Kola O Odeku
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1751862 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kola O Odeku |
| NOMBRES | Kola |
| APELLIDO | O Odeku |
| FIRMA | ODEKU K O |
| AFILIACIONES | Faculty of Management and Law, School of Law, University of Limpopo, South Africa |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The Success Story and Sustainability of the Ozone Layer Recovery
Discovering that the ozone layer was depleting, a concerted international intervention has proven to produce success because the report from the United Nations is to the effect that the ozone layer is recovering. History was made when the news broke that the ozone layer which was considered to be depleted as a result of human release and emissions of harmful chemicals and substances has started healing and that it has rebound. This news is quiet …
Forced Reinstatement Phenomenon
An Overview of Reinstatement in Retrospect
Impact of Alcoholism in the Workplace and the Role of the Employers
Forced Reinstatement Phenomenon
Reinstatement is one of the remedies that adjudicating tribunals will order for unfair dismissal in a workplace. Usually, it is supposed to be executed immediately once it is ordered. However, there are instances where the employer or the employee will refuse or decline to adhere to the order of the competent tribunal compelling reinstatement. There are consequences for failure to effect remedy of reinstatement, which in turn will result in force…
An Overview of Reinstatement in Retrospect
An unfairly dismissed employee has the right to approach the appropriate labor court to quash and nullify the employer’s verdict of dismissal. In South Africa, one of the remedies of unfair dismissal available to the employee is reinstatement. The court, having considered overall evidence and the facts of the case, may order reinstatement forthwith or retrospectively. The court has a discretionary power to exercise reinstatement in retrospect in …
Sustainable Prospecting for Natural Resources
In South Africa, there are various legislative frameworks governing and regulating prospect for virtually all the natural resources spread across the landscape of the country. Compliance and tacit approval by the regulators at the appropriate institutions and government departments are mandatory before the commencement of any prospecting or mining activity and operation. Considering that, a lot of mining activities and natural resources explorati…
Regulation of Mining Activities in South Africa
Mining activities have pros and cons. While they contribute immensely to the wealth of a nation and can be relied upon for economic growth and development, they also create environmental challenges which might lead to potential pitfalls. Therefore, there is need to strike a balance on how to prospect for minerals and ensuring that the environment is protected from being destroyed. Regulatory interventions are the most potent means that can be use…
Employee’s Perception of Fairness of Advancement
Employee’s Perception of Fairness of Advancement
Advancement and promotions in the workplace are very sensitive and emotional issues. An organisation’s policy and procedures usually stipulate how promotions should be conducted and various roles to be played by those who have the responsibility to commence and finalise promotional processes. The important aspect of the processes is to make sure that there is fairness throughout the processes. Fairness in this sense connotes that the laid down po…
Poor Water Service Delivery
In South Africa, a lot of people are unable to access clean water despite the fact that the Constitution provides that everyone is entitled to have access to adequate clean water. Although, generally, water resource is scarce in South Africa, a lot of strategic interventions have been put in place to ensure that people have access to adequate clean water. The problem is that those who have the responsibility to provide the water have continuously…
An Analysis of Foreigners’ Right to Health Services as Enshrined in the South African Constitution
The South African Constitution provides for access to socio-economic basic rights, one of which is the right to health care services. This paper examines whether foreigners residing in South Africa are eligible to access health care facilities in South Africa. There have been a considerable number of judicial interpretations on the issue, hence this paper will shed more light on the jurisprudence emanating from courts in order to evaluate the ext…
An Analysis of Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation like other forms of prohibited discriminations has become an area of concern in the workplace. The law prohibits discrimination in whatever form and declares it unlawful to discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation. People have been harassed and constructively dismissed through homophobia especially when they have openly declared their homosexual, bisexual or transsexual ident…
Explaining the Similarities and Differences between Climate Law and Environmental Law
The purpose of this paper is to explain the similarities and differences between Climate Law and Environmental Law in order to improve understanding of the concepts. Although these concepts cannot be studied separately, they are not completely the same. Thus finding conceptual connotations behind both concepts are sine qua non for unravelling the difficulties bedevilling enforcement and implementation of laws protecting the environment. Given tha…
Climate Change Induced Food Scarcity
