THE UNITARY, DEMOCRATIC STATE AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID IN PALESTINE–ISRAEL

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Rumy Hasan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
State Solution ◽  
The South ◽  
Legal Code ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Liberation Struggle ◽  
Fundamental Proposition

This paper utilises a comparison between Apartheid South Africa and Israel to argue that Israel, from its inception, has been an apartheid state, albeit different in form to the South African variety. The fundamental proposition is that only the dismantling of the Zionist legal code, the constitution and discriminatory state structures will ensure the end of apartheid in Palestine–Israel. The sine qua nonfor this is the creation of a single, unitary, democratic state. Accordingly, the goal of the Palestinian liberation struggle should decisively shift away from the 'two-state solution' in favour of a 'one-state solution'. To this end, six theses are presented.

Foreigners' Rights to Work and Fair Labour Practices in South Africa: A Review of the South African Labour Legislation and Jurisprudence

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Mangu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
South African ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
The South ◽  
Legislation And Jurisprudence ◽  
Foreign Nationals ◽  
Lay Persons ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Labour Legislation

After several decades of apartheid rule, which denied human rights to the majority of the population on the ground of race and came to be regarded as a crime against humanity, South Africa adopted its first democratic Constitution in the early 1990s. The 1996 Constitution, which succeeded the 1993 interim Constitution, is considered one of the most progressive in the world. In its founding provisions, it states that South Africa is a democratic state founded on human dignity, the achievement of equality, the advancement of human rights and freedoms. The Constitution enshrines fundamental human rights in a justiciable Bill of Rights as a cornerstone of democracy. Unfortunately, in the eyes of a number of politicians, officials and lay-persons, the rights in the Bill of Rights accrue to South African citizens only. Xenophobia, which has been rampant since the end of apartheid, seems to support the idea that foreigners should not enjoy these rights. Foreign nationals have often been accused of posing a threat to South African citizens with regard to employment opportunities. In light of the South African legislation and jurisprudence, this article affirms the position of the South African labour law that foreign nationals are indeed protected by the Constitution and entitled to rights in the Bill of Rights, including the rights to work and fair labour practices.

Coaching in South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Segwaba ◽  
Desiree Vardhan ◽  
Patrick Duffy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
South African Government ◽  
Current Position ◽  
The South ◽  
African Government ◽  
Social Vision ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Creation

The South African government and the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) have committed to the creation of an active and winning nation through sport. As part of the national sports plan, coaching has been identified as a key element in the success of the South African sports system. In this context, SASCOC commissioned the development of the South African Coaching Framework, which was formally launched in 2011. The development and launch of the Framework has been accompanied by the gathering of research and scoping data to inform the processes of planning, implementation and impact evaluation. This article describes the current position of coaching in South Africa and the key issues being addressed through the South African Coaching Framework. The challenges that remain to be faced in maximising the contribution of sport coaching to the sporting and social vision of the nation are also identifed.

The Rand and the Monetary Systems of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland

1978 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis d'A. Collings
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
National Currency ◽  
The South ◽  
Legal Tender ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
Monetary Systems ◽  
The Creation

Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland are among very few countries which, in recent times, have for an extended period and without formal agreement used another national currency as their domestic circulating medium and legal tender. After many years of being de facto part of a larger monetary area using the South African currency, in 1972 the three smaller countries jointly initiated negotiations with Pretoria which led to the creation of an officially recognised Rand Monetary Area in December 1974. Thereafter they chose different arrangemènts which span the spectrum between continued integration with and separation from the monetary system of South Africa. The experiences of these countries, while of interest in themselves, may also be relevant to other governments with dependent currency systems which face similar options.

Surplus People and Expendable Children: The Structure of Apartheid and the Mortality Crisis in South Africa

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. De Gregori ◽  
William Darity
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Black Population ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
The South ◽  
Paradigm Case ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Surplus Population

South Africa's apartheid scheme is considered as a paradigm case for the creation and maltreatment of a putatively surplus population. Both active and passive policies are identified that are utilized to contain the numbers of the black population of the nation. Of particular significance is a strategy of neglect that has led to exceptionally high infant and child mortality rates in the “homelands.” In addition, the South African authorities’ efforts to destabilize neighboring regimes in Angola and Mozambique has had similarly adverse repercussions on mortality rates there.

Sexual Harassment: The South African Perspective

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 229-251
Author(s):  
Sandra Govender
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
South African ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
The South ◽  
Positive Duty ◽  
African Perspective ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Law

Sexual harassment is not a new phenomenon in South Africa but until recently nothing significant was done to address it. The problem is currently being addressed through legislation aimed at prevention and eradication. Sexual harassment in the employment environment is an area of great concern. With the advent of new legislation a positive duty has been placed on employers to take steps to combat the problem. Cases have already been brought before the South African courts in terms of the new legislation and the courts have shown no hesitation in implementing the law. Recent decisions have spelt victory for victims of sexual harassment whilst sending out a clear message to perpetrators and employers. The approach adopted by the courts is a laudable one. The scene has been set in South Africa for the eradication of sexual harassment. The last step is the creation of a culture of non-victimisation. Employers have a crucial role to play as far as their employees are concerned. New legislation does address this issue but awareness is necessary to enable individuals to exercise their rights without fear of victimisation. This is of paramount importance if the various pieces of legislation are to achieve their objectives.

