Press Release: Finality in Cala Reserve Headmanship Dispute On 15 November 2019 the High Court in Bhisho finally settled a six year dispute regarding the headmanship of the Cala Reserve in the Eastern Cape. The community (represented by the Legal Resources Centre) had their customary law practice of electing their own headman upheld […]
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14 November 2019 -Joint Release: Women’s Right to Safe & Legal Abortions in South Africa (WLC, SRJC & LRC)
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On 14 and 15 November the Pretoria High Court will hear the matter of the Voice of the Unborn baby NPC. The applicants in this case are approaching the Court to declare that where a foetus has died at a gestational age of younger than 26 weeks the parents of the foetus should be given […]
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Published on Daily Maverick, 14 November 2019 https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-14-land-rights-holders-square-up-to-ingonyama-trust/ The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) will be in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 22 November on behalf of Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac), the Rural Women’s Movement (RWM) and seven informal land-rights holders to challenge the compulsory signing of lease agreements […]
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Press Release: New toilets for EC School after Legal Intervention Nombulelo School v MEC for Education For Immediate Release: 12 November 2019 Five years of relentless efforts by the school governing body (SGB) of Nombulelo Secondary School finally paid off when the High Court in Makhanda granted an order today that will see the […]