Please note that this article is an extract from the LRC’s 2012 Annual Report Through the efforts of the LRC during 2010 and 2011, a settlement regarding the upgrading of seven mud schools in the Eastern Cape was reached and an agreement was signed on 4 February 2011. This important case has received extensive press […]
Category Archives: Children’s Rights
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Mar
Mar
Please note that this article is extracted from the Legal Resources Centre’s 2012 Annual report Logan Mosieling v The State In early 2012, the Legal Resources Centre went to court on behalf of the Children’s Rights Project of the Community Law Centre, in the matter of minor children convicted of criminal offences. The Child Justice […]
Children's Rights, Equality and Non-discrimination, Legal Resources Centre, Litigation
Family Responsibility in the Workplace
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Oct
Oct
Time tax and reasonable accommodation when caring for the elderly, disabled and children For many employees, their duties as parents or caregivers of children, dependents, the elderly or sick family members sometimes conflict with the rigid requirements of their workplace. In light of the HIV/Aids crisis, the burden that caring for sick family members place […]
Children's Rights, Education, Legal Resources Centre, Litigation
When Litigation Serves a Greater Purpose
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Sep
Sep
In a recent article published by the Mail and Guardian, it feels as if the writer failed to give a comprehensive and considered account of another perspective on the current education crisis and it is the purpose of this post to respond to the article. While I can only assume that the purpose of the […]