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Howard Dembovsky of JPSA at the South African Justice Project offices in Johannesburg.
Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24 / Lerato Maduna)
- Justice Project South Africa President Howard Dembovsky has passed away.
- Dembovsky led a long battle for fairness and justice in laws and policies related to road safety and traffic laws.
- He was also a strong opponent of Gauteng’s controversial electronic tolls and fought tirelessly for motorist rights.
Justice Project South Africa President Howard Dembovsky has passed away.
Dembovsky led a long public interest campaign for fairness and justice in road safety and traffic laws, and campaigned relentlessly against inconsistency and injustice in the traffic ticket system.
He was also a strong opponent of Gauteng’s controversial electronic toll program.
His ex-wife, Angela Dembovsky, said he suffered a mild stroke on March 19.
He then suffered a massive stroke on March 23. Died yesterday [Friday] Morning.”
Journalist Tony Beamish tweeted that Dembovsky had been in a coma at the hospital prior to his death.
My friend Howard Dembovsky, founder of the Justice Project, sadly passed away peacefully in the early hours of this morning.
He suffered a massive stroke about ten days ago and was in a coma in a private hospital.
Howard was a tireless defender of truth and justice.
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– Tony Beamish (@TonyBeamish) April 2, 2021
On his blog, Dembovsky wrote: “‘Desiderata’ is a really nice poem attributed to Max Ehrmann and it begins by saying: ‘Walk placidly amidst noise and haste, and remember the peace that can be in silence …’ Well , okay. That may work for some people, but it doesn’t work for me.
“That’s simply because there are too many things that one can no longer afford to be calm about. Sometimes you have to take a position. Sometimes you need to talk, even if what you have to say may not be popular at all. circles “.
Introducing himself on the blog, he said that he started his working life as a cop, moved on to sales and then IT before changing course to what he became most famous for.
Justice Project South Africa was established as a non-profit organization in 2008 and registered as a non-profit company in 2010.
He is survived by his two children, a brother and a sister.
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