The Children’s Institute, Legal Resources Centre and eight caregivers take Home Affairs to court over years-long delays in birth registration of hundreds of thousands of children. Cape Town, 17 June 2025 Six months ago in December 2024, the Children’s Institute (University of Cape Town) and eight caregivers, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, launched litigation […]
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The LRC is taking legal action against the KZN Education Department for failing to pay subsidies owed to early childhood development centres. The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) welcomes today’s ruling by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg in the first part of our application against the KZN Department of Education (KZNDoE) for its ongoing failure […]
Justice for Early Childhood Development – LRC Challenges KZN Department’s Failure to Pay Subsidies On Monday, 26 May 2025, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) will appear before the Pietermaritzburg High Court to challenge the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s (KZNDoE) prolonged failure to pay Early Childhood Development (ECD) subsidies. Representing the Friends of South Africa ECD […]
Civil society organisations demonstration outside Constitutional Court ahead of hearing on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill. Johannesburg 19 May 2025 – On 21 May 2025 civil society organisations Blind SA, SECTION27, Recreate SA, the South African Democratic Teachers Union (“SADTU”), the South African Guild of Actors (“SAGA”), the Library and […]