in the sustainable development equation.  It is shown that the fluid nature and meaning of "culture" may require a distinction between the role of "culture" per se and the role of "cultural governance" in the sustainable development context.  It is suggested that "cultural governance" as a notion may be more distinct and exact than "culture" itself.  The more functional notion of "good cultural governance" is preferred as a benchmark in the sustainable development equation, with the implication that cultural governance occurs in accordance with a certain standard.  This standard is briefly considered by looking at the meaning of good cultural governance as a notion that encompasses both cultural governance and good governance generally.   The article is set in the South African context but also invokes some law and policy developments internationally, regionally and sub-regionally to depict how issues of culture have been infiltrating the sustainable development discourse and to distil some of the substantive benchmarks for good cultural governance.

Exploring recidivism in the South African context.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Bedell ◽  
Nicholas Challis ◽  
Charl Cilliers ◽  
Joy Cole ◽  
Wendy Corry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context
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