11 July 2024 Joint statement: Civil society calls on the new Minister of Basic Education to fix the School Infrastructure Regulations to ensure children’s safety in public schools Civil society organizations SECTION27, the Equal Education Law Centre (“EELC”), the Legal Resources Centre (“LRC”) and Equal Education (“EE”) are extremely concerned about the Department […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 June 2024 On Tuesday, 11 June 2024, three farmers from Beaufort West, who were beneficiaries of the state’s redistribution programme, returned to the Western Cape High Court for an order holding the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform, and some of her departmental officials in contempt of court for […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 June 2024 On 7 June 2024 the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) appeared in the Tsolo Magistrate’s Court to defend the eviction of long-term Extension of Security of Tenure Act (ESTA) occupier Lulama Kapa from a farm he has resided and farmed on for 34 years. Mr Kapa first came to reside […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bloemfontein, 03 June 2024: The Supreme Court of Appeal today dismissed an appeal by Shell, Impact Africa and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy of the Makhanda High Court judgment which set aside the exploration right and subsequent renewals granted to Shell to conduct oil and gas exploration off the Wild […]