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What is a fair trial according to the European Court on Human Rights?
This brief discusses the right to fair trial in light of the contemporary debate on the definition of a ‘trial’. It considers the matter from an international ...
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Democracy And Popular Political Norms In South Africa I - To What Degree Do Popular Political Perceptions Correlate With Basic Constitutional Norms?
This brief is the first in a series of two. It considers survey evidence of popular South African political perceptions, analysing the degree to which they ...
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Away from colonialism or not? The Constitutional Court is to decide an important UNISA v Afriforum case on language policy at University level in terms of s 29(2) of the Constitution
This brief explores the review case currently in the Constitutional Court on language policy at the University of South Africa. This case touches on issues of ...
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The Right to Basic Education
It is widely accepted that education plays a vital role in lifting people out of poverty, empowering women and children, and promoting human rights and ...
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The NDP’s vision on Education
This brief examines the National Development Plan’s (NDP) vision and policy proposals on the reform of the education sector in South Africa.
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Rivonia Primary School Case
This brief provides a breakdown of the events leading up to the Rivonia Primary School case and a brief analysis on what the outcome of the case means for ...
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What is the Gauteng Department of Education smoking?
City Press reported on 29 June [1] and IOL reported on 10 July 2014 [2] that the Gauteng MEC for education, Panyaza Lesufi, plans to merge former Model C ...
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CULTURE WARS IN THE UNIVERSITIES
Exploring Culture Wars in Universities focusing on behaviour of students in such universities.
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Principles of Student Finance 101
A considered look at the problems plaguing access to student finance and university tuition.
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The University Funding System
This brief is the second in a series on university finance. The first was titled “Principles of student financing 101” and it can be found on the HSF website ...
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