by Xoliswa Maaroganye | Jun 24, 2022 | Newsletter
From left to right: Samantha Misner, Teresa Yates (ProBono.Org National Director), Mikaela Cheslock, Mpho Mogodi (ProBono.Org staff attorney), SerenaMeghji and Calaeb Goff. On 12 May we were visited by four Canadian law students who, through the SASLAW pro bono fellow...
by Elsabe Steenhuisen | Jun 24, 2022 | Newsletter
As we all know, in order to ensure legal representation for a child, in the past we mainly used the application procedure for the appointment of curators – either ad litem, and/or ad persona and/or ad bonis, depending on the type of case at hand. We used Uniform Court...
by Kgomotso Leshabane | Jun 24, 2022 | Newsletter
Although South Africa has one of the most progressive asylum laws and exceptional refugee protection frameworks in the world, the disunion between law and practice has allowed the blatant disregard of the law to thrive. The safety and security of the refugees who come...
by PB-M-Admin | Jun 24, 2022 | Newsletter
The Johannesburg Office had our first meeting on Thursday 26 May 2022, with the Community Advice Offices (CAOs) we are working with. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the projects for the year ahead, to determine the progress and challenges they experienced,...
by Serisha Shunmugam | Apr 25, 2022 | Newsletter
At the outset, it is important to grasp that parental rights and responsibilities primarily refer to the care, contact and maintenance of a minor child. Furthermore, an unmarried father does not have automatic parental rights and responsibilities. The Act that governs...
by Tyler Idas | Apr 25, 2022 | Newsletter
Since the recently-decided High Court case of Jane Bwanya vs The Master of the High Court, the Constitutional Court affirmed and acknowledged the reality of the many diversified families that exist within South African society. In the above case, the Constitutional...
