by Aphiwe Nonyukela | Aug 22, 2024 | Newsletter, PAST EVENTS
ProBono.Org in collaboration with the Messina Legal Advice Office (MLAO) and the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), celebrated World Refugee Day in Musina this year. Situated in the north of Limpopo and close to the Zimbabwean border, it...
by Pearl Khumalo | Aug 22, 2024 | Newsletter, PAST EVENTS
20 June 2024 marked World Refugee Day, an international day of recognition for asylum seekers and refugees. To qualify for refugee status in South Africa, an applicant’s circumstances must fit within the scope of Section3 of the Refugees Act (130 of 1998), namely,...
by PB-M-Admin | May 11, 2021 | awards-2017, PAST EVENTS, PRO BONO AWARDS
On Thursday 7 September 2017 the fourth Pro Bono Awards ceremony was held at The Social Kitchen at Exclusive Books in Hyde Park Corner.There were 11 award categories, won by: Refugee Law – Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc.Housing Law – Sonkozi Ngalonkulu AttorneysEstates Law...
by PB-M-Admin | Feb 28, 2020 | News, NEWSLETTERS 2020, PAST EVENTS
By Shamika Dwarika, Regional Director, Durban It was a dark and stormy afternoon in December 2019 when a number of legal practitioners and public interest law advocates gathered for a public lecture commemorating International Human Rights Day. Despite the load...
by PB-M-Admin | Dec 19, 2019 | ATTORNEY MENTIONS, News, PAST EVENTS, PRO BONO AWARDS
On 21 November 2019 we held an award ceremony at Constitution Hill to pay tribute to the many legal practitioners and others who made an exceptional contribution to pro bono work in 2018. Our guest speaker was Judge Jody Kollapen, who pointed out that access to...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 24, 2019 | News, NEWSLETTERS 2019, PAST EVENTS
By Muchengeta Hwacha, Johannesburg intern On 4 September 2019, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) called an emergency meeting to address the spate of violence that had erupted against foreign...
