Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law

Mr Paul Mudau

College of Law
School of Law
Department: Public, Constitutional and International
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 3111
E-mail: mudaufp@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • LLB - University of Limpopo
  • LLM (Law, State and Multilevel Government) - University of the Western Cape
  • LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) - University of Pretoria

Currently teaching

  • Constitutional Law

Fields of academic interests

  • Constitutional Law
  • Decentralisation
  • Democracy and Elections
  • Human Rights
  • Local Government Law
  • Public Administration

Books

  • Kruger P, Moyo K, Mudau P, Pieterse M & Spies A ‘Republic of South Africa: Legal Response to Covid-19’ in King J, Ferraz O et al (eds) The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19 (2021) Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Journal articles

  • Mudau P (2022) ‘Promoting civic and voter education through the use of technological systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa’ African Human Rights Law Journal 22(1) 108-138.
  • Mudau P (2022) ‘The implications of food-parcel corruption for the right to food during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa’ ESR Review 23(5) 4-9.   
  • Mudau P (2022) ‘The role of the African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration in promoting good governance’ Law, Democracy and Development 26 148-167.
  • Mudau P & ‘Nyane H (2022) ‘A critical analysis of Zimbabwe’s non-implementation of constitutional injunctions on devolution’ Southern African Public Law Journal 26 pages, https://doi.org/10.25159/2522-6800/9584.
  • Mudau P & Kona N (2021) ‘A Rights-Based Approach to Informal Street-Trading Challenges in Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality’ ESR Review 22(3) 22-27.
  • Mudau P & Mtonga S (2020) ‘Extrapolating the role of transformative constitutionalism in the decolonisation and Africanisation of legal education in South Africa’ Pretoria Student Law Review 14(1) 44-57.
  • Mudau P (2020) ‘Western Cape High Cape sets a new benchmark for promoting spatial equity, access to land and housing’ Local Government Bulletin 15(3). 

Paper presentations

  • Mudau P ‘Empirical Legal Research’, presentation in the Departmental Research Methodology Workshop, 08 April 2021.
  • Mudau P ‘Civic and Voter Education: The potential of technological systems in promoting voter education during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa’, paper presented at the Virtual Conference on Elections and COVID-19, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, 05 November 2020.
  • Mudau P (with Mtonga) S ‘The role of transformative constitutionalism in the decolonisation and Africanisation of legal education in South Africa’, paper presented at SALDA’s first Law Student’s Conference on the Decolonisation and Africanisation of Legal Education, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, 15 July 2019.

Other

Opinion pieces 

  • Mudau P (2021) ‘2021 local government elections, voter education and COVID-19 in South Africa’ (AfricLaw).  
  • Kruger P & Mudau P (2021) ‘South Africa wants to postpone local elections – an unconstitutional and out of step decision?’ (Lex-Atlas: Covid-19).
  • Mudau P (2021) ‘Constitutionalisation of Public Service and Administration in Africa’ (AfricLaw).
  • Mudau P (2020) ‘Has the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of South Africa’s constitutional democracy?’ (AfricLaw).