by Xoliswa Maaroganye | Sep 5, 2022 | Newsletter
As part of ProBono. Org’s arrangement with IIE Varsity College (VC), we are providing their final year law students with a week of practical experience in our Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town offices. From 26 to 29 July the Johannesburg office hosted ten students...
by Xoliswa Maaroganye | Sep 5, 2022 | Newsletter
Every year, many people are forced to flee their home countries as a result of political unrest, conflicts and wars. They flee in the hope of survival and a better future. However, being in a foreign country with little to nothing as a basis to rebuild their lives is...
by Masi Ncube | Sep 5, 2022 | Newsletter
According to the Department of Social Development (DSD), more than 1,000 children in South Africa have been abandoned by their parents over the past two years. The foremost reason for abandonment of children is poverty which highlights the socio-economic inequalities...
by Nicole Dayanand | Sep 5, 2022 | Newsletter
Every August our country marks National Women’s Day where we pay tribute to the women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956. This forms part of Women’s Month which gives us an opportunity to pay tribute to the trailblazers who laid the foundation to...
by Xoliswa Maaroganye | Sep 5, 2022 | Newsletter
In celebration of Women’s Month, our Johannesburg office hosted its annual Women’s Day Event on 17 August 2022 at Constitution Hill. This event catered specifically for the legal needs of women from the communities served by the Community Advice Offices we work with....
by Percy Koketso Motiang | Jun 24, 2022 | Newsletter
After a long period of unfair discrimination experienced by spouses who concluded their marriage after the commencement of the Matrimonial Property Act on 1 November 1984, the Pretoria High Court came to their rescue on 11 May 2022 and held that; the exclusionary...