scholarly journals ARENDT’S THEORY OF JUDGMENT FOR A POSTAPARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Furniss
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Court Order ◽  
The South ◽  
Real Possibility ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Three Rivers ◽  
Sense Of Justice

In this essay I will attempt to examine the ways in which judgment as described by Arendt, could have be applied to the decision of the court in Three Rivers Ratepayers Association v Northern Metropolitan in order to reach a more just decision than the court a quo. The court a quo ordered the eviction of a group of homeless individuals from land owned by the applicants. The evicted group was destitute and the court order made no mention of assisting them in finding alternative accommodation. From this situation, I will infer that an application of Arendt’s theory of judgment may lead to a space where homelessness, poverty or class disempowerment can be addressed, ultimately resulting in a new sense of justice in postapartheid South Africa. I will apply Arendt’s theory alongside the theories of Boyd White exemplified in his reference to ‘tensions’, Dugard’s disillusion with the formalism within the South African judiciary and Klare’s notion of ‘transformative constitutionalism’. These four theorists will collectively demonstrate how the decision in the court in the Three Rivers case failed to employ a more careful process of judgment thus neglecting an important opportunity to encourage the development of judgment as an art where the creation of justice is a real possibility.

scholarly journals On the record with Judge Jody Kollapen

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-56
Author(s):  
Nontsasa Nako
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
South African ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
The South ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Crime And Punishment ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
The Impact

With the revelations by Bosasa officials at the State Capture Enquiry, held in early 2019, laying bare the corrupt links between prisons, detention centres and border control, and high ranking political and government officials, the time is ripe to excavate the capitalist interests that fuel incarceration in this country. How did the prison industrial complex overtake the lofty principles that ushered in the South African democratic era? Judge Jody Kollapen is well-placed to speak to about the evolution of the South African prison from a colonial institute that served to criminalise and dominate 'natives', to its utility as instrument of state repression under apartheid, to its present manifestation in the democratic era. He has laboured at the coalface of apartheid crime and punishment through his work as an attorney in the Delmas Treason Trial, and  for the Sharpeville Six, and also worked as a member of Lawyers for Human Rights, where he coordinated the 'Release Political Prisoners' programme, Importantly, Justice Kollapen had a ringside seat at the theatre of our transition from apartheid to democracy as he was part of the selection panel that chose the commissioners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Many questions can be asked of the South African TRC including whether it was the best mechanism to deal with the past and whether it achieved reconciliation. What concerns us here is its impact on crime and punishment in the democratic era. If our transition was premised on restorative justice, then shouldn’t that be the guiding principle for the emerging democratic state?  In line with this special edition’s focus on the impact of incarceration on the marginalized and vulnerable, Judge Kollapen shares some insights on how the prison has fared in democratic South Africa, and how imprisonment affects communities across the country. As an Acting Judge in the Constitutional Court, a practitioner with a long history of civic engagement, and someone who has thought and written about criminalization, human rights and prisons, Judge Kollapen helps us to think about what decolonization entails for prisons in South Africa.

scholarly journals Establishment of “The South African Bioinformatics Student Council” and Activity Highlights

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. e903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Nancy Rafael ◽  
Jon Ambler ◽  
Antoinette Niehaus ◽  
James Ross ◽  
Ozlem Tastan Bishop
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Computational Biology ◽  
South African ◽  
International Society ◽  
Short Description ◽  
The South ◽  
Student Council ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Set Up

The South African Bioinformatics Student Council (SASBiSC) in bioinformatics has been set up to increase the visibility of bioinformatics as well as to filter information to students within the field regarding job, funding and workshop opportunities as they arise. This is a short description of the process of setting up a national Student Council for Bioinformatics in South Africa, affiliating to the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). We also report two examples of activities that were carried out over the last two years that are: 1) participation in the SciFest Africa; and 2) the organisation of the first Bioinformatics Student Symposium.  We hope that our experience and methods for the creation of SASBiSC and of collaborative communities can be useful to others who might want to do the same.

Political Consumerism in the South African and British Anti-Apartheid Movements

2018 ◽  
pp. 46-66
Author(s):  
Johan Nicolaas Wilhelm de Jager
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Local Resistance ◽  
Political Consumerism ◽  
The South ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Apartheid Regime

This chapter provides a historical perspective on how political consumerism was applied within the South African and British anti-apartheid movements, specifically addressing the role that consumer boycott campaigns played in undermining the apartheid regime. The chapter will first discuss the rise of boycott campaigns in apartheid South Africa and how one of these campaigns eventually spread to Britain and assisted in the creation of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement. The chapter will then discuss how increasingly violent state suppression in South Africa resulted in the rise of alternative forms of local resistance and how it galvanised the outside world to expand their use of the boycott tactic. Finally, the chapter will focus on the resurgence of local resistance in South Africa and how both local and international consumer boycott campaigns assisted in the fall of apartheid.

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