by Ntandoyenkosi Mkize | Jul 13, 2021 | Newsletter
Before 1994, the focus of violence in South Africa was largely based on politics. Upon the dispensation of democracy and the promotion of equality, studying and understanding violence shifted towards preventing violence between individuals and remedying its social,...
by PB-M-Admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Newsletter
Welcome to our new Family Law intern Sibusiso Makhakhule was born and raised in the small village of Nkanini in Mpumalanga. He moved to Johannesburg after matric to pursue an LLB degree at the University of Johannesburg, which he completed in 2020. It was a dream come...
by Sbusiso Khumalo | May 12, 2021 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter
It is pivotal to recognise the history of change brought about by the legal system in South Africa in legalising LGBTQI+ rights. The country that broke barriers for LGBTQI+ persons and was exemplary to neighbouring countries in Africa. This occurred through landmark...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 1, 2020 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, Newsletter, NEWSLETTERS 2020
National Adoption Coalition v Head of Department of Social Development for KwaZulu-Natal NO 2020 (4) SA 284 (KZN) (“National Adoption Coalition case” By Dante Adams, Fasken In the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, young Pip remarks that: “In the little world...
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...
