TEST The National Water Act

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signature into law of the National Water Act.

A radical departure from its 1956 predecessor, the Act was celebrated as one of the most progressive and visionary pieces of water legislation worldwide. Translating such a game-changing law into reality was never going to be easy. While there are many successes to celebrate, the intervening 20 years of implementation have proved to be more challenging than we ever imagined.

It is thus fitting, at this 20-year milestone, to pause and reflect on the vision and values that drove the drafting of the National Water Act, along with its sibling, the 1997 Water Services Act. It is also fitting to use Heritage Month as an opportunity for such reflection, recognising the substantial contribution made by brave, far-sighted people who rose to the challenge of transforming the legal framework for water to reflect the values and priorities of post-apartheid South Africa.

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TEST The National Water Act

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signature into law of the National Water Act.

A radical departure from its 1956 predecessor, the Act was celebrated as one of the most progressive and visionary pieces of water legislation worldwide. Translating such a game-changing law into reality was never going to be easy. While there are many successes to celebrate, the intervening 20 years of implementation have proved to be more challenging than we ever imagined.

It is thus fitting, at this 20-year milestone, to pause and reflect on the vision and values that drove the drafting of the National Water Act, along with its sibling, the 1997 Water Services Act. It is also fitting to use Heritage Month as an opportunity for such reflection, recognising the substantial contribution made by brave, far-sighted people who rose to the challenge of transforming the legal framework for water to reflect the values and priorities of post-apartheid South Africa.

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Making Markets Work for Africa

A study of the challenges, reflections on the possibilities

The School of Law cordially invites you to a book launch of ‘Making Markets Work for Africa: Markets, Development and Competition Law in Sub-Saharan Africa’.

Eleanor Fox, Professor of Law, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law will deliver a lecture entitled: “Making Markets Work for Africa: a study of the challenges, reflections on the possibilities”

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Youth, Elections and Democracy

Dialogue on youth participation

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Oliver & Adelaide Tambo Foundation (Tambo Foundation) will co-host a dialogue focusing on youth participation in the 2019 National and Provincial Elections.

Following its elections monitoring activities, the SAHRC is concerned about the low number of young people who registered to vote in the country’s recent general elections. The dialogue will therefore focus on youth participation in the country’s political space and the challenges they are confronted with when doing so, the importance of young people as human rights and democracy defenders, and what would be required to improve youth voter participation in future elections.

Through the dialogue, the SAHRC and the Tambo foundation aim to highlight the inextricable link between the right to vote and the rights to freedom of assembly, expression and association as core to sustaining the foundation of the country’s constitutional democracy. 

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