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 [...]
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