This unique seminal work is the only book which comprehensively addresses current environmental management in South Africa from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The third edition of Fuggle & Rabie’s Environmental Management in South Africa sheds light on the legal frameworks in regional and international environmental law, administrative law and the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA).

Key themes addressed in environmental management, including agriculture and soils, air quality, biodiversity, climate change, energy, the coast, economics, trade and the role of financial institutions (among others), are covered from both scientific and legal perspectives.

A solid educational foundation in the early years of schooling is essential in order to lay the foundations for future academic success. In South Africa, pre-school education is provided through ECE (early childhood education) facilities and programmes that are mostly informal and unregulated, however there has been much recent policy and curriculum activity in the ECE sphere. The National Development Plan (NDP), released in 2012, recognises the key role played by ECE in cognitive, social and physical development and the National Curriculum Framework: For children birth to four years (NCF) is a response to challenges that the ECE sector is facing. The NCF builds on the desired results for children in this age cohort and flows into the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) which is taught in schools from Grade R. Playful early childhood care and education: from birth to four years supports teachers and caregivers in providing playful teaching and learning guidelines for children from birth to four years of age. It offers a creative and responsive curriculum for early childhood care and education, based on a pedagogy of play, and includes suggestions for involving parents, grandparents, care givers and the broader community. SUITABLE FOR ECE practitioners, teachers, parents, caregivers of children from birth to four years. ABOUT THE AUTHORS/EDITORS Lorayne Excell headed up the Foundation Division at the Wits School of Education. Her specialisation and research interests are in early childhood education. Lorayne has worked extensively with Vivien Linington over the last 15 years training Grade R practitioners, researching the early childhood education field and actively promoting what is now termed the 'pedagogy of play'. Vivien Linington lectures at the Wits School of Education and Varsity College. Her two fields of interest are early childhood education and educational theory. Together with Lorayne Excell she has researched and published in areas such as social justice, professional teacher development, the importance of high-quality early childhood education as well as the central role of play. CONTENTS - Early Childhood Care and Education - Who is the young child: constructions of children and childhood - A lens on development: a pathway of change - Professional spaces: reimagining the role of the teacher - I am because we are: the role of community in the development and learning of the young child - Playful pedagogies: creating playful spaces and places - A creative and responsive curriculum for early childhood care and education - Supporting playful teaching and learning: a pedagogy of possibilities - Nurturing care: a pathway to health - Building social and emotional wellbeing - Creativity in early childhood - From babbles to books: literacy and the young child - Opening the doors of learning: a playful approach to understanding the world and nurturing an inquisitive mind - Responsive spaces: observation and assessment in a democratic context - ECD policy in practice

The second edition of Democracy for All: Educator's Manual is aimed at young people, adults, students and teachers. The books explain how the international community understands democracy, and explores what democracy means to each of us. Democracy for All also explains how government works in a democracy, how the abuse of power is checked, how human rights support democracy, how democratic elections take place, and how citizens can participate in democracy. The objectives of the book are: To improve students' understanding of the fundamental principles and values underlying democracy in society; To promote awareness of the current issues and controversies relating to democracy; To show students that their participation can make a difference to how democracy functions in their country; To foster justice, tolerance and fairness; To develop students' willingness and ability to resolve disputes and differences without resorting to violence; To improve basic skills, including critical thinking and reasoning, communication, observation and problem-solving. Democracy for All uses a variety of student-centred activities, including case studies, role-plays, simulations, small-group discussions, opinion polls and debates. Democracy for All: Educator's Manual explains how the lessons in the Learner's Manual can be conducted and provides solutions to the problems.

In 1998, the first edition of Legal Drafting: Civil Proceedings was written to bridge the gap between the academic study of law and its practical application insofar as the preparation of court documents is concerned. Drawing on his experience in coaching pupils at the Bar, the author explains elementary matters and poses useful reminders to more experienced practitioners. The second edition of Legal Drafting: Civil Proceedings has been updated to address changes in the law. It now includes a section on the preparation of documents for arbitrations as well as an extended chapter on the all-important task of preparing heads of argument.

This title is intended to make it easier for undergraduate law and commerce students to gain a proper appreciation of the principles of business entities as laid down in the cases. The title will provide students who do not have ready access to the law reports with a selection of extracts from the leading English and South African cases on mainly company and partnership law. It is written for use in conjunction with standard text books on the subject.

The law of Expropriation has been changed by the Constitution in important respects, including the circumstances in which Expropriation may be used for land reform, and the measure of compensation. It will feature prominently in South Africa's land reform programme, and is considered in the first eight chapters of the book. Three chapters are devoted to the acquisition of rights by labour tenants under the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act. The restitution of land rights, under the Restitution of Land Rights Act, to people deprived of, or prevented from owning land, by racially discriminatory laws or practices after 1913, is given detailed analysis. Acquisition of rights by ways of necessity and prescription are each dealt with in separate chapters.

