Category Archives: Press Releases

Legal Resources Centre (LRC) calls on Department of Basic Education and UN Committee to ensure equitable access to digital resources in SA public schools

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 […]

Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube and TikTok approve violent misogynistic hate speech adverts for publication in South Africa

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, […]

LRC back in court to confront government’s lack of action on overcrowded schools

[Release] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LRC back in court to confront government’s lack of action on overcrowded schools In the latest development in a six-year legal battle affecting thousands of learners who attend overcrowded schools in the Eastern Cape, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) will once again appear in the Mthatha High Court on 9 November […]