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Meryl du Plessis joined the Department in January 2008. She obtained the degrees BCom LLB and LLM from Rhodes University. She started working as a research assistant to the judges in the Eastern Cape High Court in Grahamstown in January 2004. In July 2006 she joined the Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law (CICLASS) at the University of Johannesburg as a researcher. During that time, she was involved in research for various government institutions and the World Bank on, inter alia, the key gaps with constitutional implications in South Africa’s social security system; the constitutional compliance, or otherwise, of government in providing social welfare services; and access to social services by non-citizens and portability of benefits in the SADC region. Her current research interests lie in the field of socio-economic rights, the institutional design and governance of public social security institutions and comparative workers' compensation systems.
Contact details
Rm 5.39
Tel: (021) 650 4385
Email: Meryl.Duplessis@uct.ac.za
Publication
M du Plessis and L Meintjes-Van der Walt 'Forensic Entomology: relevant to legal dispute resolution?' (2004) 29(3) Journal for Juridical Science 100-121.
Teaching (2008)
Constitutional Law (PBL2000W). Vula site available.
Public Law Research Focus Group (PBL5039X). Vula site available.
