by PB-M-Admin | Oct 1, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter, NEWSLETTERS 2020
By Elsabe Steenhuisen Introduction The disbursements in cases ProBono.Org refers to legal practitioners (“LPs”), are mostly sponsored by the LPs, such as their travel expenses and photocopies. But what about the sheriff’s costs, which can be a substantial...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 27, 2020 | Newsletter, Uncategorised
By Melissa Engelbrecht, Legal Intern – Cape Town In an address to the nation on 23 July 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that millions of rands of COVID-19 relief funds had been lost to corruption; his first official admission of corrupt practices in this...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 27, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter, NEWSLETTERS 2020
By Siyabonga Zondi, Durban Intern The use of temporary employment services (TES), better known as labour brokers, in the South African labour market has always been a topic that has polarised opinion, in both the political and the legal environment. The Labour...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 27, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter, NEWSLETTERS 2020
By Mukethwa Chauke – Johannesburg The concept of succession is not a foreign concept in our African legal system. In customary law the heirs of the deceased were determined through the male line ,referred to as the male primogeniture rule, which is well known...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 27, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, COVID 19 Related News, News, Newsletter, NEWSLETTERS 2020
By Obakeng Phatshwane (Candidate Attorney, Fasken) Given the impact of COVID 19 and the plight of asylum seekers, this decision remains crucial for those seeking asylum. The substitution by a court of an administrator’s decision2 in granting asylum is a...
by PB-M-Admin | Apr 29, 2016 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter
Article by Richard Chemaly One often reads about the plethora of obstacles plaguing asylum seekers. Some believe that the system is as rigorous as it is because the benefits of acquiring refugee status place refugees on an equal footing with South...
