Author Archives: Jean-Andre Butcher

22 March 2022 – Western Cape High Court grants interdict in River Club case

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For Immediate Release 22 March 2022 Western Cape High Court grants interdict in River Club case Cape Town — Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath granted an interdict on Friday, 18 March, temporarily halting the development underway at the River Club in Observatory in the Observatory Civic Association and Others v Liesbeek Leisure Properties […]

Looking back on our awareness campaign around the recent legal amendments to African customary and civil marriages

In 2021, and in partnership with the Canadian High Commission in South Africa, we set out to create awareness around a trilogy of cases that brought equality in marriage rights to as many as 400 000 elderly, married black women. Marriage laws such as the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act (RCMA), the Natal Code, and the […]

28 February 2022 – LRC heads to court over failure to deliver textbooks and stationery to all Eastern Cape schools

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For Immediate Release 28 February 2022 LRC heads to court over failure to deliver textbooks and stationery to all Eastern Cape schools MAKHANDA — The Legal Resources Centre, acting on behalf of the Khula Development Forum in Peddie, has launched an urgent application to compel the delivery of textbooks and stationery to all Eastern Cape […]