AFRA Defends the Constitutionality of the Expropriation Act
AFRA Defends the Constitutionality of the Expropriation Act in Landmark Court Challenge From 3 to 7 August 2026, the Legal Resources Centre will appear in the Western Cape High Court, representing the Association for Rural Advancement, AFRA, in AfriForum’s constitutional challenge to various provisions of the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024. This case is one of three constitutional challenges to the Act that have been consolidated and set down [...]
Equinix Data Centre Municipal Planning Tribunal
Press Release: Housing Assembly to Demonstrate as Cape Town Tribunal Hears Objections to Proposed Equinix Data Centre The Legal Resources Centre will represent the Housing Assembly and Foxglove as they call for full disclosure of the proposed development’s socioeconomic and community impact. Members of the Housing Assembly will demonstrate outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Tuesday, 14 July, as the City of Cape Town Municipal Planning Tribunal hears [...]
LRC Returns to Court for ECD Subsidy Litigation
The LRC Returns to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to Advance Constitutional Protection for Early Childhood Development The Legal Resources Centre, acting on behalf of the Friends of South Africa ECD Forum and the KZN ECD Alliance, will return to the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 23 June 2026 for the second stage of litigation concerning the non-payment of early childhood development subsidies across KwaZulu-Natal. The case seeks to address systemic failures [...]
Late Registration of Births Backlog
Court case against Home Affairs on backlog in birth registrations to be heard in Western Cape High Court on 10 June 2026 On Wednesday 10 June 2026, the Children’s Institute (University of Cape Town) and a group of South African parents, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, will be in the Western Cape High Court for the hearing of our birth registration case. This legal action is due [...]
Challenge over public participation in Public Procurement Act
LRC joins Constitutional Court challenge over inadequate public participation in Public Procurement Act process The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is representing amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism in a Constitutional Court challenge concerning the process that led to the adoption of the Public Procurement Act. AmaBhungane is an applicant in the consolidated matters of Premier of Western Cape Government v Speaker of the National Assembly and City of Cape Town [...]