1. 30 September - 2 October 2014
2nd ANNUAL SPRING LAW
CONFERENCE
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DAY ONE: Wednesday, 1 October 2014
07h30-08h30 Registration: Foyer of Rosewood
08h30-11h50 PLENARY SESSION ONE, MAIN HALL – ROSEWOOD
Programme Director, Dr Somadoda Fikeni
08h30-08h40 Conference Announcement/House Rules
08h40-09h20 Conference Opening: Prof R Songca
Executive Dean: College of Law: UNISA
Welcoming: Prof R Mare
VP Academic Teaching and Learning: UNISA
09h20-09h50 Adv MT Masutha
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
09h50-10h20 Economic Growth, Development and Transformation:
A reflection on two decades since democracy
Mr Kaizer Nyatsumba
CEO, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA)
10h20-10h50 Colonial laws re-engineered and ‘codified’ in South Africa: Interrogating the property clause in the context of post-1994 relations
Mr Andile Mngxitama
MP, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
10h50-11h50 Discussion/Engagement (Panel and Audience)
12h00-13h00 LUNCH: Restaurant
BREAKAWAY 1:
LEMONWOOD
Chair: Mrs SEM Tladi
BREAKAWAY 2:
YELLOWWOOD
Chair: Prof A Mangu
BREAKAWAY 3: MULBERRY
Chair: Dr J Matetoa
13:05-13:25
The plight of rural women in
post-apartheid South Africa
Prof M Vettori
UNISA
13:05-13:25
Transference and re(de)-
placement and the edge
towards a Post-Apartheid
South African Conundrum
Dr CK Tafira
UNISA
13:05-13:25
Exploring the relevance of
indigenous justice practices
through the intersection
between ubuntu philosophies
and restorative justice
Prof M Schoeman
UNISA
13:30-13:50
“Of rural land tenure rights
and economic developments
in South Africa: Is Customary
or Western-style land tenure
system a choice?”
Mr M Tuba
UNISA
13:30-13:50
Politics-law convergence or
divergence? ‘Small’ political
parties, realpolitik and South
Africa’s 20 years of democracy
Prof KJ Maphunye
UNISA
13:30-13:50
An analysis of the South
African national crime
prevention strategy of 1996
Prof M Montesh
UNISA
13:55-14:15
Title: “The inoperative
community of law students
and transformative
constitutionalism: rethinking
‘property’ in a Post-Apartheid
context”
Mrs A Heyns
UNISA
13:55-14:15
Freedom of expression for
members of parliament in
South Africa
Prof M Mhango
University of the
Witwatersrand
13:55-14:15
The constitutional challenges
of warrantless search and
seizure in the South African
criminal justice system
Prof V M Basdeo
UNISA
14:20-14:40
Certain practical challenges
relating to the supervision of
small estates: A post-1994
South African perspective
Ms C Muller-Van der
Westhuizen
Universty of Free State
14:20-14:40
The state of ‘democracy’ and
‘numeracy’ in the post-1994
South Africa: s it the ‘will’ of
the people?
David Letsoalo
UNISA
14:20-14:40
The role of social media in
livestock theft: A case study
Mr WJ Clack
UNISA
14:45-15:05
An overview of the role of
the courts in twenty years of
democracy, social justice and
freedom in South Africa
Prof NC Okpaluba
UNISA
14:45-15:05
Costs awards in constitutional
litigation
Mr TC Maloka
UNISA
14:45-15:05
The Impact of Death Penalty
on the prison warders: A
Penological Perspective
Dr PM Mashabela
Department of Justice and
Correctional Services
15:05-15:30
DISCUSSION
15:05-15:30
DISCUSSION
15:05-15:30
DISCUSSION
15:30-16:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
BREAKAWAY 4:
LEMONWOOD
Chair: Prof M Mhango
BREAKAWAY 5:
YELLOWWOOD
Chair: Ms Gugu Nkosi
BREAKAWAY 6: MULBERRY
Chair: Dr N Shaik-Peremanov
16:00-16:20
Super-Presidentialism in the
Angolan Constitution of 2010
Prof Dr AEAM
Thomashausen
UNISA
16:00-16:20
The South African constitution
and the social death of black
people
Mr F Mnyongani
UNISA
16:00-16:20
Removing the politics from
research:
Community-engaged
participatory research as
instrument of social innovation
outside power politics
Dr AG Velthuizen
UNISA
16:25-16:45
The Role of Chapter 9
Institutions in the Promotion
of Democratic Processes in
South Africa
Mr SP Makama
UNISA
16:25-16:45
Customary law and land rights
in Swaziland
Mrs N Dlamini-Ndwandwe
UNISA
16:25-16:45
The Law Professor –
Are you fit and proper?
