Author: Martin Akuma
The Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund (LPFF) national Imbizo’s campaign will continue in 2026. In 2025, the LPFF, in collaboration with the Legal Practice Council (LPC) and the Legal Practitioners Indemnity Insurance Fund NPC (LPIIF), held a series of national Imbizos across the country. The campaign aimed to ensure that South Africans understood how to report dishonest legal practitioners and how to claim compensation when their money or property had been stolen or misused. The LPFF said that while traveling across the country to host these informative sessions, a clear message emerged. The Fund added that the sessions often developed into…
Posted: 11 February, 2026 | Author: AfricLaw | Filed under: Hlengiwe Dube | Tags: access, accountability, AI registers, algorithmic bias, Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA) framework, automated social protection, data exchange platforms, Democratic Legitimacy, digital identity systems, Digital Public Infrastructure, digital service delivery, digital transformation, DPI, e-government, government reform, inclusion, oversight, public participation, Public Trust, transparency | Author: Hlengiwe DubeSenior digital rights and policy expert Abstract Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is rapidly being deployed worldwide, yet its governance is a significant blind spot in open government reform. While governments focus on digital service delivery, the underlying systems that determine access, inclusion,…
The voice of the child was one of the key topics of discussion at the 12th Annual Family Law Conference hosted by Clarks Attorneys. The conference was held in Johannesburg from 30 to 31 October 2025. The conference was attended by judges, legal practitioners, social workers and psychologists. Welcome address In her welcome address, Director of Clarks Attorneys, Beverley Clark, welcomed delegates to the conference, and said that there was an important topic of discussion at the conference, namely, the voice of the child. ‘I am strongly of the view that in adversarial family law matters, as opposed to public…
The delegates at the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges Conference. The 14th World Conference was held in Nairobi, under the overarching theme: ‘Protecting the Integrity of Refugee and Migration Systems.’ The International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges (IARMJ) convened its 14th World Conference in Nairobi from 17 to 19 November 2025, under the overarching theme: ‘Protecting the Integrity of Refugee and Migration Systems.’ The conference brought together over 200 judges, policymakers, academics, and experts from 40 countries, serving as a global platform for exchanging knowledge, harmonising jurisprudence, and strengthening judicial independence in the field of migration and…
The Black Conveyancers Association (BCA) celebrated their 20th anniversary on 24 October 2025, where the organisation also revealed their new logo. The event kicked off with a summit in the morning, followed by a gala dinner in the evening. BCA members were joined by members of sister organisations, such as the Black Lawyers Association (BLA), and special guests. BCA founding member Phumzile Phala, who delivered a message from Johann Appies, a founding member and the chairperson at the time of the BCA’s formation. Ms Phala said that two decades is no small achievement. She added that the milestone is a…
Posted: 28 January, 2026 | Author: AfricLaw | Filed under: Hlengiwe Dube | Tags: Access to Information, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and sustainable development, data protection authorities, democratic governance, digital age, digital infrastructure, Digital Transformation Strategy For Africa, dignity, e-government systems, freedom of expression, Guidelines for Integrating Data Provisions into Protocols on Digital Trade, human dignity, international human rights framework, International Privacy Day, Malabo Convention, private life, public participation, The Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa | Author: Hlengiwe DubeSenior digital rights and policy expert Each year, International Privacy Day…
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…