Category Archives: Press Releases

26 March 2024 Legal Resources Centre goes to court on behalf of thousands of Eastern Cape children left behind with no scholar transport Since the beginning of the academic year, which started on 17 January 2024, hundreds of learners at three specific schools, and tens of thousands at many more, have qualified for scholar transport but have not received it. Denying qualifying children scholar transport has forced learners to walk [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE TOWN: 05 March 2024 Court returns land immediately to Beaufort West land reform beneficiaries On Monday, 4 March 2024, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) successfully represented three Beaufort West farmers at the Western Cape High Court. The farmers, previous beneficiaries of the state’s redistribution programme, obtained an order to urgently restore possession of portions of lands on which they have been farming since 2017. An interdict [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Low budget allocation for land reform remains an obstacle to achieving South Africa’s land reform vision On 21 February 2024, the Minister of Finance tabled the national budget for the 2024/25 financial year. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has been allocated 1.4% of the budget, which is insufficient to achieve equitable land redistribution. In the 2023/24 financial year, the allocation to the national [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legal Resources Centre (LRC) calls on Department of Basic Education and UN Committee to ensure equitable access to digital resources in SA public schools A South African delegation recently engaged in a dialogue with the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), presenting the country’s report on 24th and 25th January 2024. The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) supported the South African delegation prior to the presentation [...]

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