Article published in Probono.Org June 2016 Newsletter. J, a girl of 7, was found abandoned on the 9th floor of the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg in December 2015. An initial assessment by the hospital staff showed that she could be autistic. The...
When I was informed by the Registrar of my court that I had been invited to speak about my judgment[1] in Centre for Child Law v Hoërskool Fochville & another 2016 (2) SA 121; [2015] 4 All SA 571 (SCA), my response was that Judges are supposed to speak through...
Constitutionally speaking: Patrick Bracher hosts Glenn Penfold from Webber Wentzel. He practices in the areas of constitutional and administrative law, and wrote “Constitutional Litigation”. Glenn talks about the rules and principles that apply to governmental...
Article by Andy Bester. Published in the April edition of the Advocate. [vc_separator color=”grey”] The majority of south africans cannot afford legal representation. In 2011 the average monthly household income was R9 962. The average household income of...
Article by Erica Emdon ProBono.Org is involved in discussions with stakeholders on the Legal Practice Act, and we are developing our own position on what we think “community service” (dealt with in Section 29 of the Act) should constitute. Section 29 of the Act covers...
