Category Archives: News

Wild Coast and environmental organizations appeal Shell judgment

Wild Coast communities and environmental Justice organizations appeal Shell’s judgment at the Constitutional Court  02 July 2024: Wild Coast communities, Sustaining the Wild Coast, All Rise Attorneys, Natural Justice, and Greenpeace Africa have, last week, filed petitions in the Constitutional Court to appeal against the order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the legal battle […]

THOKO DIDIZA FACES JAIL TIME

PRESS RELEASE: THOKO DIDIZA, FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM, FACES JAIL TIME FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH WESTERN CAPE HIGH COURT ORDER On Thursday, 27 June 2024, the Western Cape High found in favour of three farmers from Beaufort West, holding the former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform, […]

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

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 […]

Beaufort West Land Reform Beneficiaries Seek Jail Time for Minister’s Failure to Comply with Court Order

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 […]