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GUEST – Odwa Nweba, Legal Practitioner at the Stellenbosch University Law Clinic and one of the Co-authors of the report. Since the 1990s, South Africans (both in and out of work) have been borrowing extensively to meet their own and their dependents’ needs and expectations, leaving the country with unsustainable levels of debt, much of it with unsecured lenders and loan sharks.

Dyslexia can be overcome

We discuss the impact of community legal services and the importance of volunteering in providing access to justice with Nikita Stander, a legal practitioner at Stellenbosch University Law’s Clinic.

From 15 to 19 July and 25 to 29 November 2024, the Clinic’s Vacation Work Programme gave students the chance to immerse themselves in the Clinic’s operations. Interns participated in training sessions, observed court appearances, conducted legal research, and honed their practical legal skills, gaining invaluable experience.

SULC Honoured with Stellenbosch University Social Impact Award

On 23 May 2024, the Law Clinic was presented with the inaugural 2024 Stellenbosch University Social Impact Award in the Team Award category.

The Clinic proudly celebrated the professional inaugural lecture of our Head, Prof Theo Broodryk, on 9 April 2024.

On Monday, 4 March 2024, SULC had the privilege of hosting Prof Riette du Plessis from the University of the Witwatersrand at the Law Clinic. Prof du Plessis graciously shared her expertise in Clinical Legal Education, offering us essential insights as we prepare for 2025, when Practical Legal Training will be a compulsory module for our final-year law students.

The Stellenbosch University Law Clinic is set to continue its class action to have a Bellville-based loan application operation shut down.

By Theo Broodryk
28 March 2023

The Clinic received judgment in one of our high impact matters in which our office opposed the eviction of an elderly client.