Bio

Dr Anthea-lee September-Van Huffel is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Private Law department. Anthea-lee holds LLB and LLM degrees from the University of the Western Cape, and an LLD degree from the University of the Free State. Anthea-lee was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and practiced in property law at Edward Nathan and Sonnenbergs and Webber Wentzel, Sandton Johannesburg. Her scientific primary research fields are comparative private law with specialisation in areas of land reform and governance, constitutional property law, state regulation and custodianship in access, use and benefit of natural resources. Her research objectives are the strengthening of secure land tenure rights to improve socioeconomic conditions, social justice, and sustainable development. Anthea-lee contributes toward community engagement on different platforms, she is passionate about interdisciplinary research and has provided academic opinion to organisations, rural land and farming communities, and is cited in the media and newspapers. She has conducted interviews and guest lectures in her research field and has presented at national and international conferences. She is a keen collaborator and believes in the cross-pollination of ideas and knowledge for the benefit of all peoples.

Teaching

Property Law

Publications

State regulation and misconstructions of customary land tenure in South Africa. ASV Huffel (2024), African Human Rights Law Journal 24.

A Critical Reflection on The State as Trustee or Custodian of South Africa’s Natural Resources: Should Land Be Next? In Enforcing Accountability, Consolidating Democracy and …. ASV Huffel (2024), Juta (Pty) Ltd.

The evolving developmental role of the state as public trustee of South Africa's natural resources and property. SV Huffel (2024), Law, Democracy and Development 28, 152-173.

An Ideological Land Reform Policy Shift of State Custodianship and ‘Transforming The Rural Land Economy’. ALSV Huffel (2023), Journal for Juridical Science 48 (1), 179-200.

Commodus usus, Exclusive Trade Rights and Public Policy in Lease: Masstores (Pty) Ltd v Pick ’n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd. ALSV Huffel (2022), South African Law Journal 139 (2), 286-299.

A critical investigation of state custodianship and its implications for the South African property regime. AL September-van Huffel (2022), University of the Free State. PhD.