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Combating Discrimination in South Africa. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Oct 2008, Pages: 700
Since 1994, the new democratic government in South
Africa has passed a large number of Acts in service
of societal transformation. The Promotion of
Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act
4 of 2000 has been described as the most important
piece of legislation passed in this period, second
only to the Constitution. In this book, the
potential effectiveness of this Act in reaching its
stated goal of achieving societal transformation in
South Africa is considered from a socio-legal
perspective. The book also identifies a number of
weaknesses in the Act and proposes a range of
amendments that would facilitate the use of the Act
by complainants. Further avenues of socio-legal
research are suggested that could be undertaken
relating to the Act, specifically how the Act may be
utilised to combat poverty in South Africa. The book
would be of interest to academics and discrimination
law practitioners.
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