LRC Returns to Court Over Unpaid ECD Subsidies
LRC Returns to Court Over Unpaid ECD Subsidies In both the 2025 and 2026 State of the Nation Addresses, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised the importance of early childhood development (ECD) as a foundation for learning and nutrition. Yet, as South Africa enters another year with renewed public commitments to ECD, the reality on the ground remains stark: in KwaZulu-Natal, hundreds of ECD centres still face ongoing uncertainty because subsidies meant [...]
Vanderbijlpark deaths demand binding scholar transport rules
Scholar Transport woes Vanderbijlpark deaths, further crashes, and new Human Rights Commission findings demand urgent action on scholar transport. The Legal Resources Centre extends its condolences to every family, school, and community grieving after the scholar transport crash near Vanderbijlpark. SABC News has reported that the death toll has risen to 12. This tragedy has been followed by yet another scholar transport crash, this time in Pinetown, where [...]
Five Years On Military Land Blocks Cape Town’s Affordable Housing
Five Years of State Inaction on the Release of Military Land Which Could Address Cape Town’s Affordable Housing Crisis Civil society organisations to host a community workshop to mark the fifth anniversary of state inaction on the release of under-utilised military land in Cape Town for the development of affordable housing. Click the image above to watch Ndifuna Ukwazi's video. 7 November 2025 Nearly fi ve years have passed since [...]
LRC in Court to protect Clairwood from unlawful logistics plan
LRC in Court to protect Clairwood from unlawful logistics plan LRC acts in Court to protect Clairwood communities from harmful rezoning and rushed logistics plan The Legal Resources Centre appeared before the Durban High Court on 24 October on behalf of the Clairwood Ratepayers and Residents Association in two related matters against eThekwini Municipality. Both cases concern the Municipality’s long standing plan to turn Clairwood into a logistics [...]
Upholding Not Undermining International Law
Upholding, Not Undermining, International Law The 270 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine legal norms. In recognition of the inalienable human dignity of each person, States built a rules-based system to maintain peace and security and to promote human rights and [...]