by Elsabe Steenhuisen | Jun 24, 2024 | Newsletter
In the previous article I referred to the special link the Magna Carta (MC) has to the USA as Runnymede, an acre of Crown land and where the MC was concluded, was given in May 1965 to the American people in perpetuity under the control and management of the Kennedy...
by Elsabe Steenhuisen | Feb 20, 2024 | Newsletter
We all have a good idea of the meaning of the rule of law, with reference to, amongst others, Masethla v President of the Republic of South Africa 2008 1BCLR1(CC), the so-called “covert surveillance and phone tapping” case. But do we know the history and did we...
by Elsabe Steenhuisen | Apr 20, 2023 | Newsletter
The OCAY project participated in the 2023 HR festival on Friday 24 March 2023 by participating in a dialogue on internet safety for children. Carika Forsman, a social worker, and Adv Zola Khumalo represented ProBono.Org. Other panellists were from the SA Human Rights...
by Elsabe Steenhuisen | Dec 6, 2022 | Newsletter
The South African Law Reform Commission (“SALRC”) resumed its stakeholder meetings in 2022 once the COVID-19 threat had subsided. One of its virtual meetings in June was to finalise discussions on alternative dispute resolution in family disputes that started in 2016....
by Elsabe Steenhuisen | Oct 31, 2022 | Newsletter
After a mediation training session for community leaders on 20 May 2022 by Adv Mabel Slabbert, ProBono.Org held a feedback session at the Joburg office on 26 September 2022. The leaders who attended gave insightful feedback on how the training assisted them in their...