(Photo: An informal settlement close to the Lonmin mine, where 34 people were killed when police opened fire on protesting mine workers) Mining within communities is viewed as a conduit for further development of the community. It creates an expectation of an improved standard of living and gives the community a sense of hope for […]
Category Archives: Leadership
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Jan
Jan
(Photo Lunga Siyo, de l’organisation Legal Resource Centre, et Mandisa Shandu, de l’organisation et clinique juridique Ndifuna Ukwazi) Je suis une jeune femme africaine, noire, et je travaille dans le secteur de l’intérêt public. Voici ce que cela signifie: Ça veut dire que certain-e-s d’entre nous sommes des diplômé-e-s de première génération. Nous travaillons donc […]
Constitution, Human Rights, Leadership, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
Reflections on Fellowship and Contesting the Constitution
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Jan
Jan
Photo: Tshepo Madlingozi The fast pace of legal practice and constant demand on your faculties and capacity in the public interest sector is often a distraction from gaining perspective about our growth as young social justice lawyers. The Bertha convenings serve as important periods for pausing and stretching our minds. The first year of the fellowship […]
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Dec
Dec
(featured photo of Lunga Siyo, LRC, and Mandisa Shandu, Ndifuna Ukwazi) I am black-African, young and female, and working in the public interest sector. This is what it means to me: It means that some of us are first generation graduates; we work with the added pressure of making money in order to financially support our […]