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ANC lost a significant proportion of their vote share in metropolitan areas - MLGI
Author: jacob
Published: 16 May 2014
Community Law Centre's Multilevel Government Initiative (MLGI) made an analysis on the 2014 Election which recently took place in South Africa, in an article titled, “Election 2014: The coming battle for control of the big cities.” This article is part of the Talking Good Governance blog by MLGI.
Clare Ballard presents an expert report at the Khayelitsha Commission
Author: jacob
Published: 15 May 2014
Community Law Centre’s researcher, Clare Ballard, yesterday delivered a report and presented a submission, which dealt with independent oversight of the police at the Khayelitsha Commission. This is a commission of inquiry into allegations of police inefficient in Khayelitsha and a breakdown of relations between the community and the police in Khayelitsha. According to her report issues of the effective oversight of police stations and investigations into SAPS were raised during the course of the Khayelitsha Commission’s (the Commission) phase 1 hearings.
CLC’s researcher testifies at the Khayelitsha Commission
Author: jacob
Published: 13 May 2014
If policing burden were distributed equally, then police human resources should be distributed through a per capita method, for example, population size determines relative resourcing. This is according to Jean Redpath, a researcher at Community Law Centre’s Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, when giving a submission at the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Police Inefficient in Khayelitsha and a Breakdown of Relations between the Community and the Police in Khayelitsha, yesterday.
Unjust allocation of police human resources highlighted
Author: Jean
Published: 13 May 2014
Jean Redpath gave evidence at the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Police Inefficiency and a Breakdown in Relations between the South African Police Service and and the Community in Khayelitsha in May 2014 regarding the relative allocation of police human resources among police stations in the Western Cape.
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ESR Review, Volume 15 No. 1 2014 now available!
Author: jacob
Published: 25 Apr 2014
This first issue of the 2014 ESR Review focusses on the potential of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a tool for poverty reduction in South Africa. It also looks at Developing Cape Town’s right to housing in the rental sector. There are also summaries of recent developments on socio-economic rights across the world.
Justice Albie Sachs reflects on the creation of SA Constitution
Author: jacob
Published: 23 Apr 2014
Former Constitutional Court Judge reflected on Oliver Tambo’s vision and contribution to South Africa’s constitution. He did this during the 9th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture which took place on 25 March at the University of the Western Cape.
CLC unpacks state obligation under the ICESCR
Author: jacob
Published: 14 Apr 2014
It is clear that South Africa needs to urgently ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The ratification would strengthen the domestic protection of economic, social and cultural rights in South Africa through policy, legislation (laws) and jurisprudence (decisions of court).
PODCAST: The 9th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture with Albie Sachs
Author: jacob
Published: 02 Apr 2014
On 25 March 2014, the Community Law Centre hosted the 9th Dullah Omar Lecture which was delivered by former constitutional court judge Albie Sachs. The lecture was titled “Speaking to Oliver Tambo's Ghost: Twenty Years into Democracy".