Mr André Louw

André Louw teaches part-time in the field of labour law at Stellenbosch University’s Law Faculty, where he is also a senior researcher at the Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law (CICLASS). He has been with the Department of Mercantile Law since 2000, before which time he obtained the degrees BA LL.B LL.M at Stellenbosch University. He is an attorney of the High Court and a conveyancer. Louw has been researching his PhD in the area of sports law since 2003, which he hopes to complete by the end of 2006. His thesis deals with the employment of players and athletes in professional team sports in South Africa and elsewhere. He is a member of the Sports Law Association of South Africa and has been a guest presenter in sports law as well as presented conference papers within his field of interest. He is the co-author of a book on employment equity and has published a number of scholarly articles in the fields of affirmative action and sports law, in local and international law journals. Louw has a specific interest in the law relating to the management of HIV and AIDS in the workplace, and has been teaching at the Africa Centre since 2004. He has also done some consulting work in the area of workplace HIV policy formulation under the auspices of the Africa Centre.