Thursday, June 07, 2018

Students for Law and Social Justice: Ashleigh Le Fleur


Joining us first on the morning cruise was law student Ashleigh, who is the president of SLSJ! The Students for Law and Social Justice (SLSJ) is a student organization of about 200 people from eleven universities across South Africa that wants to increase access for everyone to justice and transform legal education. 

Ashleigh, a Masters student from Belhar, said she chose law because she wanted to help the people from her community. She said law school has been a tiring but rewarding journey because she loves reading and loves the subject.

Jasmine Mazwi, Emma Derr, Ashleigh Le Fleur, and Khusi Veto at Bush Radio.

Ashleigh joined SLSJ because she was passionate for its cause and has been very involved in the #KnowYourConstitutionCampaign. She talked about how she believes everyone should be educated about their constitutional rights especially during a time in South Africa when human rights abuses are prevalent.

“We’re realized that a lot of people, specifically in underprivileged communities, they’ve got a very distanced approach to the constitution,” Ashleigh. said. “So they don’t understand exactly what chapter 2 is all about that the Bill of Rights is basically there for you as a citizen of South Africa.” 

Recently, the SLSJ has also been very active in the Fees commission and represented a student perspectives about this important issue. SLSJ is also very involved in the pads campaign to support for free sanitary towels. 

During the 2018 campaign, Ashleigh encouraged everyone to participate and voice their opinions.  For more information email presidentSLSJ@gmail.com or call Ashleigh at 0763737822.

Presented and produced by Jasmine Mazwi, Emma Derr, and Khusi Veto.

--Emma Derr

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