The manifestation of the devastating impacts of climate change is a threat to food security and it is producing severe and chronic hunger. Poor people are the most affected. Most of these poor people live in rural areas of most of the developing countries. They rely mainly on agriculture for both subsistence and major source of livelihood. The concern is that climate change is making food insecure. Prices of food have gone up drastically over and…
Criminal Responsibility for Torture
Torture is a heinous crime that renders its victim destitute. It is prohibited under national and international human rights laws. These laws obligate the State and those who are entrusted with the responsibility to govern to ensure that no one is subjected to torture in whatever form. Ancillary to this is the responsibility not to justify the use of torture in whatever form irrespective of the circumstances. The objective of this article is to e…
On Decarbonising Tourism
In the tourism industry, the task of operators is to ensure that clients get maximum satisfaction away from home. One of the means to achieve this is to make sure that power is constantly available to drive various operations. In order to provide services, in most cases, operators rely on and consume energy from fossil fuel that emits greenhouse gas which causes global warming and climate change. This paper examines the situation in South Africa,…
The Use of Renewable Energy to Promote Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the Remote Isolated Rural Areas
There are abundant sustainable renewable natural resources of all types spread all over South Africa including rural, remote, isolated areas which can be tapped to produce modern energy services for the rural poor. However, there is paucity of effort on the part of the stake holder to make sustainable energy available to the rural people hence impacting on provision and delivery of socio-economic amenities. Electricity is no exception. The standa…
Acting Responsibly and Promoting Sustainability
This paper examines various strategic initiatives and measures that have been put in place and are being implemented by the Electricity Supply Company of South Africa (Eskom), a state owned power utility that accounts for over 90% of South Africa’s electricity. It also operates the generation and transmission system. In the process, it emits carbon dioxide causing global warming and climate change. The paper also looks at the strategic interventi…
The Consequences of Country's Withdrawal from Climate Change Agreements
At the end of the recently held UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa in 2011, a number of key and important issues on global warming were discussed including an agreement to negotiate a new and more inclusive legally binding treaty and the establishment of a Green Climate Fund. Suprisingly, with regard to the existing agreements, some countries have pulled out and also decided not to be bound by subsequent agreements. It is agains…
Decarbonising the Economy
On the African continent, South Africa is the leading emitter of carbon dioxide causing global warming, climate change and environmental degradation. The government has put in place numerous strategic and legal interventions to curb the menace and at the same time establish various institutions to implement policies and laws on carbon dioxide emissions reduction. Despite this, climate change culprits have continued to engage in activities that ar…
Eviction Management in South Africa
On the 9th of October 2012, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, once again, in the case of Schubart Park Residents’ Association and others v City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Another (CCT 23/12) [2012] ZACC 26 (9 October 2012) herein referred to as (Schubart case) handed down a groundbreaking judgment on arbitrary eviction of people from their homes without the authority making proper arrangement for alternative accommodation fo…
Providing Protection for Climate Induced Labour Migrants
The African continent is currently witnessing massive labour migrations from within and outside the continent as a result of adverse effects of global warming and climate change. This is a major concern to the governments, role players and stakeholders because climate change is threatening social economic activities, particularly in the agricultural sector, contributing to the vulnerabilities that are now triggering spontaneous migrations to wher…
Critical Analysis of Remedies for Torture Victims
Torture constitutes a serious crime with traumatic physical and psychological consequences. The ban on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is well articulated in national and international instruments. For those who have suffered torture and their families, finding ways to move forward with their lives and forget about the trauma inflicted on them is a lifelong challenge and the only way to find closure is to ens…
An Analysis of Renewable Energy Policy and Law Promoting Socio-economic and Sustainable Development in Rural South Africa
Energy is essential to the existence of human beings because it plays a fundamental role in their economic and social activities. In South Africa, majority of the people in the rural remote areas have no access to energy. Against this backdrop, the government has put in place various policies and laws aimed at making available modern energy to rural dwellers. However, implementation is the major challenge because of the cost of energy and connect…
An Analysis of Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation like other forms of prohibited discriminations has become an area of concern in the workplace. The law prohibits discrimination in whatever form and declares it unlawful to discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation. People have been harassed and constructively dismissed through homophobia especially when they have openly declared their homosexual, bisexual or transsexual ident…
