FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Low budget allocation for land reform remains an obstacle to achieving South Africa’s land reform vision On 21 February 2024, the Minister of Finance tabled the national budget for the 2024/25 financial year. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has been allocated 1.4% of the budget, which is insufficient […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legal Resources Centre (LRC) calls on Department of Basic Education and UN Committee to ensure equitable access to digital resources in SA public schools A South African delegation recently engaged in a dialogue with the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), presenting the country’s report on 24th and 25th January […]
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Facebook, X/Twitter, TikTok and YouTube all approved adverts featuring extreme and violent misogynistic hate speech against women journalists in South Africa, a new investigation by Global Witness and the South African public interest law firm, Legal Resources Centre (LRC), can reveal. The investigation submitted 10 adverts containing hate speech targeting women journalists to Facebook/Meta, TikTok, […]