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...
by Pearl Khumalo | Aug 25, 2023 | Newsletter
In 2009, the Minister of Home Affairs introduced the Zimbabwean Dispensation Permit (now the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, “ZEP”) in terms of section 31(2) (b) of the Immigration Act. The purpose of the permit was to deal with the influx of economic migrants coming...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 25, 2023 | Newsletter
Justice & Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, by notice in the Government Gazette on 11 August, has published new regulations in terms of the Legal Practice Act governing the rendering of community service by legal practitioners, both candidate and...
by PB-M-Admin | Jun 28, 2023 | Newsletter
Congratulations to our Johannesburg intern Masontaga Malatja, who received her LLB degree at a graduation ceremony at Wits University on 18 April 2023.
by PB-M-Admin | Jun 28, 2023 | Newsletter
Canadian students Will Stevens and Tiana Gleason from the University of Western Ontario, who are in South Africa at the invitation of the S A Society for Labour Law (SASLAW) between May and July 2022, visited ProBono. Org on 11 May accompanied by a representative of...
by Masi Ncube | Jun 28, 2023 | Newsletter
The Employment Equity Amendment Act 4 of 2022 (“the Amendment Act”) was assented to by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 6 April 2023. The Amendment Act, which amends the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (“the Act”) has re-introduced divided opinions about transformation...
