What are ‘squatters’ rights’ and do they apply in Australia? They do, but using them will likely prove difficult.
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In over 30 countries LGBTIQ+ people would face imprisonment. Progress has been made but there is still a long way to go.
Before colonialism black South Africans viewed sex and morality very differently than today.
She paved the way for women to play the mbira – and then took the ancient tradition global.
Denying people the right to opt out of the traditional court system conflicts with the notion of customary law as a voluntary and consensual system of law.
The early Australian colony of thieves was all about crime and crime control; the details, from the mid-1800s, were published in what came to be known as the Police Gazette. Now it’s been visualised.
There are two histories of dagga in South Africa - the one of criminalising it and the other of the state trying to make money off it.
The unstable authoritarian pathway that many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements within African societies.
The recent ruling to decriminalize same sex behaviour in Botswana may have a positive impact on the rest of southern Africa.
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Director, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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South African Research Chair in Sexualities, Genders and Queer Studies, University of Fort Hare
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Honorary Associate Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Senior lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Law, Macquarie University
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Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
