Blow to foreign nationals studying law in SA with no permanent residency
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit
English - August 04, 2022 05:04 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MBNews Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Constitutional Court has found that a section of the Legal Practice Act (LPA) stating that only allows South Africans or permanent residents can be admitted as lawyers is indeed constitutional. This means foreign nationals studying law in SA, who don't hold permanent residency, cannot be enrolled as legal practitioners. Refilwe Moloto speaks to a disappointed Muchengeti Hwacha, director of Asylum Seeker, Refugee and Migrant Coalition.
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