12 March 2021 - Lee-Anne Bruce
A huge congratulations to the four teams going into the semi-finals of this year s Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition
The Centre for Applied Legal Studies and the Student Litigation Society are very proud to announce that the following teams have been selected to participate in the semi-finals of this year’s Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition:
Samantha Smit, Thabo Mathule and Winnie George (representing the University of Johannesburg)
Christopher Tobaiwa, Tshwelopele Ramokoka and Cwenga Chris Gogodla (representing Rhodes University)
Zakhele Nkosi, Sanelisekile Sundu and Boitumelo Ramatsetse (representing Nelson Mandela University)
Tendai Mikioni, Benevolio Mgcini Tshuma and Zilungile Mbali (representing the University of Fort Hare)
10 March 2021 -
CALS and other member organisations of the Right2Protest Project condemn the extreme use of force which reportedly led to the killing of a bystander by police
The Right2Protest Project and its member organisations are horrified by footage circulating of extreme use of force by police against student protesters which has reportedly resulted in a person being killed. As social justice organisations, we are committed to promoting the constitutional right to protest and reforming institutional responses to protest action.
The Right2Protest Project (R2P) is a coalition of organisations working to promote the right to protest. R2P and its member organisations are aware of reports that someone has been killed by police in Braamfontein following responses to student protests at Wits University. We condemn in the strongest terms excessive use of force against protesters who are trying to exercise their constitutional rights to protest and to education, which has now repor
Woodstock Hospital occupants head to court to oppose eviction bid There are about 1,400 people living illegally in the building. The old Woodstock Hospital in Cape Town. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News
34 days ago
CAPE TOWN - Activist group Reclaim the City on Monday said it would head to court next month to oppose the City of Cape Town s application for a court-ordered survey of occupiers at the old Woodstock Hospital.
There are about 1,400 people living illegally in the building.
The organisation, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, has asked the court for more time to respond to the city s application.
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The City of Cape Town’s bid to get a court-ordered survey of the occupiers living in the former Woodstock Hospital will be the first step in its plan to evict the group who have been living there since 2017. This is according to Reclaim the City who are opposing the City’s application in the Western Cape high court to survey the nearly 900 occupiers who have renamed the hospital to ‘Cissie Gool House’.
On Friday 26 February, the matter was postponed. Reclaim the City, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, asked Acting Judge de Villiers for more time to respond to the City’s application. They agreed to postpone the hearing until 22 April.
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