Bio

Dr Cecile de Villiers joined UCT on 1 November 2023. After obtaining her doctorate degree in labour law in 2022, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stellenbosch University. She currently convenes and teaches two labour law LLM courses, Workplace Discrimination & Equality Law and Collective Labour Law. She also teaches Law for Engineers at undergraduate level.

Publications

• C de Villiers ‘Mandatory Sanctions Miss the Mark: An Evaluation of Centre for Child Law and Others v South African Council for Educators and Others [2024] ZASCA 45’ (2024) 45 Industrial Law Journal 2221-2237.
• N Whitear Nel & C de Villiers ‘Obstacles and Opportunities for Labour Dispute Resolution Using Videoconferencing Technology’ (2024) 45 Industrial Law Journal 663-691.
• C de Villiers & C Garbers ‘The legislative regulation of sexual misconduct by educators in South African public schools’ Journal for Juridical Sciences (2023) 48(2): 106-134.
• C de Villiers & C Garbers ‘The regulation of educator misconduct in public schools’ (2023) 44 Industrial Law Journal 2079-2109.
• K Calitz & C De Villiers ‘Sexual abuse of pupils by teachers in South African schools: The vicarious liability of education authorities’ (2020) 137 South African Law Journal 72–107.

Other publications

• C Garbers, PAK Le Roux, EML Strydom, AC Basson, MA Christiansson, W Germishuys-Burchell & C de Villiers The Essential Labour Law Handbook 8th ed (2024).