The book begins with general sections on the background to the book, the genesis of the Street Law and other public legal education programmes in the United States and South Africa and their influence on other countries, as well as interactive teaching methods, before the contributions by individual countries are included. The country contributions usually begin with a brief introduction to the country and the context within which the Street Law, community outreach or legal literacy program was or will be introduced, during which presenters (a) identify the problems the program was aiming to solve; (b) the objectives of the program; (c) the target audience of the program; (d) the methodology used; (e) the challenges faced or to be faced in implementing the program; and (f) the results of the program in terms of its impact or how it will be evaluated if it is not yet operative. Thereafter, an example of a best practice lesson or lessons from the country is given. It is hoped, as stated in the 'Foreword' by South African Human Rights Commissioner, Mohamed Shafie Ameermia, that: The book can play an important role in promoting human rights across the world... [T]his Street law public legal education international best practices compendium has the potential to become a cornerstone for global human rights education programs to complement existing works on the topic. It can make a major contribution towards ensuring that the ethos and values of hard-fought fundamental rights and freedoms, internationally and nationally, are forever cherished, advanced and respected.

The Dispute resolution digest 2012 is the product of 7 years of continuous research by Tokiso into the labour dispute settlement system of South Africa. The intention of the Digest is to give a dispassionate account, based on statistical examination, of whether the dispute mechanisms of the Labour Relations Act are functioning effectively. The Digest considers types of labour disputes, settlements, trends in remedies and awards, and compliance with these awards. The disputes and awards are separated into their sub-categories of type, sector and forum with some interesting findings. Strikes, the most extreme form of labour action by employees, are analysed by the number of strikes, effects of strikes and the factors that trigger strikes.

Personereg, wat nou die sesde uitgawe beleef, het deur die jare 'n standaardwerk oor die Suid-Afrikaanse personereg geword. Hierdie boek is vir die eerste keer in 1995 gepubliseer, net nadat Suid-Afrika 'n nuwe demokratiese bedeling aanvaar het. Die boek is 'n algemene bron oor die personereg wat ook uitgebreide verwysings bevat. Dit reflekteer die transformasie van die personereg om die waardes te weerspieel wat in die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika, 1996, met spesifi eke verwysing na die Handves van Regte, verskans word. Die sistematiese uiteensetting en breedvoerige oorsig maak hierdie boek geskik om as 'n handboek te bruik. Dit is ook in Engels beskikbaar. Eerstejaarstudente kan verwag om die grootste voordeel uit Personereg te put indien dit saam met Law of Persons Sourcebook gebruik word.

VAT: An Introduction initiates students and practitioners into the South African value-added tax (VAT) system by guiding them through the basic principles of the Value-Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 (VAT Act). It covers the processes to be followed when dealing with VAT and sheds light on the most important case law and VAT legislation.

Complex concepts and the key objectives and principles of the VAT system are explained simply and clearly, without using unnecessary jargon. This makes VAT: An Introduction suitable for anyone who has to apply basic VAT principles in a business environment or provide general VAT advice and assistance.

The book is also an excellent study guide for students. It will help students understand the mechanics of the South African VAT system and the practical implications of VAT. Students and practitioners will find the revision questions at the end of each chapter useful to test their understanding and knowledge of the fundamentals of VAT.

Small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) are considered to dominate the global tourism industry numerically, forming the backbone for the delivery of tourism offerings. These enterprises take the form of a range of hotels, bed-and-breakfast accommodation, travel agencies, restaurants, theme parks, events companies, resorts, tourist guides and tour operators, to mention a few. This second edition provides a definitive grounding of how to create and manage tourism ventures. This edition takes an entrepreneurial and managerial approach to the subject, underpinning the various concepts associated with tourism entrepreneurship. The subject is discussed within the context of international best practice and research.

The exploitation of natural resources in Africa represents a major challenge. The African continent, which remains largely unexplored, contains a large part of the world's natural resources. The current context, characterised by a fluctuation of commodity prices, does not reduce the growing interest in Africa and its extractive sector. Oil, Gas and Mining Law in Africa analyses the mining and petroleum laws in African countries and includes an assessment of contractual aspects applicable to oil, gas and mining operations. The innovative interest of this book is to provide a detailed and up-to-date analysis of mining and petroleum laws applicable to the upstream sector in Africa. It focuses on all the mining and petroleum laws and especially those recently enacted in a constantly changing environment.

Core Principles of Accounting contains a strong African perspective and begins with a chapter on the development of accounting, which describes how accounting developed in Africa, looks into the different accounting bodies in South Africa and their operations, the advent of technology and the future of accounting. The textbook includes the latest definitions in accounting as per the Revised Conceptual Framework of the IASB (2018b), as well as the newly promulgated standard on revenue recognition (IFRS 15).

