SAHRC: People need access to land and housing

by PB-M-Admin | Nov 26, 2015 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News

South Africa is 21 years into democracy, and many poor people are still without houses, basic services, and continue to routinely face inhumane evictions. Dysfunctional cooperative governance relations; a lack of capacity, and the ineffective application of policy,...

Swapped babies to remain with families raising them

by PB-M-Admin | Nov 18, 2015 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News

Congratulations to Henk Strydom of Strydom Attorneys. He represented one of the mothers, who initiated this case, on a pro bono basis. He also does a great deal of pro bono work for children, and has been actively involved in assisting children in our One Child a Year...

The question of human rights violations against the #feesmustfall protesters

by PB-M-Admin | Nov 11, 2015 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News

Article and image courtesy of: https://theconversation.com/   In the wake of the student protests on South African campuses, universities need to engage in some critical reflection. Did their responses protect the constitutional rights and freedoms of those...

Editorial: SA’s democracy is under attack

by PB-M-Admin | Jun 29, 2015 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Article published on Mail & Guardian – 26 June 2015. A fortnight ago, in an extensive interview with the Mail & Guardian, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng dropped a bombshell. The head of the judiciary had last year signalled that there were “very desperate...

RELIEF FOR EASTERN CAPE SCHOOLS AS DEPARTMENT PAYS OUT 67 MILLION BUT KEY ASPECT OF ORDER UNFULFILLED

by PB-M-Admin | Jun 24, 2015 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Article published on LEGAL RESOURCES CENTRE – 24 June 2015 South Africa’s first opt-in class action law suit, Link­side & oth­ers v Min­is­ter of Edu­ca­tion & oth­ers, was the first to appoint a claims admin­is­tra­tor to man­age the pay­ment of a...

Bakgatla ba Kgafela CPA’s Constitutional Court case goes to heart of land reform

by PB-M-Admin | Jun 19, 2015 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Article from Posted on 17 Jun 2015 By Michael Clark The Bakgatla ba Kgafela court case hits at the heart of South Africa’s land restitution programme, and at people’s land rights protected by the Constitution. On 28 May 2015 the Constitutional Court heard the case of...