Regspraak: Image rights in Kenya

by | May 6, 2023 | TSAR, TSAR 2023 I2

Regspraak: Image rights in Kenya

Authors: Legodi Thutse and Steve Cornelius

ISSN: 1996-2207
Affiliations: University of KwaZulu-Natal; University of Pretoria
Source: Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, Issue 2, 2023, p. 372 – 379
https://doi.org/10.47348/TSAR/2023/i2a12

Abstract

Kenia is ’n land wat al op verskeie terreine vele bekendes opgelewer het. Hulle is veral welbekend vir die wêreldklas middel- en langafstandatlete wat hulle oplewer. Dit sou daarom nie vreemd wees nie, indien bemarkers sou poog om die gelykenisse van bekende persone te gebruik in hulle bemarkingsveldtogte. Dit sou egter nie ’n Olimpiese atleet of ander beroemde persoon wees wat sou poog om die reg op identiteit in hierdie verband te beskerm nie. Inteendeel, dit sou ’n nederige motorfietsafleweringsbestuurder wees wat ’n finansiële instelling tot orde sou roep omdat hulle sonder toestemming sy foto in hulle bemarkingsmateriaal gebruik het.

Alhoewel die Keniaanse deliktereg gegrond is op die Engelse law of torts, vermy die hof in die Rafiki– saak die enge benadering van die Engelse howe, waarvolgens die ongemagtigde gebruik van iemand se beeld vir bemarking slegs ’n eisoorsaak daarstel indien dit sou neerkom op aanklamping. Die Keniaanse hof wend hom veel eerder tot die Suid-Afrikaanse reg en steun vir gesag op die uitsprake van die Suid-Afrikaanse howe in Grütter v Lombard (2007 4 SA 89 (HHA)) en W v Atoll Media (Pty) Ltd (2010 4 All SA 548 (WKK)).

Die hof in die Rafiki-saak beslis dat die ongemagtigde gebruik van sy foto ’n skending is van sy reg op privaatheid, soos vervat in artikel 31 van die Grondwet van die Republiek van Kenia. Voorts bevind die hof, met verwysing na die uitspraak van die Suid-Afrikaanse konstitusionele hof in MM v MN (2013 4 SA 415 (KH)), dat die ongemagtigde gebruik van sy foto ook ’n skending is van sy reg op menswaardigheid soos vervat in artikel 28 van die Keniaanse grondwet.

Op hierdie wyse ontwikkel howe in Afrika-lande pragmatiese oplossings wat die individu teen uitbuiting beskerm. Die beginsels wat aldus neergelê word, vergelyk goed met die omvattende beskerming wat in verskeie Amerikaanse deelstate teen ongemagtigde gebruik van iemand se beeld in bemarkingsmateriaal verleen word.

Boekbesprekings: Ewoud Hondius, Marta Santos Silva, Andrea Nicolussi, Pablo Salvador Coderch, Christiane Wendehorst and Fryderyk Zoll (eds): Coronavirus and the Law in Europe

by | May 6, 2023 | TSAR, TSAR 2023 I2

Boekbesprekings: Ewoud Hondius, Marta Santos Silva, Andrea Nicolussi, Pablo Salvador Coderch, Christiane Wendehorst and Fryderyk Zoll (eds): Coronavirus and the Law in Europe

Author: Eric Dirix

ISSN: 1996-2207
Affiliations: KU Leuven
Source: Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, Issue 2, 2023, p. 380 – 383
https://doi.org/10.47348/TSAR/2023/i2a13

Abstract

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Boekbesprekings: Mtendeweka Owen Mhango, Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango and Mothepa Ndumo: Pensions Law & Death Benefits – Law, Practice and Policy Harmonisation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

by | May 6, 2023 | TSAR, TSAR 2023 I2

Boekbesprekings: Mtendeweka Owen Mhango, Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango and Mothepa Ndumo: Pensions Law & Death Benefits – Law, Practice and Policy Harmonisation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Author: Evette Vanrenen-Linford

ISSN: 1996-2207
Affiliations: University of Johannesburg
Source: Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, Issue 2, 2023, p. 383 – 385
https://doi.org/10.47348/TSAR/2023/i2a14

Abstract

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Dolus eventualis: An endangered colonial species

by | May 6, 2023 | SALJ, SALJ V140 I2 2023

Dolus eventualis: An endangered colonial species

Author: Tshepo Bogosi Mosaka

ISSN: 1996-2177
Affiliations: Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town
Source: South African Law Journal, Volume 140 Issue 2, p. 239-262
https://doi.org/10.47348/SALJ/v140/i2a1

Abstract

This article focuses on the feasibility of dolus eventualis in addressing the problem of intended endangerments — that is, the question as to how the secondary consequences flowing from an act of endangerment, as distinguishable from an attack, can be said to be ‘intended’ (dolus). This problem manifests typically in the form of the orthodox marketplace bomb-thrower who has one primary aim but whose actions result in several other secondary consequences, some of which may not have been aimed or foreseen in any primary sense. After discussing why the two historical solutions — strict liability and the versari doctrine — are not viable answers to this problem, the remainder of the article examines the feasiblity of dolus eventualis as a third contemporary solution. This examination focuses on both the historical contradictions as well as the prevailing doctrinal controversies that are associated with dolus eventualis. The fourth part of the article reflects on five uncontroverted problems that currently beset dolus eventualis. The article concludes on a sceptical note: that dolus eventualis may not survive the many difficulties discussed in this article, and that exploring the expansion of negligence or the creation of a separate and new third form of fault may not be a bad idea.

The appealability of decisions to certify class actions: Where are we now? A proposed approach after Stellenbosch University Law Clinic v Lifestyle Direct Group International (Pty) Ltd (WCC)

by | May 6, 2023 | SALJ, SALJ V140 I2 2023

The appealability of decisions to certify class actions: Where are we now? A proposed approach after Stellenbosch University Law Clinic v Lifestyle Direct Group International (Pty) Ltd (WCC)

Author: Theo Broodryk

ISSN: 1996-2177
Affiliations: Associate Professor of Law, Stellenbosch University
Source: South African Law Journal, Volume 140 Issue 2, p. 263-284
https://doi.org/10.47348/SALJ/v140/i2a2

Abstract

Decisions refusing to certify class proceedings are appealable. The position regarding the appealability of decisions certifying class actions is, however, less clear. Regrettably, in Stellenbosch University Law Clinic v Lifestyle Direct Group International (Pty) Ltd [2021] JOL 51475 (WCC), the court did not give a final ruling on whether a decision to certify a class action is appealable. Gamble J merely assumed, without deciding, that his decision in Stellenbosch University Law Clinic v Lifestyle Direct Group International (Pty) Ltd 2022 (2) SA 237 (WCC) to certify the class action was appealable. This article aims to clarify the preferred approach when deciding whether to permit an appeal against a decision to certify a class action.