Talita Mshweshwe is a law student from East London doing an internship at the Legal Resources Centre (LRC). She interviewed a young girl named Siyabonga, a grade 7 pupil at Ncincinikwe Senior Primary School in Votini in the Eastern Cape. Ncincinikwe Senior Primary School is one of approximately 300 mud schools in the province. This […]
Category Archives: Children’s Rights
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Jun
On Thursday 6 January, the Eastern Cape High Court ordered the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to employ 108 temporary teachers on a permanent basis and remunerate them from the day they assumed duty. The DBE was given until 30 June to do this. The teachers are from 17 Eastern Cape schools and were represented […]
Children's Rights, Equality and Non-discrimination, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, South Africa
Social Grants to ease the plight of refugees
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Mar
Mar
Please note that this article is an extract from the Legal Resource Centre’s Annual report 2012 In a case seeking to improve the livelihoods of refugees living in South Africa, the LRC launched an application on 30 November 2010 contending that the exclusion of minor refugee children with disabilities from the Social Assistance Act, 13 […]
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Mar
The Court Confirms the Ministers Responsibility Please note that this is an extract from the Legal Resource Centre’s 2012 Annual Report In March 2011, the National Executive intervened and took over the administration of the Eastern Cape Department of Education. This intervention was effected in terms of section 100(1)(b) of the Constitution*. The national and […]