News
Monday, 10 December 2018
Rebecca Hodes, Lucie Cluver, Elona Toska and Beth Vale, 'Pesky metrics: The challenges of measuring ART adherence among HIV-positive South Africans', Critical Public Health (2018): ISSN: 0958-1596 (Print) 1469-3682 (Online): https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1550253.
Julie Parle, Rebecca Hodes and Thembisa Waetjen, 'Pharmaceuticals and modern statecraft in South Africa: the cases of opium, thalidomide and contraception', Medical Humanities 44(2018): pp. 253–262: doi:10.1136/medhum-2018-011478
Publication Date:
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 - 15:30
Elena Moore and Prof. Himonga, in the Mail & Guardian, outline the ways in which the practices of succession in customary law can be challenging for widows. Despite the introduction of new laws, widows can face discriminatory practices and can be denied inheritance following the death of a customary husband. These issues have been in the news recently following the death of Jubalani Tsambo (HHP) and the subsequent court application by his customary wife, Lerato Sengadi. For more see: ‘https://mg.co.za/article/2018-11-23-00-customary-law-can-pose-problems-for-widows
Publication Date:
Tue, 27 Nov 2018 - 15:15
The Centre of Excellence in Human Development’s conference on ‘Children, Families and the State: Contestation and Collaboration’ also facilitated the launch of the children’s Gauge. Elena Moore, together with Prof. Himonga have a chapter on ‘Living Customary Law and Families’. It is the first time in the 13 years of publishing the Children’s Gauge that the Gauge has included a specific focus on living customary law. For more see http://www.ci.uct.ac.za/ci/child-gauge/2018
Publication Date:
Tue, 27 Nov 2018 - 15:00
This week the FaSRU team attended the Centre of Excellence in Human Development’s conference on ‘Children, Families and the State: Contestation and Collaboration’ at Wits University. Elena spoke in a panel on “Methodologies for finding out more”. The conference was well attended by most scholars working on children and families in South Africa together with a range of policymakers, postgraduate students and representatives from government.
Publication Date:
Tue, 27 Nov 2018 - 14:30