Pretoria Student Law Review 2022-16
Co-editors in chief: Adelaide R Chagopa & Marno Swart
2022
ISSN: 1998-0280
Pages: 257
Print version: Available
Electronic version: Free PDF available
About the publication
In recent years, the various editorial boards of the PSLR have frequently had to question our journal’s role, purpose and direction. This year was no different. In the process of continuously reevaluating ourselves and evolving to best cater to the demands of our readers and authors, certain aspects of the fibre of the PSLR have been distilled: First, we are a student-driven journal, providing a platform where early career academics, young practitioners and students alike may hone their writing skills and constructively express their views in a formal and high-quality journal. Of this characteristic we are immensely proud — we believe that the PSLR plays a vital role as one of only a handful of student-driven journals on the continent. Secondly, we are an African centred law journal — that is we are shaped, built and published within the context of Africa. We are proud to boast various contributions in this edition from around South Africa and Africa in this edition, including Ghana, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Zambia. And thirdly, we are a generalist journal publishing on a wide variety of topics ensuring that any student may present their article to our publication for consideration.
In 2022, the PSLR also set out to become a more prominent presence on campus, collaborating with the UP Legal Shebeen and offering a writing workshop for students. These are collaborations that we hope to build upon to ensure that all law students benefit from the creative, knowledge-generating platform the PSLR presents. We hope that the future editorial boards will continue to think about the role of the PSLR and strive to ensure that we remain an evolving and relevant platform where students can express their thoughts, develop their writing abilities, and learn to present arguments in a logical, well-structured and authoritative manner. We also hope that future editorial boards will learn from our triumphs and mistakes and maintain the fibre of the PSLR.
To the peer-reviewers without whom we could not ensure the quality of this work. Thank you for taking the time to give back, cultivate young minds and ensure this edition’s excellence. We value your contributions immensely.
To our guardian, Ilana le Roux, for her unwavering support, wisdom, advice and caring. We are immensely grateful for your invaluable input and marvel at your dedication to our cause. Our deepest thanks, Ilana.
Our deepest thanks to all of our loved ones, the people who support us and make this world a place worth living.
Co-Editors-in-Chief
2022
Table of Contents
Editors’ note
by Adelaide R Chagopa & Marno Swart
Guardian’s reflection: The PSLR as a site for thinking about community ethics in the University
by Ilana le Roux
Special Section: Law and Technology
A critical discourse on the relationship between science, technology, innovation, and intellectual property in Africa
by Ntando Sindane
Police body-worn cameras: A fourth industrial revolution demand for South Africa?
by Dr Llewelyn Curlewis & Thabang Sepuru
A proposed liability regime for autonomous vehicles in instances of personal liability and death
by Arno Erasmus
A case for persons with disabilities: Using digital courts to promote the right to access to justice and the rule of law
by Zahra Hosaneea
Win-win or win lose? An examination of china’s supply of mass surveillance technologies in exchange for African’s facial ids
by Sumaya Nur Hussein
General Section
Realising the right to development in Ghana through its Parliament
by Clement Agyemang
The taxation of image rights in South Africa: Validity of tax minimisation schemes
by Leandri Kapp & Carolina Meyer
The China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre (CAJAC)
by Prince Kanokanga
What is in a surname? An enquiry into the unauthorised name changes of married women
by Odirile Matladi
The development of a Western-centric notion of modernity and the inclusive reconstruction thereof according to the TWAIL principles
by Makumya M’membe
A rights-based approach to development: The link between human rights and development
by Khothalang Moseli
Moving beyond the abyssal line: The possibility of epistemic justice in the ‘post’-apartheid constitutionalism
by Lilandi Niemand
An exploration of justice: Ideal and non-ideal theory perspectives on the Constitution
by Tabazi Ntsaluba