https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/11904 2026-05-09T04:05:40Z 2026-05-09T04:05:40Z Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31123 2025-02-15T14:01:10Z 2022-11-22T00:00:00Z

Dimension diamond fraud theory : why is ethical leadership becoming toxic in organisation/institutions Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus

2022-11-22T00:00:00Z Coetzee, Susanna Abigael https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/28703 2022-04-12T12:40:40Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the state directly liable for educator-on-learner sexual abuse Coetzee, Susanna Abigael Despite legislative interventions aimed at improving the protection of children, educator-on-learner sexual abuse persists, and is even on the increase. Focussing on prosecuting educator offenders and holding the state vicariously liable clearly does not have the desired effect. The author considered the prospect of holding the state directly liable when it fails to prevent and respond to educator-on-learner abuse, by basing liability for certain cases not only on the wrongful conduct of educators as employees, but also on the state’s own omission of its constitutional or statutory duties. In this article, the author investigates the feasibility of such a strategy within the South African legal framework.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Coetzee, Susanna Abigael Venter, MA https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/28702 2022-04-12T12:35:49Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

South African law and policy regulating learner absenteeism at public schools: Supporting an ecosystemic management approach Coetzee, Susanna Abigael; Venter, MA Learner absenteeism often occurs involuntarily due to learners’ social and economic circumstances. Notwithstanding this fact, there is a worldwide trend towards a more punitive and retributory management approach to address learner absenteeism. Because such an approach neglects to consider absentees’ specific circumstances, it fails to address learner absenteeism properly. In the first part of this article, the authors considered the suitability of the ecosystemic theory as basis for a management approach that will acknowledge the full range of contextual risk factors that may exist in absentee learners’ living environment. The authors argue in favour of a transnational and generic ecosystemic approach, with an inherent focus on contexts and interrelatedness, as a suitable approach to managing learner absenteeism. The second part of this article focuses on an analysis of South African law and policy regulating learner absenteeism, to determine whether it supports an ecosystemic approach to managing learner absenteeism. The authors found that, while South African law and policy regulating learner absenteeism mostly support an ecosystemic approach to managing learner absenteeism, some prescriptions of the Policy on Learner Attendance do not. After making some recommendations in this regard, the authors conclude with generic guidelines to managing learner absenteeism.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Coetzee, Susanna Abigael https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/28662 2022-04-10T10:40:12Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Legal perspective on social media use and employment: Lessons for South African educators Coetzee, Susanna Abigael In this article, the author provides a legal perspective on the interplay between social media use and employment. The unique characteristics of social media are identified in order to frame the article before a number of considerations with regard to employment relationships that impact on deciding social media misconduct cases are deliberated upon. Thereafter, the author reflects on the implications of social media transgressions for educators' professions and contemplates the forms that social media misconduct by South African educators can take, with specific focus on defamation. Before the article reaches its conclusion, social media evidence and the impact of the unique characteristics of social media on users' legitimate expectations of privacy are also considered. The article concludes with a few guidelines on how educators can avoid the pitfalls that make social media use potentially hazardous to their employment.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z