Tanveer Jeewa
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Articles by Tanveer Jeewa
Rewriting housing law can help address the land occupation crisis
Dr Tanveer Jeewa | Lecturer | Constitutional Law | Department of Public Law | Stellenbosch University | mail me | The National Housing Act should be amended to address mass unlawful land occupation in South Africa. During my doctoral research in public law, I came to realise that the legal tools currently available are not working. The system is failing both landowners and the thousands of people occupying land unlawfully, not because they want to, but because they have no other choice.
South Africa: Cape Town's Unlawful Occupation By-Law Is Not Only Unconstitutional, but Cruel
There are multiple reports of how homeless people's personal belongings are confiscated, including identification documents and HIV medication. This occurs despite South Africa's Constitution guaranteeing that no one may be deprived of their property without a legitimate reason.
Cape Town’s Unlawful Occupation By-Law is not only unconstitutional, but cruel
RIGHTS TO PROPERTY OP-ED There are multiple reports of how homeless people’s personal belongings are confiscated, including identification documents and HIV medication. This occurs despite South Africa’s Constitution guaranteeing that no one may be deprived of their property without a legitimate reason.
The JSC has always had a sexism problem
VOICES Over the past few days, there have been whispers of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) failing to meet its mandate. This failure has been attributed to the behaviour of certain commissioners, but it takes only a short dive into past JSC interviews to come to the conclusion that what the JSC is being accused of – in this specific case, sexism – is nothing new.
African Values - Why the African Commission's Homophobic Stance Must Be Challenged
Uganda just became the 33rd African country to criminalise same-sex sexual acts. Despite most African countries having inherited the 'unnatural offences' laws from the British Empire, French and Dutch colonial powers, Africa seems to be moving backwards, with 61% of African countries now being unsafe for the LGBTI community. Tanveer Jeewa is a legal and communications consultant at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED: African values: Why the African Commission’s homophobic stance must be challenged
Ngendakumana Gerard (left), an LGBTI refugee from Burundi, kisses his partner from Burundi, Mandela Diego, at the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (Photo: EPA-EFE / DAI KUROKAWA) Uganda just became the 33rd African country to criminalise same-sex sexual acts.
SADC remains conspicuously silent on vaccines as many continue to die
A man infected with Covid-19 lies in bed at ward number 20 of the Tembisa Hospital in Tembisa, on March 2, 2021. (Photo by Guillem Sartorio/AFP) By the beginning of May 2021, the majority of Southern African countries, with the exception of Mauritius and Seychelles, had not fully vaccinated even one percent of their populations against Covid-19.
The sports world is failing to protect the human rights of women athletes
STANFORD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 30: Caster Semenya of South Africa crosses the finish line to win the women's 800m during the Prefontaine Classic at Cobb Track & Angell Field on June 30, 2019 in Stanford, California.
Yet another treaty aims to protect African women. But how will it be enforced?
Globally, violence against women is a pandemic, and Africa is not spared. COMMENT In his 2020 International Women’s Day address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that, through South Africa’s chairship of the African Union, he will be advocating for the adoption of an African Union Convention on Violence Against Women.
Op-Ed: It’s time to hold the state to account for xenophobic laws
EKURHULENI, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 20: A general view of a spaza shop in Duduza during national lockdown on April 20, 2020 in Ekurhuleni, South Africa. According to media reports, grocery stores which include corner shops, spaza shops and fruit and vegetable stores are permitted to operate during the lockdown period – irrespective of the nationality of the owners.
No Fun
It was all a gradual process, An initiation, if you will. A conditioning. One by one the items of clothing fell off. One by one Week by week. And sometimes, Many items in one day. The process was rushed, But at his pace only. There was no consultation, No permission. Nothing given, only taken. Until the final day, He made a promise: I will respect you. I explained my situation, my condition. I am a Muslim. But I did not need to say anything, He knew many things about me. He was from a big city, I was not.
GROUNDUP: Why court ruled that the ban on religious gatherings is not unconstitutional
Indian Muslims offers special morning prayers for the Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra floods victims on the occasion of Eid al-Adha prayers in Bangalore, India, 12 August 2019. (PHOTO: EPA-EFE/JAGADEESH NV) Under the regulations, every religious denomination is prevented from praying in congregation. First published by GroundUp In April a court order was sought to declare the lockdown regulations unconstitutional to the extent that they prohibit congregational worship.
South Africa: Why the Court Ruled That the Ban On Religious Gatherings Is Not Unconstitutional
Under the regulations, every religious denomination is prevented from praying in congregation Last month a court order was sought to declare the lockdown regulations unconstitutional to the extent that they prohibit congregational worship.
Why the court ruled that the ban on religious gatherings is not unconstitutional
The Pretoria High Court dismissed an application by a Muslim organisation to declare the lockdown regulations invalid. Archive photo: Elna Schütz Last month a court order was sought to declare the lockdown regulations unconstitutional to the extent that they prohibit congregational worship.
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