by Ayanda Zulu | Apr 25, 2022 | Newsletter
Access to justice for children is defined by UNICEF as “the ability of children to obtain a remedy when their rights are being violated, not respected or denied”. Children, like their adult counterparts, have rights and disputes that require legal remedies. Due to the...
by Neo Maloka | Apr 25, 2022 | Newsletter
A retirement fund is built up through the contributions of both the employer and employee over the course of the employee’s employment. It attempts to hold the employers accountable, to make pay-outs to employees at their retirement age and not leave them...
by Zama Mbatha | Apr 25, 2022 | Newsletter
It is with pleasure and relief that we announce the final closure of one of our most challenging and difficult cases in the One Child A Year (OCAY) campaign. The case first came to ProBono.Org in 2014 by the mother of two minor children after her husband had filed for...
by Karabo Mokgatlhe | Feb 14, 2022 | Newsletter
Menzile Lawrence Naki, a South African man, and Dimitrila Marie Ndovya, a woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wanted to register the birth of their child born in Grahamstown on 1 February 2016 with the Department of Home Affairs. Ms Ndovya was in the...
by Gugulethu Makhanya | Feb 14, 2022 | Newsletter
Fleeing one’s country of origin due to persecution because of gender, race, political, religion or sexual orientation is both mentally and emotionally traumatic. This is a reality that has plagued numerous foreign nationals who flee their homes. They are forced to...
by Andricia Hinckemann and Sushila Dhever | Feb 14, 2022 | Newsletter
This past year has been difficult for our country and the world at large due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Government’s pronouncement that people must remain at home to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus caused heightened levels of anxiety and tension and created a...
