Faculty of Law

Women achievers at UCT Law The Faculty is proud of a number of its staff on whom have been conferred great awards in 2018.  Two of these women are Professor Caroline Ncube and Associate Professor Jacqueline Yeats.&n

Is changing the electoral system the way to establish accountability? Professor Pierre de Vos shares his thoughts in his latest blog |  "This weekend at the brilliant Open Book Festival in Cape To

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) ground-breaking new policy to tackle discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, ratified last December, is officially up and running following a recent public launch. The policy aims to facilitate a cam

Today, 29th August 2018, Lewis Pugh completes "The Long Swim" - an epic first-ever swim along the full length of the English Channel from Land's End in the west to Dover in the East, a distance of 560km.  This swim is the equivalent

The Faculty of Law's Research Office is holding its Annual Faculty Research Week from 27th - 31st August.  These well-established research units are key toour research endeavour, and our socially responsive work in the fi

"The decision by the Constitutional Court nullifying former president Jacob Zuma’s appointment of the country’s prosecutions boss three years ago closes an unhappy chapter in the country’s recent past. It undoes a wrong that thre

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the appointment of Shaun Abrahams as National Director of Public Prosecutions was invalid. A minority of judges argued that Mxolisi Nxasana should return as NDPP but this was rejected by the majority. Associate P

Given the weight people place on crime as an indicator of national health in South Africa, there is an urgent need for demystification around crime trends.

The Constitution would do little to change the lives of ordinary people if those meant to implement it do not do so and if citizens don't use it to advance social justice.

This year saw a bumper June graduation with the law class of 2015 being capped.