College of Law

CLAW puts students’ interests first

Front, Prof OS Sibanda, (Acting Director: School of Law), Prof. Rushiella Songca (ED: CLAW), Prof. Melodie Slabbert (Deputy Executive Dean: CLAW), Prof. Kris Pillay (Director: School of Criminal Justice), and Hadley Saayman (Head: Unisa Law Clinic); and back, Chairs and Student Indaba Committees: S Dimba, M Morolane, B Maboki, and K Msimang

More than 400 College of Law (CLAW) students attended the second annual Student Indaba on 7 March 2013 at Unisa. Present at the indaba were Professor Rushiella Songca, the

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Guidelines to make the difficult medical decisions

The quality of life, sanctity of life, moral and legal status of the foetus, and whether it is ethical to deliberately end or prolong vulnerable life were just some of the issues discussed at the workshop. From left, Prof. Melodie Slabbert, (Deputy Executive Dean: CLAW), Dr Carin Maree (University of Pretoria), Patricia Molusi, (CLAW), Dr Carina van der Westhuizen (CLAW), Emmaré Stronkhorst (Private Practice), Erika Smuts (Psychatric Nurse in private practice), Prof. Sithembiso Velaphi (Wits) and Adv. Salie Joubert SC (Pretoria Bar).

According to World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, South Africa’s infant mortality rate is 47 deaths per 1 000 children under the age of five and the average lifespan of

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A credit to the law fraternity

Prof. Michelle Kelly-Louw has been heavily involved with the drafting of South African bills and legislation which has worked in unison with her research outputs.

Michelle Kelly-Louw is a professor of law at Unisa and instructs the law of negotiable instruments, insolvency law and banking law. She has published widely in the fields of

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Protecting the horn of Africa

Conducting extensive research on Rhino Poaching. From left, John Mokwena (Police Practice), Prof. Moses Montesh (Police Practice), Prof. David Masiloane (COD: Police Practice) and Prof. Rika Snyman (Police Practice).

At the beginning of the 20th century more than 100 000 rhinoceroses walked the planet. Today, the figure has been whittled down to a mere 18 000, largely because

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Unisa has to be an incubator of research and innovation

Dr Babatunde Fagbayibo (Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law: College of Law) is one of the recipients of the 2012 Principal’s Award for Excellence in Research. He will receive his award during this year’s Research and Innovation Week (11–15 March).

Unisa’s vision to be the African university in the service of humanity, places on it an obligation to ensure that it is an incubator of research and innovation activities

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