Conscription and Use of Child Soldiers in Armed Conflicts
The child soldier issue in Africa is historically unprecedented both in terms of its scope and almost inconceivable levels of abuse of children. The trend is becoming increasingly apparent with non-state armed groups, most of which operate well outside of, and in flagrant disregard for, any notion of human rights or international humanitarian law. Recent evidence shows that children who start their military engagement in a support role usually gr…
Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) constitutes all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural or non-therapeutic reasons. The practice remains an extremely complex and culturally sensitive. It involves a broad spectrum of issues such as child health and human rights standards. FGM constitutes an unacceptable violation of the rights of the girl child and…
Violation of Children's Rights by Traditional and Cultural Practices and the Responses by States in Eastern and Southern Africa
This article reviews traditional and cultural practices which lead to violation of children's rights in some of the countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and various measures taken by the States to address them. Traditional and cultural practices reviewed include female genital mutilation, initiation and botched circumcision, virginity testing and child marriages. From the review we conclude that the practices expose children to risks of contr…
Climate Change Surge
This article examines how the South African government, realizing the country's vulnerability to climate change, deemed it necessary to strengthen adaptation and mitigation measures and put in place legal and institutional frameworks to ensure implementation and compliance. Government must take responsibility for industry's inaction by implementing policies on climate change and, more importantly, through a visible change in government policy to …
Critical Analysis of Remedies for Torture Victims
Torture constitutes a serious crime with traumatic physical and psychological consequences. The ban on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is well articulated in national and international instruments. For those who have suffered torture and their families, finding ways to move forward with their lives and forget about the trauma inflicted on them is a lifelong challenge and the only way to find closure is to ens…
An Analysis of Renewable Energy Policy and Law Promoting Socio-economic and Sustainable Development in Rural South Africa
Energy is essential to the existence of human beings because it plays a fundamental role in their economic and social activities. In South Africa, majority of the people in the rural remote areas have no access to energy. Against this backdrop, the government has put in place various policies and laws aimed at making available modern energy to rural dwellers. However, implementation is the major challenge because of the cost of energy and connect…
Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice
South Africa depends heavily on climatic resources and environmental assets; thus it is vulnerable to global climate change. At present, there is massive exploitation and utilisation of various resources in unsustainable paths. This might compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own developmental needs and values. This research paper contributes to the discussion surrounding South Africa as part of the African continent which is…
The Potential Role of Insurance Law in Addressing Climate Change-related Risks and Disasters in South Africa
Global warming and climate change are now creating new risks and also altering risks we face on a daily basis. The impacts of these are usually on the environment, earth, and atmosphere with devastating effects on movable, immovable, living and non-living things which are all subjects of insurance. It is against this background that this paper examines the potential role of insurance law in addressing these novel weather events-risks and disaster…
Criminal Responsibility for Torture
Torture is a heinous crime that renders its victim destitute. It is prohibited under national and international human rights laws. These laws obligate the State and those who are entrusted with the responsibility to govern to ensure that no one is subjected to torture in whatever form. Ancillary to this is the responsibility not to justify the use of torture in whatever form irrespective of the circumstances. The objective of this article is to e…
On Decarbonising Tourism
In the tourism industry, the task of operators is to ensure that clients get maximum satisfaction away from home. One of the means to achieve this is to make sure that power is constantly available to drive various operations. In order to provide services, in most cases, operators rely on and consume energy from fossil fuel that emits greenhouse gas which causes global warming and climate change. This paper examines the situation in South Africa,…
The Use of Renewable Energy to Promote Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the Remote Isolated Rural Areas
There are abundant sustainable renewable natural resources of all types spread all over South Africa including rural, remote, isolated areas which can be tapped to produce modern energy services for the rural poor. However, there is paucity of effort on the part of the stake holder to make sustainable energy available to the rural people hence impacting on provision and delivery of socio-economic amenities. Electricity is no exception. The standa…
