So today is International Women’s Day and I have been doing a bit of thinking on this score. Firstly let me say that I understand feminism to mean, as Merriam Webster defines it, “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities” – rather than an extreme bra-burning notion that some people… Read More: International Women’s Day »
The Administrative Justice Association of South Africa convened for a conference in February 2016. The Honourable Former Constitutional Court Justice, Zak Yacoob, was the Keynote Speaker. He spoke on rationality review, the separation of powers and the rule of law.
Thabo Mbeki’s latest attempt at historical revisionism falls horribly short of the legal mark. The former President published a letter on his Facebook page last week entitled, ‘Behind the narrative of the abuse of state power was a larger goal’. In revisiting – nearly a decade after the fact – his notorious decision to remove… Read More: Mbeki guilty of misinterpreting the Law, Mail & Guardian, February… »
Update re yesterday’s Constitutional Court judgment: ” The constitutional imperatives in section 26(3), given effect to by ESTA, must be borne in mind. That sub-provision demonstrates special constitutional regard for a person’s place of abode. As this Court said in PE Municipality, the sub-provision— ‘acknowledges that a home is more than just a shelter from… Read More: Molusi and Others v Voges N.O. and Others (CCT96/15) [2016]… »
Statement on the Constitution and lawful protest | Faculty of Law law.uct.ac.za “We further acknowledge that many of the concerns highlighted by the student movements over the last year are of national significance, particularly the issues relating to designated groups having access to opportunities to study and work at institutions of higher learning and to… Read More: Statement on the Constitution and lawful protest | Faculty of… »
I’m busy preparing for my lecture on transformative constitutionalism and these poignant words of our late great former Chief Justice, Pius Langa, seemed apt given the current socio-political climate: “Social transformation is indispensable to our society. In South Africa – it is synonymous with reconciliation. If there is no reconciliation between the people and groups… Read More: Transformative Constitutionalism »
I don’t quite know where to begin. But somehow I have to get the words out because they are bubbling up inside me and, I suspect, inside many others. I feel that, somewhat ironically, in this cyber-era there is perhaps more self-censoring (than there was pre-Facebook and Twitter etc) because there is so often a… Read More: Rhodes Must Fall »
On 8 February 2016, Former President Thabo Mbeki published a letter on his Facebook page in which he seeks, nearly a decade down the line, to justify his decision to suspend former NDPP, Vusi Pikoli – who intended to execute warrants against the late Jackie Selebi – on the basis of ‘national security’. Lauren Kohn… Read More: Mbeki debate – Letter #5 »
I was honoured to be invited to write a piece for the 7th edition of Constitutional Court Review and presented my paper at the conference on 4 December 2015. My article is on the recent Constitutional Court judgment of Trencon Construction (Pty) Ltd v Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited [2015] ZACC 22. In particular, I… Read More: Constitutional Court Review Conference 2015 »
This chapter, which Lauren lead-authored, is a carefully elucidated summary of the complex field of administrative law in SA. It has been viewed over 5000 times on Academia.Edu. This research platform reveals the contribution’s regular use by students, scholars, practitioners and government officials. Context matters and today’s system of South African administrative law is quite… Read More: ‘Judicial regulation of administrative action’ in the South African Monograph… »