This week’s programme features Mrs Alet Beyl, Attorney for the University of Johannesburg Soweto Law Clinic and Ms Louise Bick, Director Werksmans Attorneys and head of Pro Bono Law. We discuss recent legislative developments affecting women, like the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill and the processes of implementing new legislation. Some of the points raised in this discussion include the challenges of hybrid societies and the need to acknowledge the co-existence of customary and country law; the various roles the pro-bono legal system plays as advisors and mediators, as well as litigators; the necessity for pro-active education to inform people of their legal rights and recourse and much more …

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