Category Archives: News

19 April 2021 LRC statement on unplaced learners in the Western Cape The Legal Resources Centre is gravely concerned about the increasingly high number of unplaced learners in schools in the Western Cape for the 2020 school year. On 13 April 2021, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) released a statement indicating that the current […]

Media Statement 14 April 2021 Constitutional Court confirms invalidity and unconstitutionality of a section of the Matrimonial Property Act that unfairly discriminates against black women DURBAN — The Constitutional Court ruled this morning that section 21(2)(a) of the Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 (the MPA) is unconstitutional and invalid to the extent that it […]

Media Statement 26 March 2021 Victory for the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign as Equality Court orders the Labia to screen the film A Roadmap to Apartheid CAPE TOWN — The Legal Resources Centres welcomes the judgment from the Western Cape High Court delivered today in two matters involving the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the Labia […]

Media Statement 4 February 2021 LRC welcomes Constitutional Court ruling in RICA case Johannesburg — The Legal Resources Centre welcomes the Constitutional Court ruling this morning that specific provisions of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act 70 of 2002 (RICA) are invalid. The LRC represented both Privacy International and […]