As shown by the empowering nature of the jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court, the latter plays an important role in giving effect to socio-economic rights. Yet, the poor have no legal aid, and therefore no access to court especially in civil matters through which their ...
(Historical Terms) either of two conflicts between Britain and the South African Boers, the first (1880–1881) when the Boers sought to regain the independence given up for British aid against the Zulus, the second (1899–1902) when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britai...
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a situation Barlow acknowledges had to do with the change in government, though the STTEP chairman maintains that much of the responsibility lies with the South African print media’s “racist mercenary” narrative: “The South African government has been fed such a false narrative by the South ...
However, the elation was short-lived: at the news conference following PhRMA’s decision to withdraw its legal challenge, the South African minister of health announced that the drugs remained too expensive to parallel import or to manufacture locally. Although South Africa did not fully capitalize...
However, there have been some significant setbacks for the agency. Namely, the reviewers who advise the Health Minister on whether or not a product is safe and effective are not full time employees of the South African government. As a result the councils that review clinical trial and...
In the second section, by focusing on the University of the Western Cape, my critique examines the persisting evidence of prejudice and homophobia in South African society alongside seemingly progressive policymaking and intellectual debate. I consider the centrality of national law and policymaking in ...
In 2012, then-Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, used the WHO’s endorsement of UHC to defend the NHI, stating “there are people who wrongly believe that the…NHI is a pipe dream concocted by the ANC [the African National Congress]. I wish to advice [sic] them that…the World Heal...
South African Currency InSouth Africa, the legal currency is called therand. South African currency works similarly to the United States dollar: one rand is made up of one hundred cents. Rand currency is usually written with a capital R, whereas the US dollar uses a dollar sign. Currently,...
In March this year, the European Parliament sent back to the budgets committee a report on a proposed 2-year Ecu 300 million European Investment Bank loan to South Africa because of a difference with the Commission over the legal position. Parliament wished to bring the proposal under EU ...