Programme News
21 January 2016
(Press release)
The Democracy Café, based at the Kutlwanong Democracy Centre in Pretoria Central, is looking for an experienced restaurant and events manager. The Kutlwanong Democracy Centre is a unique hub for civil society organisations in the capital. The restaurant serves quality meals and caters for events, conferences and meetings at the centre.
This position requires a dynamic person with...
25 November 2015
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights welcomes its latest victory, this time on behalf of dental assistants who have won the recognition of their profession after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed the application of the South African Dentist Association.
The South African Dental Association (SADA) turned to the SCA to challenge a high court order recognising the profession and detailing the scope of the...
28 September 2015
(Press release)
The organisers of the Unite against Corruption march invite all media to an urgent final press conference before we march on Wednesday, 30 September.
The broad spectrum of coalition members will be present and will include trade unions, faith-based organisations, students and civil society. Four senior representatives from each of these constituencies will be available at the press conference....
21 September 2015
(Press release)
Civil society organisations endorsing the Unite Against Corruption marches on 30 September in Pretoria and Cape Town invite media to a briefing on Tuesday 22 September that will highlight the extent to which corruption affects the work of civil society, and the reasons for participating in these marches to register the broad dissent against those involved in corrupt practices.
Organisations...
18 September 2015
(News)
The High Court in Pretoria has granted an application that individual management members of the Tshwane University of Technology be joined in contempt of court proceedings against the university.
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) said they believed management members who caused TUT to disobey an urgent court order allowing evicted students to return to their residences during protest action in 2014...
18 September 2015
(News)
The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and three of its top officials – including vice-chancellor – must explain to the high court in Pretoria why they should not be held in contempt of a court and face a fine of R30 000, or six months imprisonment, in a sequel to last year’s protest action at its campuses.
The alleged contempt followed last year’s eviction of students...
18 September 2015
(News)
The High Court in Pretoria has granted an application by Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) that individual management members of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) be joined in the contempt of court proceedings against the university.
LHR said it believed members who led to TUT disobeying an urgent court order allowing evicted students to return during protest action in 2014 should be held...
17 September 2015
(Press release)
The High Court in Pretoria has granted an application by Lawyers for Human Rights that individual management members of the Tshwane University of Technology be joined in the contempt of court proceedings against the university.
LHR believes members who led to TUT disobeying an urgent court order allowing evicted students to return during protest action in 2014 should be held personally...
9 September 2015
(News)
Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Jacob Mamabolo says he wants clarity from the courts on how evictions should be carried out as tenants are often treated in an inhumane way during the process.
Mamabolo announced he will be taking a test case to court in order to protect the rights of tenants evicted from their homes.
Over the past weekend the MEC expressed his unhappiness at how residents were...
8 September 2015
(News)
Gauteng MEC for human settlements Jacob Mamabolo is planning to take a test case to court to protect the rights of people evicted from their home.
Mamabolo expressed unhappiness at how women, children and people with a disability were treated during evictions.
"Those residents still have rights. The fact that they are in debt does not mean their rights do not matter. The question is what...