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Mrs Universe South Africa 2024 finalist and legal practitioner Fadzi Ledwaba. Legal practitioner, Fadzi Ledwaba, entered Mrs Universe South Africa 2024 to become an ambassador for women and children who are victims of domestic violence within the Republic of South Africa. Ms Ledwaba, who hails from Musina in Limpopo, describes herself as a loving, God-fearing, family and goal-oriented woman, a fitness enthusiast, and a professional yet assertive individual. She holds an LLB degree, which she attained from the University of Limpopo, LLM (Private Law) and MBA from the University of South Africa, Executive Development certificate from Wits Business School, and Compliance…
The field of family law touches nearly every member of society at some point in their lives, with outcomes that often have a lasting impact on the most vulnerable among us. In spite of this, the significance of family law has often been downplayed. Recognising the importance of this field to the community at large, the Gauteng Family Law Forum (GFLF) stands as a beacon of progress and collaboration for legal practitioners specialising in family law. Founded in response to a compelling call by Judge President Dunstan Mlambo during the first annual Family Law Conference in 2014, the GFLF was…
CAIRO —Samuel Eto’o, the former Cameroonian football star and current president of the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT), has been elected unopposed to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee. This election occurred during CAF’s extraordinary general assembly held in Cairo on March 12, 2025.Eto’o’s path to the executive committee was not without challenges. Initially, CAF’s governance committee had declared him ineligible in January 2025, citing prior disciplinary actions. These included a six-month ban imposed by FIFA in September 2024 for violating disciplinary regulations, specifically for allegedly verbally abusing match officials during the Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. Additionally,…
By Brian Mhlongo The article by Bruce Andre Barkhuizen (Bruce Andre Barkhuizen ‘Are legal practitioners admitted in terms of the Legal Practice Act commissioners of oaths?’ 2024 (Dec) DR 20) raises pertinent questions about the powers of legal practitioners admitted under the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA), particularly regarding their status as commissioners of oaths. While the article rightly highlights the provisions of the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act 16 of 1963, a broader and contextual understanding of the legislative framework is necessary to address the concerns raised. Section 118 of the LPA Section…
The 11th Annual Family Law Conference hosted by Clarks Attorneys was held in Johannesburg on 31 October to 1 November 2024. The well-attended conference touched on several topics and cases of interest in the practice of family law. In her welcome address, Director of Clarks Attorneys, Beverley Clark, welcomed delegates to the conference. She encouraged delegates to engage with the speakers and topics. She asked delegates to give some thought on the following: By practising family law, lawyers see the emotional toll that prolonged divorce proceedings take on individuals eager to dissolve their marriages, which are for all intents and purposes…
The judiciary held a special ceremonial sitting for the late Justice Laurie Ackermann on 22 November 2024. The sitting was held at the Constitutional Court and was attended by his family, members of the judiciary, the legal profession and family friends. Acting Deputy Chief Justice, Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga said he first took notice of the late Justice Ackermann when he resigned from his judgeship because his conscious could no longer allow him to continue applying Apartheid laws, this was in 1987. Justice Madlanga added that he remembers being struck by Justice Ackermann’s resignation because within the South African judiciary there…
Posted: 11 March, 2025 | Author: AfricLaw | Filed under: Zororai Nkomo | Tags: abuse of power, child trafficking, Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, desperate jobseekers, emotionally vulnerable, fraud, human trafficking, Palermo Protocol, profit, sexual exploitation, use of force, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe’s Trafficking in Persons Act | Author: Zororai NkomoAfrican Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Introduction In 2014 Zimbabwe domesticated the United Nations (UN) protocol that aims to prevent, suppress, and punish human trafficking, especially of women and children – the Palermo Protocol, through the promulgation and subsequent enactment of the Trafficking in Persons…
Ben Allgrove is a Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at Baker Mckenzie’s IP, Data and Technology team based in London. De Rebus had a one on one with Ben Allgrove, who is a Partner in Baker Mckenzie’s IP, Data and Technology team based in London. His role at the firm is also that of Chief Innovation Officer, responsible for advising management on strategy when it comes to not only technology, but also on how the legal industry is going to change, and how and what clients’ wants and needs outside law firms are going to change, and what the strategy…
The Legal Practitioners Development Fund (LPDF) is looking for legal practitioners who would like to be mentors to its beneficiaries. In a bid to support and develop its beneficiaries, the LPDF will be introducing the Mentorship Programme as a new added benefit to beneficiaries of its grant. According to the organisation, the ‘Mentor-Mentee’ programme is aimed at empowering new and up-coming legal practitioners with holistic and requisite business skills in order to maximise their areas of practice. The Mentor-Mentee programme was proposed at the LPDF Annual General Meeting that was held in Gqeberha on 19 October 2024. Young legal practitioners…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “immediately rescind the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her constitutionally and internationally recognized right to freedom of expression.” SERAP said, “The Senate should immediately reinstate Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, and revise parliamentary procedures that unduly restrict senators’ human rights.” The Senate last week suspended Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, after she reportedly ‘spoke without permission’ and ‘refused her new seat in the upper legislative chamber.’ Her salary…