Homosexual Rights and the Law: A South African ...

International Journal of humanities and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 4 [Special Issue February 2012] 50 Homosexual Rights and the Law: A South African constitutional metamorphosis Mr. Mwanawina Ilyayambwa Junior Lecturer of Public Law and Legal Philosophy North West University Mafikeng Campus, Faculty Law Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho South Africa Abstract The jurisprudence of a nation or region has to accommodate the changes that are occurring in society, otherwise, the law would become irrelevant and redundant. The development of the South African constitutional Jurisprudence is an example of this metamorphosis , from the creation of the Gay and Lesbians of the Witwatersrand (GLOW) in the 1980s, to the landmark case of National Coalition of Gay and Lesbian Equality and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others, trickling down to the 2010 decision of Hendrick Pieter Le Roux and others v Louis Dey.

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 4 [Special Issue –February 2012] 50 Homosexual Rights and the Law: A South African Constitutional Metamorphosis

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