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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This brief examines the National Development Plan’s (NDP) vision and policy proposals on the reform of the education sector in South Africa.

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 ...

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 ...

Exploring Culture Wars in Universities focusing on behaviour of students in such universities.

A considered look at the problems plaguing access to student finance and university tuition.

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 ...