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The COVID-19 continues to threaten and ravage human beings and all aspects of human existence and activities of which the educational sector is one of the hardest hit. This notwithstanding, the sector has decided to deal decisively with the various challenges such as the continuation of law pedagogy amid the pandemic. This paper emphasizes the uniqueness of providing and delivering law pedagogy predominately through online resources and tools in virtual classroom settings and spaces. The paper established that the traditional in-person, face-to-face classroom settings and spaces have been disrupted by the pandemic and as such, innovative methods of delivering law pedagogy such as the use of one of the most potent pedagogical tools, the Blackboard Collaborate (BC) to conduct and deliver law modules to law students becomes imperative. This paper examines the novel system, its challenges, and prospects.

Received: 4 March 2021 / Accepted: 15 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021

In order to strengthen the protection of domestic workers in South Africa, the government promulgated, in addition to the existing labour laws and other laws governing and regulating labour services, Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Worker, specifically for domestic workers. This was done in view of the vulnerability of the workers and their job descriptions. This paper appraises the minimum wage aspect of the law with regard to whether it has started impacting positively on the conditions and standards of living of the domestic workers or not. It also looks at the impact of economic dynamisms such as inflation on the domestic workers' minimum wage since it was introduced and comes up with a proposal on what can be done to ensure compliance by employers. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n10p679

This article looks at the recently promulgated energy efficiency standard and code for buildings in South Africa. Energy efficiency intervention becomes imperative in view of the fact that South Africa is vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Although numerous interventions have been put in place and being implemented by the government to achieve a sustainable energy use, none compelled energy efficiency in buildings until when the government introduced the Energy Efficiency code in buildings. This article examines the significance of the code and the standards set for energy efficiency and other alternative energy; what it sets out to achieve; and the support needed to realise the overarching provisions of the code. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p3048

Harmful substances that pollute the environment should be controlled through legal and social interventions. While appropriate legislative regulations will compel polluters to act in line with the provisions of the laws which specifically prohibit acts of pollution, there is social responsibility on the part of the would-be polluter to know that the act of pollution would likely cause irreparable damage and could lead to permanent health problems and death. South Africa, India and the United Kingdom have put in place and are implementing numerous pollution control interventions. Pursuant to this, a modest comparative perspective was done. These efforts will only become successful if there is overall support by all, to ensure that acts of pollution is discouraged rather than encouraged. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p2587

Climate change and global warming impacts are manifesting on a daily basis all over the world. Reports of catastrophic weather events are always being aired in the news, showing huge and massive destruction to property and life. Carbon emissions by both industrialised and non-industrialised countries are the main causes of global warming and climate change. While the developed nations are making frantic efforts through innovations and technologies to adapt to the changes in the climate, the developing countries do not have the capacity to develop such technologies, hence unable to adapt to the changes, leaving them with mitigation options. Against this backdrop, South African Government has put in place various interventions to curb the surge of global climate change. However, it is pertinent to point out that till date, there is no single law passed by the parliament specifically on global climate change. This notwithstanding, in view of the fact that global climate change is caused by emissions of harmful gases to the atmosphere and the environment, South Africa has ample laws controlling and regulating the environment. Therefore, the paper seeks to advance a compelling argument on implementation and enforcement of policy and law on carbon emissions reduction and how the law can be strengthened as part of mitigation strategy. As the issues surrounding global climate change relate and strictly pertain to the environment, the relevant environmental laws that are in place could be used to control and reduce emissions of all sorts and also enforce compliance. One of such pieces of legislation is the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p2709

Climate change and global warming impacts are manifesting on a daily basis all over the world. Reports of the catastrophic weather events are always being aired in the news showing huge and massive destruction to property and life. Carbon emissions by both industrialised and non-industrialised nations are the main causes of global warming and climate change. While the developed nations are making frantic efforts through innovations and technologies to adapt to the changes in the climate, the developing countries do not have the capacity to develop such technologies hence unable to adapt to the climate change, leaving them with mitigation options. Against this backdrop, the school of law, on the initiative of the Dean, Faculty of Management and Law, University of Limpopo, South Africa has developed a postdoctoral research programme. Under the programme, study to address the issues of carbon emissions from the perspectives of implementation and enforcement of legal and policy frameworks on emissions reduction will be conducted. To achieve this, there is need to involve a postdoctoral research fellow that will work in conjunction with the programme leader. Pursuant to this, the study seeks to investigate how implementation and enforcement of policy and law on carbon emissions reduction could be strengthened as part of mitigation strategy. The study highlights the importance of capacity building and development in the areas of climate law and policy in order to position staff members of government and private institutions on how to ensure credible and sustainable implementation and enforcement of emissions reduction policy and legal frameworks. To this end, the need for high quality training of postgraduate students under the programme at the university will invariably capacitate the students and make them to become experts, thereby making them to provide services to emitters on how to curb their emissions and consequences for failure to comply. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n14p819

One of the social vices that continue to generate unending debates is the issue of sex workers or prostitution. Though it is generally recognised as one of the oldest professions but at every stage there have been calls by various local rulers' religious leaders and governments to ban the trade. The prohibition has constantly reoccurred in virtually all discourse be it in the local or international arena. However, the proponents in support have constantly been at the forefront and usually canvassed arguments in favour of the trade to be legalised based on various reasons. As it will unfold in this article, some countries have legalised it while others outlawed it. This article looks at the phenomenon of this trade and raised issues which were discussed in different perspectives. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n13p861

It is generally acceptable that the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) plays a vital role in all aspects of the economy and the society at large in that it is a viable transformative tertiary educational institution for promoting and realising the South African government's developmental strategy and agenda. Essentially, it seeks to ensure that learners who failed to secure admission to the university still have the opportunity to go to tertiary institutions where they will learn and acquire skills and competency that will make them employable, be self-employed and become employers by creating jobs. Also, this paper shows that in the quest for economic growth and development, TVET has moved to the forefront of political changes aimed at eliminating poverty, unemployment, and inequality. More importantly, TVET positioned itself to address the government's developmental challenges and difficulties through the provision of high-quality education to students to skill and empower them. Against this backdrop, TVET continues to be a reliable institution to train and educate young people to build the ideal of a democratic developmental state.

Received: 5 July 2023 / Accepted: 21 April 2024 / Published: 5 May 2024

Abstract
In South Africa, progressive laws, policies and institutions established since 1996 seek to proliferate the representation of black African women in the private sector. However, the sector remains stagnant in giving opportunities to black African women to attain and occupy managerial and leadership positions. Black African women are not yet accepted as an integral of part of decision-making in the private sector contrary to the public sector that has somewhat progressed to place black African women in key decision-making positions in government. Consequently, black African women in the private sector predominately dominate the unskilled labour positions. The underrepresentation of black African women essentially denies them of economic participation and equality in the workplace. It is against the backdrop of this underrepresentation that this article analyses salient transformative legislative interventions that have been put in place to foster ample representation of black African women into managerial positions in the private sector. However, the concern is that the current legislative framework in South Africa does not explicitly make it mandatory for the private sector to achieve a specific target of black African women representation at the top management positions. The article showcases that the glass ceiling in the private sector is real and is nurtured by the organizational culture, policies and strategies which promote exclusion. Therefore, effective implementation and enforcement of laws and policies fostering mainstreaming of black African women into top managerial positions will help in breaking down the glass-ceiling. This will become realizable with the cooperation of all stake holders and role players where there is deliberate effort to empower and enhance the skill and capacity of women through quality training and education that will drive and deliver robust career development.