HSF Briefs

MINING, LAND, AND COMMUNITY IN COMMUNAL AREAS I - WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED AND WHY IT IS NOT
Author: Tamara Jewett
Published: 11 Aug 2016
This Brief deals with an overview of how issues of mineral and land rights and community governance undermine individuals and communities in interactions with mining companies. The argument is that future suffering can be prevented by keeping the basic principle that mining must benefit South Africans while changing the structure and, most importantly, the application of some of the law. Two follow-up briefs will delve more deeply into each issue.
Briefs Mining
WHEN JUDGES DO METAPHYSICS: Some concerns about the Tshwane street-naming case
Author: Matthew Kruger
Published: 10 Aug 2016
In this brief, Matthew Kruger considers the majority judgment of the Chief Justice in the recent Tshwane street-naming case. Whilst acknowledging that morally-speaking the decision is probably correct, he expresses concern over the finding that people "must embrace the African philosophy of ubuntu" for them to be truly South African.
Briefs Social Justice
AFTER THE PRESIDENT PAYS BACK SOME MONEY, IS THAT THE END?
Author: Matthew Kruger
Published: 02 Aug 2016
In this brief, Matthew Kruger argues that the President's duty to pay back approximately R7.8 million, for the construction at his private residence in Nkandla, is only one of the President's duties arising from the order of the Constitutional Court in March 2016. He might owe us quite a bit more.
Briefs Fighting Corruption