Recent articles and research

By Henk Delport

ABBREVIATIONS:
EL: Employment Law (LexisNexis)
ITR: Income Tax Reporter (Juta)
PLD: Property Law Digest (LexisNexis)
TSAR: Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg (Juta)
Banking law 
Ramdhin, A ‘The law relating to bankers’ references in South Africa’ 2013.3 TSAR 522.
Competition law 
Chitimira, H and Lawack, VA ‘An analysis of the general enforcement approaches to combat market abuse (part 2)’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 64.
Corporate law 
Legwaila, T ‘Commercial law reasons (other than tax) for setting up a headquarter company: A South African observation’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 1.
Subramanien, D ‘Nowhere to hide for executives – Fourie v FirstRand Bank Ltd (578/2012) [2012] ZASCA 19 (18 September 2012)’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 174. 
Criminal law and procedure 
Hoctor, S ‘The crime of defamation – still defensible in a modern constitutional democracy?’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 125. 
Stevens, GP ‘Multiple acts of sexual penetration within a short period of time – single or multiple acts of rape?’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 159. 
Van der Bijl, C ‘Blue light brigades and the politics of bad driving’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 136.
Watney, M ‘Die grondwetlikheid van inhegtenisneming sonder lasbrief onder die soeklig’ 2013.3 TSAR 576.  
Damages 
Schrage, EJH ‘Liability to disgorge profits upon breach of contract or a delict’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 17. 
Estoppel 
Sonnekus, JC ‘Tekenbevoegdhede van ’n senior beampte ten bate van ’n universiteit – waar bly die billikheid?’ 2013.3 TSAR 530. 
Husband and wife 
Sonnekus, JC ‘Beskerming vervat in die Wet op Huweliksgoedere 88 van 1984 – vir wie?’ 2013.3 TSAR 544. 
Information technology 
Njotini, MN ‘Identifying critical data and databases – a proposal for a risk-based theory of implementing chapter IX of the ECT Act’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 96. 
Insolvency 
Storme, ME ‘Dike, Hydra, Zeno in het insolventierecht’ 2013.3 TSAR 491.  
Intellectual property 
Harms, LTC ‘The hedgehog, the fox and copyright – a diversion’ 2013.3 TSAR 513. 
International trade 
Brink, G ‘The roles of the Southern African Customs Union Agreement, the International Trade Administration Com­mission and the minister of trade and industry in the regulation of South Africa’s international trade’ 2013.3 TSAR 419. 
Labour law 
Grogan, J ‘Deemed dismissals – fired “by operation of law”’ 29.3 2013 EL 3. 
Grogan, J ‘No obfuscation, please – legal representation in the CCMA’ 29.3 2013 EL 14. 
Van Staden, M ‘Onbillike arbeidspraktyke: ’n geslote begrip?’ 2013.3 TSAR 586.  
Legal profession 
Martinek, M ‘Law as a life-long challenge’ 2013.3 TSAR 516.  
Private international law 
De Villiers, MRH ‘Limitations on party autonomy in the context of cross-border consumer contracts: The South African position’ 2013.3 TSAR 478. 
Property law 
Mohamed, SI ‘Implied warranty of habitability’ 17.2 2013 PLD 2. 
Scott, J ‘Aquaeductus en sommige gevolge van goeie buurmanskap’ 2013.3 TSAR 561.  
Timmer, M ‘Municipalities have an environmental say on the use of private properties’ 17.2 2013 PLD 5. 
Public law 
Fuo, ON ‘The transformative potential of the constitutional environmental right overlooked in Grootboom’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 77. 
Olowu, D ‘The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, its regional system, and the role of civil society in the first three decades: Calibrating the “paper tiger”’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 29.
Rautenbach, IM and Heleba, S ‘The jurisdiction of the constitutional court in non-constitutional matters in terms of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012’ 2013.3 TSAR 405.  
Roux, M ‘Reaction to early warning of gross human rights violations: Preventative steps that could be taken by the international community’ 2013.3 TSAR 453.  
Swart, M ‘Alternative fora for human rights protection? An evaluation of the human rights mandates of the African sub-regional courts’ 2013.3 TSAR 437. 
Road Accident Fund 
Slabbert, M ‘Superfluous litigation, in a wrong forum about nothing: when lawyers and experts collude ­Motswai v RAF 2012 SA (GSJ) case no: 2010/ 17220’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 166. 
Sport law 
Wilke, J ‘The right to privacy and drug-testing in sport in South Africa: Could the New Zealand case of Cropp v Judicial Committee provide some guidance?’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 49.  
Surety 
Pretorius, C-J ‘Once again justus error and suretyships – Absa Bank Ltd v Trzebiatowsky2012 (5) SA 134 (ECP)’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 149. 
Tax
– ‘Reduction or cancellation of debts’ 2013 ITR 25.
– ‘Provisional tax change’ 2013 ITR 27. 
– ‘Deduction of interest’ 2013 ITR 28.
– ‘Tax practitioners’ 2013 ITR 28. 
– ‘Taxation Administration Laws Amendment Act’ 2013 ITR 88. 
Dachs, P ‘STC, dividends tax, and the obligation to withhold’ 2013 The Taxpayer 82. 
Kernick, LA ‘Braun v Blann v Crookes v Watson ­– another look at trusts’ The Taxpayer 83.
Trusts 
Nel, E; Lawack, VA and Van der Walt, A ‘The trust as special-purpose institution’ 34.1 2013 Obiter 111. 

Please note that copies of the articles mentioned in this feature are not supplied by the author, but may be obtained from the publishers of the journals, or a law library.

Henk Delport BA LLD (UP) is a professor of law at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. E-mail: henk.delport@nmmu.ac.za