by PB-M-Admin | Apr 21, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, NEWSLETTERS 2020
By: Mattew December – Intern, Cape Town On 8 October 2019, a group of refugees commenced a sit-in protest at the Cape Town offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) following a wave of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals across the...
by PB-M-Admin | Feb 28, 2020 | News, NEWSLETTERS 2020, PAST EVENTS
By Shamika Dwarika, Regional Director, Durban It was a dark and stormy afternoon in December 2019 when a number of legal practitioners and public interest law advocates gathered for a public lecture commemorating International Human Rights Day. Despite the load...
by PB-M-Admin | Feb 28, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, NEWSLETTERS 2020
By Melissa Engelbrecht, Cape Town intern On 15 January 2020 the nation woke up to the shocking news of the disappearance and subsequent death of Enoch Mpianzi, a 13-year old grade eight scholar at Parktown Boys High School in Johannesburg. According to various media...
by PB-M-Admin | Feb 28, 2020 | News, NEWSLETTERS 2020, STAFF NEWS
Johannesburg: Ongezwa Gontshi Ongezwa recently joined ProBono. Org as the finance administrator/project officer on the AFSA/Global Fund project aimed at reducing stigma and discrimination as well as educating and providing legal advice and assistance to persons living...
by PB-M-Admin | Dec 19, 2019 | ATTORNEY MENTIONS, News, PAST EVENTS, PRO BONO AWARDS
On 21 November 2019 we held an award ceremony at Constitution Hill to pay tribute to the many legal practitioners and others who made an exceptional contribution to pro bono work in 2018. Our guest speaker was Judge Jody Kollapen, who pointed out that access to...
