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YOU CAN BE BLACKLISTED FOR DEFAULTING PAPGELD Parent24 Maintenance defaulters can be traced via their phones, and blacklisted . In 2015 the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development welcomed the signing of the Maintenance Amendment Act (Act No.9 of 2015) into law by President Jacob Zuma, with the exception of three sections of the Act which required the making of regulations. The enhancement of the maintenance system and helping ensure th...

Call for Proposals: Final Evaluation: Socio-Economic Justice for All 12 Feb 2021 Call Reference: SEJA/FE/KPI-FE/2021/S02 The Socio-Economic Justice for All (SEJA) programme was initiated by the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) in partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) and the European Union (EU) in December 2014. SEJA is based on values enshrined in the constitution, advocates for a rights-based approach, and seeks to empower people to claim their ri...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by Southern African countries, some homes across the region became enclaves

In a statement on Thursday, Lamola congratulated Mashabane on his appointment. Lamolas spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said Mashabane had served South Africa in numerous capacities in the diplomatic space.  Mashabane served as the Elected Chair of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy from 2018 to date.  He was also South Africas Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations in New York between 2011 and 2015. He also represented the country, which currently holds the chair of the Cybercrime Group of...

During the COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by Southern African countries, some homes across the region became enclaves of cruelty, rape and violence for women and girls trapped with abusive family members and nowhere to report or escape the danger, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing. Harmful gender stereotypes embedded in social and cultural norms, which suggest

Restructuring what? State police Wed Feb 03 2021 The idea of a ‘State Police’ in which each state will establish, keep and run its own police, independent of or in addition to the Nigeria Police is one of the major issues in the debate about restructuring Nigeria. But this also only illustrates the sort of romanticism of other societies associated with this whole ‘restructuring’ debate. If we define ‘state police’ loosely as any law enforcement agency established by a state governme...

Pensioner’s 40-year-long struggle to retrieve inherited house By Aishah Cassiem Share Cape Town – An 82-year-old pensioner from Cape Town discovered his case files had been destroyed by the Cape Law Society (CLC) after begging them since 1981 to assist him after his inherited family house and money were allegedly stolen by crooked attorneys. Richard Benson had been working tirelessly over the years to pay new attorneys for the finalisation of his mother’s estate but it had only l...

JUDITH FEBRUARY: Untangling SAs toxic web of money and politics will be hard opinion ‘Hard things are hard’ - Plaque on former US President Barack Obama’s Resolute desk during his time in office. The vexed issue of political party funding and the sustained advocacy on the matter came full circle last week when President Ramaphosa signed a Proclamation for the commencement of the Political Party Funding Act, 6 of 2018, which regulates public and private funding of political parties. The A...

Hundreds of aggrieved bank customers have filed an application in the Gauteng High Court seeking certification of a R60 billion class action, claiming their homes were unjustly sold in execution for as little as 10% of their market value.

Banks face lawsuit over unjust sale of homes By Lyse Comins Share Durban - The country’s major banks are heading for a showdown with hundreds of aggrieved customers who have filed an application in the Gauteng High Court seeking certification of a R60 billion class action, claiming their homes were unjustly sold in execution for as little as 10% of their market value. More than 200 bank customers, including Innocent Gwisai, Ernest Mashaba, John Mojake, Gladys Mviko, Elizabeth Majoro, Magda Od...