Following many months of debate and lobbying, the new Bills of Exchange Amendment Act became law on 1 March 2001. This Act seeks to amend the Bills of Exchange Act in order to simplify and clarify the law relating to cheques and to accommodate the advances of technology, as well as to reduce the high incidence of cheque fraud. The Commentary deals specifically with each amendment, and gives a clear analysis of its legal effect.;(Supplement to the Handbook on the Law of Negotiable Instruments - 2nd ed, 1997)

Fundamentals of industrial hygiene is an introductory book for safety professionals that provides an overview in relation to the legislative requirements and occupational hygiene. This book reviews the aspects of safety from the inception of a hazard through the establishment of a hygiene programme and risk assessment. The book addresses the fundamental aspects of occupational hygiene, human physiology and industrial diseases linked to hygiene stressors. The topic in Fundamentals of industrial hygiene was chosen to assist the safety professional to manage the safety gaps in an organisation and to assist with the development of a hygiene programme through effective risk assessment. An effective hygiene programme stems from an effective safety leadership and co-operative cross-functional teams that strives for continual improvement of the organisations safety management system. The book begins with an historical overview of occupational hygiene and givens an overview of the legal framework of occupational hygiene. It is essential that the safety professional to understand the interaction of toxins in the human body, thus the book covers chapter related to human physiology and toxicology. From this exposure control and sampling strategy gives the safety professional an overview the basis of occupational hygiene and hygiene management. Fundamentals of industrial hygiene will assist safety professionals, safety management students, Chief Executive officers and employers to establish an occupational hygiene programmes within their organisation.

Events Management 4e helps organisers embrace the multi-dimensional nature of events management and cultivate organisers’ leadership skills and attitudes.

The fourth edition consists of:

• real life event scenarios illustrations;
• combination of theoretical principles and practice;
• case studies demonstrate real-life issues and provide a framework for discussion;
• resource lists providing further reading at the end of each chapter; and
• end-of-chapter discussion questions draw out various issues

Workplace safety kicks off with a discussion on functional and construction safety.

This unique book applies Safety Management concepts to the work environment and is aimed at informing on safety in industry, confined space work risk and occupational hygiene. Other topics covered in detail include hazardous chemical substances, thermal stress, risk assessment and first aid.

This book is reccomended for 1st year students in Safety Management courses.

Book & DVD. Communication and counselling in the healthcare setting encompasses a broad range of practical skills, self-knowledge and ethical-legal knowledge. The patient-centred approach is adaptable and suitable for use in different cultural healthcare settings. Key features for students and educators: Summary tables for quick reference; Provides information for students related to examination and communication skill assessments; Critical thinking activities at the end of each section make it a practical training guide; The accompanying DVD contains role plays of common counselling and communication situations. The DVD allows ample opportunity to assess, critique and improve on communication skills and counselling processes. The content follows international guidelines.

A practical guide to disciplinary hearings sets out all the practical aspects of the disciplinary hearing for the chairman and the defendant employee. The logical layout of this book allows for easy use during the hearing. The author has devised a helpful matrix for calculating awards and reaching fair results. A practical guide to disciplinary hearings contains templates for hearings on the different types of offence. From the perspective of the person chairing the hearing, practical guidelines on the process, advice on the sanction, the deliberation, the evidence permitted and the most common anomalies which arise in hearings, make this book a compulsory guide. The book assists human resource managers in drafting charge sheets, the presentation of the facts, examination, cross-examination and leading evidence.

The first volume, a legal humour edited by Professor Kahn, Law, Life and Laughter published in 1991 was the subject of many favourable reviews. It went through three impressions, was sold out years ago and today is a collector's item. This second melange of legal humour and piquant revelations of personalities in the law of Southern Africa is almost entirely new, containing nothing that appeared in the first volume except a number of brilliant caricatures of which the temptation to reproduce was irresistible.

A practical guide to what international human rights law means and how that knowledge can be used on behalf of victims, this volume should make a contribution to the empowerment of those it sees as at risk, as well as providing a different view of a world which upholds a common standard of respect for human dignity.;It includes: a detailed commentary on the international covenant on civil and political rights; discussion on the changing priorities in a state in transition from one-party rule to multi-party rule; and extensive appendices including the basic international human rights texts, their signatories and a list of international organizations and NGOs.

This book provides invaluable information on the business world and business management in an African context, with plenty of examples and case studies relevant to this continent. Experts in the areas of specialisation of the various business functions, including financial management, human resource management, management information systems, marketing management, operations management, purchasing management, supply chain management and public relations, contributed to the book to provide a useful combination of both theory and practice. Detailed information of the management function including planning, organising, leading and control, the business environment, entrepreneurship and ethics that are relevant to all the business functions, provide a holistic view of business and business management in general. The authors are all experienced in their fields of expertise, on a practical as well as academic level. Therefore, the information shared in this book is informative and practical. It is a book written by experts, sharing valuable information with developing business managers and owners. As authors we trust that the readers and students of business management will not only learn the basics of business management but will also apply this knowledge in their careers.