SASL
APPLICATION FOR ACCESS TO SOUTH AFRICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES The Legal Resources Centre has lodged an application against a prominent university to request that it urgently provide South African Sign Language (SASL) interpretation services to a deaf student. The LRC represents the student and DeafSA, a national research, information and community action organisation which advocates to advance the rights [...]
AFRA admitted as Amicus Curiae
AFRA ADMITTED AS AMICUS CURIAE IN EXPROPRIATION ACT CHALLENGE The Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA), represented by the Legal Resources Centre, has been admitted as amicus curiae in the matter of Afriforum NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others, in which Afriforum seeks to challenge the constitutionality of various provisions of the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024. One of their challenges [...]
Breaking the silence: Community Engagement on Sexual Corruption
Press Release: Breaking the Silence
2026 Budget cuts 800 million from ECD subsidies
2026 Budget cuts 800 million from ECD subsidies
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 [...]