Public interest litigation in South Africa: special issue introduction

Intro: The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 has been aptly termed a transformative one, a framework for the large-scale transformation of the South African society through law. Reflecting in 2011 on nearly two decades of legal reform in South Africa, much preceded by public interest litigation, we can conclude that many changes have indeed occurred to much (but not all) of the doctrine of the law. And yet, the desired societal transformation has not occurred. Levels of inequality are increasing and the effect, positive or negative, of governance remains debated. This SAJHR Special Issue aims to recover the impetus of a transformative constitutional project through attention, not to changes in the doctrine of the law, but rather to the organisational modes of human rights advocacy and litigation, focusing on one of these modes – public interest litigation

The Status ‘Regularisation’ Programme for Former Mozambican Refugees in South Africa

This paper intends to describe both the formulation and implementation of a programme to ‘regularise’ the legal residence status of a large group of former Mozambican refugees in South Africa and present a brief critique (from a mainly legal perspective) on the implementation of the regularisation programme itself

Change will come in a barrel’: a tribute to Rudolph Jansen

This is a Tribute article, recognising the scholarly and other contributions by long-time human rights and land reform lawyer, Advocate Rudolph Jansen SC, who died in Limpopo Province, South Africa on 25 November 2017. His passion for social justice was matched by a keen wit and abiding sense of humour, a combination that was reflected in his own twist to an iconic statement by Mao Tse-Tung, sardonically remarking that ‘change will come in a barrel’

Change will come in a barrel’: a tribute to Rudolph Jansen

This is a Tribute article, recognising the scholarly and other contributions by long-time human rights and land reform lawyer, Advocate Rudolph Jansen SC, who died in Limpopo Province, South Africa on 25 November 2017. His passion for social justice was matched by a keen wit and abiding sense of humour, a combination that was reflected in his own twist to an iconic statement by Mao Tse-Tung, sardonically remarking that ‘change will come in a barrel’

Change will come in a barrel: a tribute to Rudolph Jansen

This is a Tribute article, recognising the scholarly and other contributions by long-time human rights and land reform lawyer, Advocate Rudolph Jansen SC, who died in Limpopo Province, South Africa on 25 November 2017. His passion for social justice was matched by a keen wit and abiding sense of humour, a combination that was reflected in his own twist to an iconic statement by Mao Tse-Tung, sardonically remarking that ‘change will come in a barrel’