Mr KH Raligilia
Prof M Slabbert
UNISA
16:50-17:10
The state of participatory
democracy: Focus on the
state institutions supporting
constitutional democracy in
the post-1994 South Africa
Adv S Mantula
UNISA
16:50-17:10
The politico-legal interface
between African law and the
Constitution in Post-Apartheid
South Africa
Dr DD Ndima
UNISA
16:50-17:10
Law and Legitimacy in South
Africa: insights from an
ontological perspective
Prof FT Abioye
UNISA
17:15-17:35
Impact of South Africa’s 20
years of democracy and the
contribution of the South
African government to the
promotion of constitutionalism
and democracy in Africa
Prof AMB Mangu
UNISA
17:15-17:35
Morality and Ubuntu: Africa’s
challenges in facing human
rights
Ms Ghazal Miyar
UNISA
17:15-17:35
Access to legal education via
open and distance learning:
Undergraduate law students’
perspective
Mr M Morolane
NSRC-UNISA
17:35-18:00
DISCUSSION
17:35-18:00
DISCUSSION
15:05-15:30
DISCUSSION
19:00 TILL LATE: Networking Dinner
Cocktail Function
Tuesday, 30 September 2014: Welcome Function & Launch of Journal
Venue: MAHOGANY
Welcoming Address: Prof Melodie Slabbert
Launch of Journal: Prof Songca and Dr Thoatlhane
Mount Grace Country Resort & Spa, Magaliesberg
PROGRAMME

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DAY TWO: Thursday, 2 October 2014
08h00-10h30 PLENARY SESSION ONE, MAIN HALL
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08h30-08h30 Constitutionalism after twenty years: promises and perils
Justice Edwin Cameron, Constitutional Court
08h30-09h00 Prof McDougall/(Tiseke Kasambala)
09h00-09h30 On ethical leadership, rule of law and clean governance post-1994 reflections
Adv Thulisile Madonsela, Public Protector
09h30-10h30 Discussion/Engagement (Panel and Audience)
10h30-11h00 Tea/Coffee Break
BREAKAWAY 7:
LEMONWOOD
Chair: Prof F Abioye
BREAKAWAY 8:
YELLOWWOOD
Chair: Prof MC Okpaluba
BREAKAWAY 9: MULBERRY
Chair: Prof M Montesh
11:00-11:20
The principle of sovereign
equality of states and the
doctrine of humanitarian
militarism: A critical analysis of
NATO action in Libya
Dr SD Kamga
UNISA-TMALI &
Dr S Zondi
Institute for Global
Dialogue
11:00-11:20
Workers right to strike under
the South African Post-
Apartheid dispensation: a
critical analysis
Prof M Budeli
Mr T Kunene
UNISA
11:00-11:20
“Dikoma tša Bakone”:
Advancing social and human
capital through the effective
policing of initiation schools
in Limpopo
Mr MM Matlala
Ms BT Mabaso
UNISA
11:25-11:45
When states [dis]agree
to disagree: Historical
development of the principle
of universality and its impact
on African criminal justice
Mr A Dube
University of the
Western Cape
11:25-11:45
Justification of Taxation in
South Africa: 20 years Post-
Colonial Reflection
Mr R Mabobo
UNISA
11:25-11:45
Exploring the concept ‘crime
prevention’ through the lens
of neoliberalism and socio-
democracy: Focus on the
Tshwane Metropolitan Police
Department
Prof Rika Snyman
Mr Ernst van Biljon
11:50-12:10
South Africa’s peace and
security role on the continent:
A human rights perspective
Ms Tiseke Kasambala
Human Rights Watch
11:50-12:10
Recourse to corporate social
responsibility as alleviation
strategy for strike actions in
the mining sector
Prof Dr OS Sibanda
UNISA
11:50-12:10
Evaluation of the effectiveness
of crime prevention policies
post-1994: A South African
study
Ms CP Museka
Ms M Mothapo
UNISA
12:15-12:35
The African Union
Commission as the ‘engine
room’ of deeper integration in
Africa: A critical engagement
Dr B Fagbayibo
UNISA
12:15-12:35
Economic Interdependence
and Conflict in Southern Africa
Dr HG Beyene
UNISA
12:15-12:35
‘People on the ground’:
policing domestic violence in
the Alice cluster
Mr TB Sonjani
SAPS
Mr GX Ngantweni
UNISA
12:40-13:00
DISCUSSION
12:40-13:00
DISCUSSION
12:40-13:00
DISCUSSION
13:00-14:00 LUNCH: Restaurant
BREAKAWAY 10:
LEMONWOOD
Chair: Ms A Leonard
BREAKAWAY 11:
YELLOWWOOD
Chair: Mr F Mnyongani
BREAKAWAY 12: MULBERRY
Chair: Mr W Clack
14:00-14:20
Climate change, sustainable
development and water
scarcity in the SADC region:
A regulatory framework
Prof ZN Jobodwana
UNISA
14:00-14:20
“Apartheid is alive and well.
