Sindiso Mnisiweek
Biographic Data
| ID | 135773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sindiso Mnisiweek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sindiso |
| FAMILY NAME | Mnisiweek |
| SIGNATURE | MNISIWEEK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Legal Studies and Political Science University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst Massachusetts USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9937-0332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Setfulo lesinenhlonipho
This tribute article contrasts the deeply rooted, vernacular understanding of ubu-Ntu (buntfu) with its interpretation by the South African Constitutional Court. Reading an interview with Make Ng’Gogo (a female traditional councillor in rural Mpumalanga) ethnographically, the article illustrates how buntfu operates as a concrete, relational ontology prioritising basic needs, collective survival, and socioeconomic justice over individualistic “pap…
Housing rights and the right to housing. The New Hampshire eviction clinic program
Our law is constitutional law, and it has rights
Indigenous Southern Africans say that their laws are fundamentally grounded in the principle of Ubu-Ntu (humane-ness), but their communities are found empirically to often show the opposite of that law. Why is this? What is the law to which they lay claim to having? What are its roots and how can we reliably trace and know them? Reverting to the deep (i.e., unrecorded/unwritten precolonial) history of the Ntu, who make up the largest language gro…
Umthetho Wethu Ngumthetho Sisekelo, Futhi Unamalungelo
Abomdabu baseNingizimu Afrika bathi imithetho yabo igxile kakhulu esimisweni soBu-Ntu kodwa imiphakathi yabo itholakala ivame ukubonisa okuphambene nalowo mthetho. Kungani lokhu? Uyini umthetho abathi banawo? Ziyini izimpande zawo? Futhi singazilandelela kanjani ngokuthembekile ukuze sizazi impela? Lesi sihloko sibuyela ekujuleni (okungukuthi, umlando ongarekhodiwe/ongabhaliwe, wangaphambi kwekoloniyali) wabaNtu, abayiningi labantu abakhuluma izi…
Learning by Doing
This article describes the experience and lessons learned by graduate students and supervising faculty in piloting an action-research project aimed at realizing positive economic and social change by advancing the vision of Boston as a human rights city that was articulated in a city council resolution adopted in 2011. It details the efforts led by the graduate students in their roles as paid outreach coordinators and research assistants to resus…
Courting Custom
The continued relevance of customary law for the regulation of the daily lives of Africa's citizens poses serious governance challenges to sovereign states, such as how best to regulate customary dispute settlement. While confronted with largely similar problems, the South African government proposed to enhance and regulate the position of its traditional courts, whereas Malawi has opted for the creation of hybrid local courts that combine charac…
Courting Custom
The continued relevance of customary law for the regulation of the daily lives of Africa's citizens poses serious governance challenges to sovereign states, such as how best to regulate customary dispute settlement. While confronted with largely similar problems, the South African government proposed to enhance and regulate the position of its traditional courts, whereas Malawi has opted for the creation of hybrid local courts that combine charac…
Courting Custom
The continued relevance of customary law for the regulation of the daily lives of Africa's citizens poses serious governance challenges to sovereign states, such as how best to regulate customary dispute settlement. While confronted with largely similar problems, the South African government proposed to enhance and regulate the position of its traditional courts, whereas Malawi has opted for the creation of hybrid local courts that combine charac…
Learning by Doing
This article describes the experience and lessons learned by graduate students and supervising faculty in piloting an action-research project aimed at realizing positive economic and social change by advancing the vision of Boston as a human rights city that was articulated in a city council resolution adopted in 2011. It details the efforts led by the graduate students in their roles as paid outreach coordinators and research assistants to resus…
Our law is constitutional law, and it has rights
Indigenous Southern Africans say that their laws are fundamentally grounded in the principle of Ubu-Ntu (humane-ness), but their communities are found empirically to often show the opposite of that law. Why is this? What is the law to which they lay claim to having? What are its roots and how can we reliably trace and know them? Reverting to the deep (i.e., unrecorded/unwritten precolonial) history of the Ntu, who make up the largest language gro…
Umthetho Wethu Ngumthetho Sisekelo, Futhi Unamalungelo
Abomdabu baseNingizimu Afrika bathi imithetho yabo igxile kakhulu esimisweni soBu-Ntu kodwa imiphakathi yabo itholakala ivame ukubonisa okuphambene nalowo mthetho. Kungani lokhu? Uyini umthetho abathi banawo? Ziyini izimpande zawo? Futhi singazilandelela kanjani ngokuthembekile ukuze sizazi impela? Lesi sihloko sibuyela ekujuleni (okungukuthi, umlando ongarekhodiwe/ongabhaliwe, wangaphambi kwekoloniyali) wabaNtu, abayiningi labantu abakhuluma izi…
Housing rights and the right to housing. The New Hampshire eviction clinic program
Setfulo lesinenhlonipho
This tribute article contrasts the deeply rooted, vernacular understanding of ubu-Ntu (buntfu) with its interpretation by the South African Constitutional Court. Reading an interview with Make Ng’Gogo (a female traditional councillor in rural Mpumalanga) ethnographically, the article illustrates how buntfu operates as a concrete, relational ontology prioritising basic needs, collective survival, and socioeconomic justice over individualistic “pap…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Human Rights and Development (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works)