Acting Responsibly and Promoting Sustainability
This paper examines various strategic initiatives and measures that have been put in place and are being implemented by the Electricity Supply Company of South Africa (Eskom), a state owned power utility that accounts for over 90% of South Africa’s electricity. It also operates the generation and transmission system. In the process, it emits carbon dioxide causing global warming and climate change. The paper also looks at the strategic interventi…
The Consequences of Country's Withdrawal from Climate Change Agreements
At the end of the recently held UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa in 2011, a number of key and important issues on global warming were discussed including an agreement to negotiate a new and more inclusive legally binding treaty and the establishment of a Green Climate Fund. Suprisingly, with regard to the existing agreements, some countries have pulled out and also decided not to be bound by subsequent agreements. It is agains…
Decarbonising the Economy
On the African continent, South Africa is the leading emitter of carbon dioxide causing global warming, climate change and environmental degradation. The government has put in place numerous strategic and legal interventions to curb the menace and at the same time establish various institutions to implement policies and laws on carbon dioxide emissions reduction. Despite this, climate change culprits have continued to engage in activities that ar…
Eviction Management in South Africa
On the 9th of October 2012, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, once again, in the case of Schubart Park Residents’ Association and others v City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Another (CCT 23/12) [2012] ZACC 26 (9 October 2012) herein referred to as (Schubart case) handed down a groundbreaking judgment on arbitrary eviction of people from their homes without the authority making proper arrangement for alternative accommodation fo…
Providing Protection for Climate Induced Labour Migrants
The African continent is currently witnessing massive labour migrations from within and outside the continent as a result of adverse effects of global warming and climate change. This is a major concern to the governments, role players and stakeholders because climate change is threatening social economic activities, particularly in the agricultural sector, contributing to the vulnerabilities that are now triggering spontaneous migrations to wher…
Employee’s Perception of Fairness of Advancement
Employee’s Perception of Fairness of Advancement
Advancement and promotions in the workplace are very sensitive and emotional issues. An organisation’s policy and procedures usually stipulate how promotions should be conducted and various roles to be played by those who have the responsibility to commence and finalise promotional processes. The important aspect of the processes is to make sure that there is fairness throughout the processes. Fairness in this sense connotes that the laid down po…
Poor Water Service Delivery
In South Africa, a lot of people are unable to access clean water despite the fact that the Constitution provides that everyone is entitled to have access to adequate clean water. Although, generally, water resource is scarce in South Africa, a lot of strategic interventions have been put in place to ensure that people have access to adequate clean water. The problem is that those who have the responsibility to provide the water have continuously…
An Analysis of Foreigners’ Right to Health Services as Enshrined in the South African Constitution
The South African Constitution provides for access to socio-economic basic rights, one of which is the right to health care services. This paper examines whether foreigners residing in South Africa are eligible to access health care facilities in South Africa. There have been a considerable number of judicial interpretations on the issue, hence this paper will shed more light on the jurisprudence emanating from courts in order to evaluate the ext…
An Analysis of Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation like other forms of prohibited discriminations has become an area of concern in the workplace. The law prohibits discrimination in whatever form and declares it unlawful to discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation. People have been harassed and constructively dismissed through homophobia especially when they have openly declared their homosexual, bisexual or transsexual ident…
Explaining the Similarities and Differences between Climate Law and Environmental Law
The purpose of this paper is to explain the similarities and differences between Climate Law and Environmental Law in order to improve understanding of the concepts. Although these concepts cannot be studied separately, they are not completely the same. Thus finding conceptual connotations behind both concepts are sine qua non for unravelling the difficulties bedevilling enforcement and implementation of laws protecting the environment. Given tha…
Climate Change Induced Food Scarcity
The manifestation of the devastating impacts of climate change is a threat to food security and it is producing severe and chronic hunger. Poor people are the most affected. Most of these poor people live in rural areas of most of the developing countries. They rely mainly on agriculture for both subsistence and major source of livelihood. The concern is that climate change is making food insecure. Prices of food have gone up drastically over and…
Forced Reinstatement Phenomenon
An Overview of Reinstatement in Retrospect
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