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...
by PB-M-Admin | Oct 24, 2019 | ARTICLES OF INTEREST, News, NEWSLETTERS 2019, PAST EVENTS
By Muchengeta Hwacha, Johannesburg intern The Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), invited ProBono.Org to participate in a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Forum on the sidelines of the third ordinary session of the...
by PB-M-Admin | Aug 22, 2019 | ATTORNEY WORKSHOPS 2019, News, NEWSLETTERS 2019, PAST EVENTS
By Elsabe Steenhuisen 1. Short dialogues This year our children’s project is conducting a series of eight two-hour dialogues in four Gauteng regions (Alberton, Roodepoort, Boksburg and Johannesburg) spread over the year. Their aim is to create a platform for...
