State of Brutality - a constitutional crisis I: A Good Friday murder

This brief, the first in the series, considers the circumstances leading to the death of Mr Khosa on Good Friday. The brief concludes with an overview of the ...

The Constitutional Court And The Electoral Act

The Constitutional Court ruling of 11 June 2020, declared the Electoral Act as unconstitutional to the extent that it requires that adult citizens may be ...

Decision Making In A Time Of Uncertainty

The brief considers the present state of uncertainty and how decision making is to be viewed and implemented. Charles Simkins introduces risk and uncertainty ...

Lives and Livelihoods

In this brief, Matthew Kruger writes about the detrimental impact, on freedom and politics, of any law or policy that overemphasises risk and safety.

COVID-19: Opportunities and challenges for the water, sanitation and hygiene sector

Disasters are undesirable events; but, if managed well, they can be catalysts for beneficial systematic change. The necessity for efficacy in COVID-19 pandemic ...

The London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine And Its Projection Of The African COVID- 19 Epidemic - Model Structure And The Projection For South Africa

This brief will outline the structure and assumptions of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's projection model and the following brief will set ...

To what extent can increased sale of government bonds fund the shortfall in revenue or relief associated with the COVID-19 epidemic?

This brief explores the possibility of allocating to buyers the full amount of short-term, lower-yielding government bonds for which they bid, the impact on ...

The Lockdown Is Unconstitutional - Part III

The series concludes by arguing that the purpose for and process by which the powers under the Disaster Act have been exercised are unlawful and irrational, ...

The Lockdown Is Unconstitutional - Part II

The Disaster Management Act is the legislation through which the Minister has effected the current lockdown. In this brief, the purpose and limits of the ...

The Lockdown Is Unconstitutional - Part I

Matthew Kruger argues that the purpose and process by which Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has locked South Africa down is unconstitutional. In this first ...