/ 3 March 2022

Ban on foreigners practising law ‘is unconstitutional’

Johannesburg High Court
Incompetent: Nyasha Nyamagure, who, like two other lawyers from Zimbabwe, obtained his law degree in South Africa and has been in the country for at least 15 years, has a high court (left) order for the home affairs department to grant him permanent residency but this is still not happened. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

The prohibition had its roots in apartheid legislation designed to exclude black South Africans from the legal profession and perpetuating it robbed refugees, the constitutional court heard

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