For Immediate Release 20 February 2023 Constitutional Court to hear Traditional and Khoi Leadership Act challenge JOHANNESBURG — Members of traditional communities and two rural community-based organisations will challenge the…

Dear Honourable Minister Matsie Angelina Motshekga, The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is a public interest law clinic that uses the law as an instrument of justice for poor and marginalised…

The road to procurement

For Immediate Release 20 January 2023 UN Special Procedures intervene in toxic legacy class action concerning lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia JOHANNESBURG — From this morning until 30 January, the…

For immediate release Leave to appeal granted – applicants confident in Supreme Court win to save the Wild Coast Gqeberha — This morning, the Eastern Cape High Court handed down…

08 December 2022 LRC welcomes investigation into alleged ring of predatory teachers The Legal Resources Centre welcomes the investigation launched by the South African Police Service (SAPS) into an alleged…

Legal Resources Centre’s 2021-2022 Annual Report

Gqeberha — Today, the Eastern Cape High Court reserved judgment in the leave to appeal application from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Impact Africa and Shell. They seek…

GQEBERHA — On Monday 28 November in the Gqeberha High Court, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Impact Africa and Shell (the appellants) will argue why they should be…

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For Immediate Release 09 November 2022 Mining companies appeal historic silicosis settlement BLOEMFONTEIN — On Friday, 11 November 2022, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) will hear an appeal against…

Superlatives are common in tributes to Sydney Kentridge. He certainly was one of the finest lawyers of his generation. Much has been written about his involvement in some of the…

Digital education and the right to learn

Barriers to accessing education for girl learners in South Africa

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Implementation – therein lies the efficacy of our Constitution With George Bizos having passed on around this time two years ago (9 September 2020), kindly allow me in just a…

For Immediate Release Justice Yvonne Mokgoro receives George Bizos Human Rights Award for ‘placing ubuntu at the centre of the law’ JOHANNESBURG — The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has presented…

MAKHANDA — The High Court in Makhanda has ruled this morning that Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast of South Africa was granted unlawfully and…

29 August 2022 LRC statement on the deaths of three learners as a result of homophobic bullying The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is saddened by the recent deaths of three…

For Immediate Release 24 August 2022 Supreme Court of Appeal dismisses Ingonyama Trust Board application for leave to appeal BLOEMFONTEIN — The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the application…