by PB-M-Admin | Dec 1, 2016 | News, Radio Today
Our guest was Tarisai Mugunyani. She is an attorney in the Land and Housing Unit at Lawyers for Human Rights in Pretoria. She was talking about gender rights and housing. LHR is providing assistance in matters involving large scale urban evictions, and the concomitant...
by PB-M-Admin | Nov 30, 2016 | News, PAST EVENTS
Our first event for the 16 Days of Activism For no violence against Women and Children took place at the Orange Farm Community Office. The event was well attended even by males who have shown their support of this campaign. Swazi an attorney from ProBono. Org and...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | News, PAST EVENTS
Once again, on 6 September we celebrated the extraordinary work being undertaken by lawyers, the media, the NGO sector, students and others in promoting human rights and the interests of the poor and marginalised. Not only did this third award ceremony mark great...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | News, Radio Today
For the past nine years ProBono.Org, in partnership with Norton Rose Fulbright SA (NRF), has had a half-hour slot on Radio Today every second Thursday evening. The aim of the programme is to inform the public about the Bill of Rights and to discuss broader...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 17, 2016 | News, PAST EVENTS
On Thursday, 13 October 2016, ProBono.Org Cape Town attended the official opening launch of the Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha. The centre is like none before, and aims to make access to social justice realisable and accessable to marginalised communities. It will...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | ARTICLES ABOUT PROBONO.ORG, News, NEWSLETTERS 2016
Article by Richard Chemaly ProBono.Org was informed of the difficulties being faced by a University of Cape Town (UCT) student, Rethabile Makoanyana, who was unable to graduate due to outstanding fees. The primary issue was that a Free State municipality had...
