South Africa

South African Government Information: documents

This part of the South African Government Information website provides access to government publications including legislation, policy documents and documentation provided on provincial government websites. The site offers full text legislation including a copy of the Constitution. There are government notices, documents open for public comment, annual reports of government departments and agencies and downloadable forms.

Centre for Criminology

Website of the Centre of Criminology, a research unit linked to the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. Research at the Centre is focused on African Security and Justice with the two main programmes of work being Physical Security and Environmental Security. The site gives information on the various research projects taking place at the Centre which cover plural policing, urban security and policing and human rights.

Decisions of the Free State High Court, South Africa

This SAFLII database provides full text access to judgments of the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Decisions are available from 2002 onwards to date and can be searched or browsed alphabetically by party name or chronologically by year. Cases can be downloaded in HTML and are provided either in English or Afrikaans. The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is a collaborative project of the Wits Law School in South Africa and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) providing free South African legal information.

Decisions of the High Courts of Gauteng, South Africa

This SAFLII database provides full text access to judgments of the High Courts of Gauteng in South Africa. Decisions are available from 2001 onwards to date and can be searched or browsed alphabetically by party name or chronologically by year. Cases can be downloaded in HTML and are provided either in English or Afrikaans. The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is a collaborative project of the Wits Law School in South Africa and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) providing free South African legal information.

Decisions of the North West High Court, South Africa

This SAFLII database provides full text access to judgments of the North West High Court, Mafikeng in South Africa. Decisions are available from 1998 onwards to date and can be searched or browsed alphabetically by party name or chronologically by year. Cases can be downloaded in HTML. The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is a collaborative project of the Wits Law School in South Africa and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) providing free South African legal information.

Decisions of the Western Cape High Court, South Africa

This SAFLII database provides full text access to judgments of the Western Cape High Court, Cape Town in South Africa. Decisions are available from 2002 onwards to date and can be searched or browsed alphabetically by party name or chronologically by year. Cases can be downloaded in HTML and are provided either in English or Afrikaans. The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is a collaborative project of the Wits Law School in South Africa and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) providing free South African legal information.

Decisions of the Northern Cape High Court, South Africa

This SAFLII database provides full text access to judgments of the Northern Cape High Court, Kimberley in South Africa. Decisions are available from 2001 onwards to date and can be searched or browsed alphabetically by party name or chronologically by year. Cases can be downloaded in HTML and can be viewed in either English or Afrikaans. The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is a collaborative project of the Wits Law School in South Africa and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) providing free South African legal information.

Forced evictions and disability rights in Africa

Online article looking at forced evictions and disability rights in Africa written by Buhle Angelo Dube who is a lecturer at the University of Swaziland's Law Department. The article was published in 2008 (and updated in 2023 by Sibusiso Nhlabatsi) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The first section explains the background to forced evictions and their impact in Africa and focuses on this practice in Ghana, Swaziland and Botswana.

World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists

Website of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists (WSMJJ) an organisation made up of law faculties, individuals and international organisations whose aim is to study jurisdictions with mixed legal systems (including both civil law and common law traditions) around the world. These include South Africa, Scotland, Israel, Quebec, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. The site gives contact details for officers and members, information on conferences and events held by the Society and publications produced by WSMJJ. 

Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

Official website of the South African Parliament providing background information to the Parliament, how it is structured, its functions and details of members and officers of the Parliament. There are details of the various committees and parliamentary papers, including committee reports, order papers and minutes of proceedings, can be downloaded from the site. Recent speeches can be viewed and the most recent editions of Hansard can be searched, browsed and downloaded. Bills before Parliament can be viewed in full.

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