Category Archives: Media Statement

Interim victory for applicant schools in Khula Community Development Project and Others v MEC for Education, Eastern Cape and Others.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE TOWN: 22 May 2024 Interim victory for applicant schools in Khula Community Development Project and Others v MEC for Education, Eastern Cape and Others. On 14 May 2024, an order by agreement between the parties was handed down by Acting Judge Cengani-Mbakaza in an interlocutory application for interim relief brought by […]

The Voices of the Small Communities Will be Heard

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE TOWN: 14 May 2024 The Voices of the Small Communities Will be Heard “This case is about making sure that profit making does not override human rights. It is about making sure that the voices of rural communities are as important as the voices of the elite. The case is not […]

Legal Resources Centre goes to court on behalf of thousands of Eastern Cape children left behind with no scholar transport

26 March 2024 Legal Resources Centre goes to court on behalf of thousands of Eastern Cape children left behind with no scholar transport Since the beginning of the academic year, which started on 17 January 2024, hundreds of learners at three specific schools, and tens of thousands at many more, have qualified for scholar transport […]

Court returns land immediately to Beaufort West land reform beneficiaries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE TOWN: 05 March 2024 Court returns land immediately to Beaufort West land reform beneficiaries On Monday, 4 March 2024, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) successfully represented three Beaufort West farmers at the Western Cape High Court. The farmers, previous beneficiaries of the state’s redistribution programme, obtained an order to urgently restore […]