by Margaret Fish | Oct 19, 2023 | Newsletter
On 28 September ProBono. Org launched an updated and comprehensive version of the Refugee Manual produced for us by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Attorneys (CDH). The manual is aimed at legal practitioners so that they are well equipped to deal with refugees and asylum...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 19, 2023 | Newsletter
Gender Based Violence (GBV) We have initiated a project focusing on Gender Based Violence which will be rolled out through our three offices over the next five years. The project is informed by the need to address the crisis of gender based violence and femicide...
by Opeyemi Faith Adeniji | Oct 19, 2023 | Newsletter
The recent pronouncement made by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the matter of Stay at South Point Properties (Pty) Ltd v Mqulwana and Others (UCT intervening as amicus curiae) (1335/2021) [2023] ZASCA has attracted significant legal scrutiny. On 3 July 2023, the...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 19, 2023 | Newsletter
Adv. Mohamed Shafie Ameermia was appointed as the National Director at ProBono.Org in September 2023. He is a human rights activist with a long and distinguished career advocating for the indigent, poor and vulnerable communities within the Republic of South Africa as...
by Lungelo Mkhize | Aug 25, 2023 | Guess slot, Newsletter
Pro bono legal services are aimed at making justice more accessible to the most impoverished members of our society. When providing legal services to pro bono clients, it is important for legal practitioners to exercise a higher duty of care. In exercising such a...
by Nomvula Sibeko | Aug 25, 2023 | Newsletter
On 11 May 2022 the High Court ruled section 7(3)(a) of the Divorce Act of 1979 unconstitutional in the case of Greyling v Minister of Home Affairs and four others, 40023/21, causing a series of legal opinions. The judgment was referred to the Constitutional Court to...
