by Sbusiso Khumalo | May 12, 2021 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter
It is pivotal to recognise the history of change brought about by the legal system in South Africa in legalising LGBTQI+ rights. The country that broke barriers for LGBTQI+ persons and was exemplary to neighbouring countries in Africa. This occurred through landmark...
by Wendy Andrew-Befeld | May 12, 2021 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News
On 11 June 2020, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed down a defining judgment for the political landscape of South Africa. In New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others [202] ZACC 11), the apex court ruled that the...
by PB-M-Admin | May 12, 2021 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News
Masi Ncube – Staff Attorney, Cape Town Masi’s interest in social justice and effecting transformative change through law prompted him to join the ProBono.Org team. He started his legal journey at Stellenbosch University where he was an active member of various...
by PB-M-Admin | May 12, 2021 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News
2021 marks the 15th anniversary since the founding of ProBono.Org. We will mark this occasion in a number of ways, one of these being a special publication featuring reflections by founding directors, our legal practitioners, clients, community advice offices and...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 1, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter, NEWSLETTERS 2020
National Adoption Coalition v Head of Department of Social Development for KwaZulu-Natal NO 2020 (4) SA 284 (KZN) (“National Adoption Coalition case” By Dante Adams, Fasken In the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, young Pip remarks that: “In the little world...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 1, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter, NEWSLETTERS 2020
By Elsabe Steenhuisen Introduction The disbursements in cases ProBono.Org refers to legal practitioners (“LPs”), are mostly sponsored by the LPs, such as their travel expenses and photocopies. But what about the sheriff’s costs, which can be a substantial...
