The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) attended the 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), held from 8 May 2017 in Niger, as well as the NGO Forum that took place over the preceding weekend. During the NGO Forum, the LRC and the Kenya Human Rights Commission, on behalf of […]
Author Archives: Jean-Andre Butcher
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Apr
Apr
This is the second in a series on debt and how it can effect you. The previous post dealt with SA’s junk status and can be read here. In its broadest sense, the idea of a “debt” refers to an obligation to do something, whether by payment or by the delivery of goods and services, […]
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Apr
[Featured image sourced from BusinessTech] As of today, 07 April 2017, both Standard and Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch, two of the three international ratings agencies alongside Moody’s, have downgraded South Africa’s credit rating to sub-investment grade, or “junk status”. There has been a lot of discussion about how this could affect the exchange rate, international investment, […]
Constitution, Judiciary, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
Acceptance of the University Gold Medal
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Mar
On acceptance of the University Gold Award for the Legal Resources Centre, presented by the University of the Witwatersrand, 23 March 2017 Speech by Janet Love, National Director On behalf of the Legal Resources Centre, I would like to convey our appreciation to the Council of Wits University for the honour and distinction bestowed upon […]