We have simply painted it with
rainbow colours?” – a critique
of the post-1994 South
African society
Mr M Mashamaite
14:00-14:20
The dynamics of sport, politics
and the law in the post-1994
South Africa: abnormalities
and challenges
Mr L Morodi
UNISA
14:25-14:45
Law, politics and sustainability:
the legacy of ‘aid’ to Africa
Prof IJ Kroeze
UNISA
14:25-14:45
‘South Africa’s approach to the
Palestinian cause’
Dr KAI Qasaymeh
UNISA
14:25-14:45
“What is to be done?” The
land question after 20 years
of democracy in South Africa
Mr KB Morota
UNISA
14:50-15:10
Foreseeable weather
catastrophe: An overview
of the historical evolution of
global warming and climate
change
Prof KO Odeku
University of Limpopo
14:50-15:10
Enhanced cooperation and
tax integration in SADC: Is
BRICS a disruption to regional
integration in SADC?
Prof P Letete
Mr M Madonsela
UNISA
14:50-15:10
Judicial review of decisions of
the disciplinary tribunals of
voluntary associations:
A post-1994 interpretation
Dr MJ Mathenjwa
UNISA
15:15-15:35
Constitutional
environmentalism in Africa:
Focus on Section 24 of the
Constitution of South Africa
Dr EP Amechi
UNISA
15:15-15:35
Africa’s natural resources:
Conflict prevention
Dr N Shaik-Peremanov
UNISA
15:15-15:35
Protecting the Public
Protector from an impending
constitutional crisis
Ms L Stone
UNISA
15:35-16:00
DISCUSSION
15:35-15:55
Access to shelter: The
implication of the Palermo
Convention and Trafficking
Act on victims of trafficking in
South Africa
Ms K Juda
Ms M Mooki
UNISA
15:35-15:55
15:35-16:00
DISCUSSION
15:35-15:55
Access to shelter: The
implication of the Palermo
Convention and Trafficking Act
on victims of trafficking
in South Africa
Ms K Juda
Ms M Mooki
UNISA
15:35-15:55
15:55-16:30
DISCUSSION
15:55-16:30
DISCUSSION
AFTERNOON TEA/COFFEE
CONFERENCE GALA DINNER 18:30 for 19:00
VENUE: ROSEWOOD
3 OCTOBER 2014 DEPARTURE
STUDENT SESSION: Wednesday, 1 October 2014
VENUE: RED IVORY
CHAIR: Prof OS Sibanda
13:05-13:25
“Wage determination for mineworkers: The Role of Trade Unions in post-1994 South Africa”
Nokubonga Mlotshwa
Phendile Shongwe
Nosipho Ntlemeza
Department of Mercantile Law
UNISA
13:20-13:50
“African customary law in the South African constitutional democracy”
Tebogo Kgwedi
Unathi Nxokweni
Department of Jurisprudence
UNISA
13:55-14:15
“Political Appointments in the Judiciary: The Silenced Voice of the Judicial Service Commission”
Lefa Ntsoane
Department of Private Law
Itumeleng Lephale
Department of Criminal and Procedural Law
UNISA
14:20-14:40
“Evaluating the content of legal protection of women and children in the Post-Apartheid
South Africa”
Mpho Khoza
Department of Private Law
UNISA
14:45-15:15
DISCUSSION