Author: Martin Akuma
The Legal Practitioners Development Fund (LPDF) held their Annual General Meeting on 17 November 2025 in Pretoria. Chairperson of the Fund, Bukky Olowookorun, announced a significant increase in loan applications, with the fund disbursing 24 loans worth a total of R 976 987,41. She added that there were four pending applications as a result of outstanding documents and that two applications were rejected. Ms Olowookorun attributed increased loan inquiries to advertising that was placed in De Rebus and the active social media engagements that the fund had. While presenting the chairperson’s report, Ms Olowookorun pointed out that there has been a…
Posted: 17 December, 2025 | Author: AfricLaw | Filed under: Nasubila Ng’ambi | Tags: African Charter, African Mining Vision, cultural rights, economic differences, foreign exploitation, Global North, Global South, human rights, industrialisation, infrastructural development, international monopolies, Keba M’baye, Mineral beneficiation, mineral wealth, New International Economic Order, raw commodities, sub-Saharan Africa, The Right to Development, value-added processing | Author: Nasubila Ng’ambiLLM (cum laude), University of Pretoria It’s time for Africa Home to approximately 30% of the world’s critical raw minerals, Africa holds a highly coveted position in the low carbon transition. However, at present Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) development index is an…
Posted: 20 November, 2025 | Author: AfricLaw | Filed under: Carolyn W. Gatonye | Tags: cited torture, civil war, crimes against humanity, EAC, East Africa, East African Court of Justice, enforced disappearance, fundamental freedoms violation, gender equity, harassment, human dignity, human rights defenders, human rights violations, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, political sensitivities, rising repression, silence of justice, unlawful arrests, unlawful imprisonment | Author: Carolyn W. GatonyeKabarak University The silence of the East African Community (EAC) in the face of rising repression in Tanzania is deafening. Yet, this is hardly new thunder in the EAC bloc. Time and again, the region has watched…
The Judiciary of South Africa hosted the 2025 J20 Summit of Chief Justices and Presidents of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts of G20 countries from 2 to 5 September 2025, in Sandton, Johannesburg, under the theme ‘Justice in a time of change: Independence, innovation and co-operation’. Speaking at the inaugural summit, Chief Justice of South Africa, Mandisa Maya, described the J20 summit as a historical convergence, a deliberate and necessary assembly of the judiciary, and a gathering of the free world at a time where the pillars of democracy and dignity are under unprecedented strain and the foundations of justice…
Mojau Ramathe is a legal practitioner at Ramathe MJ Attorneys in Mpumalanga. In this month’s issue we feature legal practitioner, Mojau Ramathe, who is based in the province of Mpumalanga. Mr Ramathe was born and bred in the town called Phuthaditjhaba in Qwa-Qwa, Free State. He matriculated in Thokoana Makaota Secondary School under the motto of ‘Ikgwantlelle lekaota’. Mr Ramathe shared how his matric results were not satisfactory, and he attempted to do supplementary examinations in 1996, which improved his results and, also in the same year, he pursued a diploma in business management and computer studies. ‘Due to the…
Female legal practitioners attended the ‘Breaking Boundaries Brunch: A Celebration of African Women in Law and Justice,’ hosted iKamva Initiative, an initiative of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Faculty of Law. The event was graced by the Deputy Judge President of the Free State Division of the High Courts, Martha Mbhele, who delivered the keynote address. The iKamva Initiative, an initiative of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Faculty of Law, hosted the ‘Breaking Boundaries Brunch: A Celebration of African Women in Law and Justice,’ on 30 August 2025. In her opening remarks, Professor Puseletso Letete briefly explained that the iKamva…
Posted: 6 October, 2025 | Author: AfricLaw | Filed under: Amanda Janell DeAmor Quest | Tags: 200 million girls, Africa, Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, female genital mutilation, fgm, global public health concern, human rights violation, initiation ritual for women and girls, international human rights law, nation-wide outrage, no benefits, physical force, prerequisite for marriage | Author: Amanda Janell DeAmor QuestCommonwealth Caribbean Lawyer On August 11, 2025, the BBC reported the death of a one-month-old baby girl who had been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in…
On 23 August 2025, the South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA) held its first presidential awards and fundraising dinner in Johannesburg. The prestigious dinner which brought together judges, legal practitioners, academics and the business community, was also attended by stalwart and founder of SAWLA, former Justice Minister and Ambassador of South Africa to Sweden, Brigitte Mabandla. President of SAWLA, Nomaswazi Shabangu-Mndawe, told attendees that the dinner was held in recognition and appreciation for the contribution of women in the legal profession. Ms Shabangu-Mndawe added that the event was also an opportunity to celebrate, share experiences, and strengthen solidarity with SAWLA…
Posted: 25 September, 2025 | Author: AfricLaw | Filed under: Nqobani Nyathi | Tags: 1.2 billion children, Africa, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Children with disabilities, corporal punishment of children, dropout rates, General Comment 9, global public health concern, Guidelines on Ending Violence Against Children in Africa, no benefits, physical force, public health crisis, religion, religious traditions, tradition, violence, World Health Organisation (WHO) | Author: Nqobani NyathiDoctoral Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria On 20 August 2025, the World Health Organisation…
The Law Society of Lesotho held its elective conference and annual general meeting on 25 July 2025, in the district of Leribe. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) saw a high turnout from members of the organisation, as well as international delegates from South Africa and Eswatini, who attended to confirm and reiterate their support for and collaborative with the Law Society of Lesotho. Among the South African delegates was the Chief Executive Officer of the Legal Practice Council (LPC), Charity Nzuza, who delivered a message of support at the annual general meeting of the Law Society of Lesotho. She spoke…