Monthly Archives: May 2014

Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs and Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng speak at Law and Religion Conference

Infusing law with religion could help turn around crime, corruption, maladministration, the lackadaisical attitude of government functionaries, dishonesty and injustice, said Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on Tuesday, 27 May 2014. He delivered the keynote address at the second annual conference on Law and Religion in Africa hosted jointly by the Faculties of Law and Theology…

Land Reform: A new book by Prof JM Pienaar

A new book, Land Reform by Juanita Pienaar, the latest volume in Juta’s South African Property Law Library (series editor Prof AJ van der Walt), was announced on Monday, 19 May 2014 at a public seminar hosted by the South African Research Chair in Property Law (SARCPL) and entitled “Land reform: reflections and dimensions”. Land Reform…

Day Seminar on Land Reform

On 19 May 2014 the South African Research Chair in Property Law at Stellenbosch University hosted a seminar on Land Reform. The seminar focused on the multi-dimensional character of Land Reform.  Speakers included Prof Juanita Pienaar (Stellenbosch), Prof Jeannie van Wyk (Unisa), Dr Aninka Claassens (UCT), Prof Willemien du Plessis (NWU Potchefstroom) and Prof Ben Cousins…

African Human Rights Moot Court

Thursday night the 8th of May 2014 saw 8 students from the Faculty of Law battle it out in the annual internal final of the African Human Rights Moot Court. The competition was judged by Judge Saldanha, who serves as a judge at the Western Cape High Court, Advocate Ismail Jamie, Senior Councel at the…