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Disinformation, Big Tech, and the 2024 Elections
Disinformation, Big Tech, and the 2024 Elections Disinformation, Big Tech, and the 2024 Elections – Are Platforms Doing Enough? The year 2024 will be remembered not just for its monumental electoral significance, with over 70 countries holding elections, but also for the enormous challenges presented by digital disinformation [...]
The LRC’s Fight for Quality Education
The Legal Resources Centre’s Fight for Quality Education: A Legacy of Advocacy and Change Education is a fundamental right guaranteed by South Africa’s Constitution, and since its founding in 1979, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has been at the forefront of ensuring that every child, regardless of their background, has [...]
Geoff Budlender SC Honoured with George Bizos Human Rights Award
Celebrating Geoff Budlender SC: A Lifetime of Leadership in Justice and Equality with the George Bizos Human Rights Award We are honoured to announce that Geoff Budlender SC has been named the fourth recipient of the George Bizos Human Rights Award, an accolade that recognizes exceptional leadership and lifelong dedication [...]
Empowering Our Youth with Sexual & Reproductive Health Knowledge
Empowering Our Youth with Sexual & Reproductive Health Knowledge In South Africa today, girls in public schools face significant barriers to accessing education. From alarmingly high rates of teen pregnancy to escalating violence against young women, these challenges put their futures at risk. The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) [...]
Communal Land Rights Act: A Landmark Case for Land Tenure
Communal Land Rights Act: A Landmark Case for Land Tenure Learn about the history of the Communal Land Rights Act, why it was declared unconstitutional, and the role of the Legal Resources Centre in securing land rights for millions of South Africans. What is the History of Land [...]
Shaping South Africa’s Constitution
Shaping South Africa’s Constitution The Legal Resources Centre played a pivotal role in drafting South Africa's Constitution, helping to enshrine democratic values, social justice, and human rights, while continuing to protect and promote these principles through strategic litigation and advocacy in the post-apartheid era. As South [...]
Looking back on our awareness campaign around the recent legal amendments to African customary and civil marriages
In 2021, and in partnership with the Canadian High Commission in South Africa, we set out to create awareness around a trilogy of cases that brought equality in marriage rights to as many as 400 000 elderly, married black women. Marriage laws such as the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act (RCMA), [...]
Working to create awareness on recent legal amendments to African customary and civil marriages
We are excited to kick off the “trilogy advocacy campaign” which will see us partner with grassroots organisations and community radio stations to share information about recent rulings on laws that unfairly discriminated against married black women. With this campaign, we want to bring these rulings to the attention of [...]