8 February 2022 – Concerned parents and the LRC demand delivery of stationery and textbooks for all Eastern Cape Schools
For Immediate Release 8 January 2022 Concerned parents and the LRC demand delivery of stationery and textbooks for all Eastern Cape Schools MAKHANDA -- Thousands of Eastern Cape schools are still without stationery and textbooks going into their fourth week of the school year. The Legal Resources Centre has sent a letter of demand to the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDOE) to compel them to comply with their constitutional [...]
2 February 2022 – Will the Constitutional Court rule in favour of the provision of adequate and equitable policing resources in townships and informal settlements?
For Immediate Release 2 February 2022 Will the Constitutional Court rule in favour of the provision of adequate and equitable policing resources in townships and informal settlements? JOHANNESBURG – Tomorrow, the Constitutional Court will hear the matter of the Social Justice Coalition and Others v The Minister of Police. The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is represented by Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in this matter. Khayelitsha and neighbouring informal settlements have [...]
19 January 2022 – Amicus intervention for civil society and indigenous groups that seek to stop controversial development in Cape Town
For Immediate Release 19 January 2022 Amicus intervention for civil society and indigenous groups that seek to stop controversial development in Cape Town CAPE TOWN -- The Legal Resources Centre will be in the Western Cape High Court today as Amicus Curiae in the matter of the Observatory Civic Association and Others v Trustees for the Time Being of Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust. The applicants, the Observatory Civic Association and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous [...]
28 December 2021 – Major victory for Wild Coast communities: Shell interdicted from conducting seismic operations with immediate effect
For Immediate Release 28 December 2021 Major victory for Wild Coast communities: Shell interdicted from conducting seismic operations with immediate effect MAKHANDA -- Today the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda ordered Shell to immediately cease its seismic blasting along South Africa’s Wild Coast, while ordering Shell and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to pay the costs of the application for the interim interdict. Details of the judgement: In [...]
14 December 2021 – Will the courts stop Shell in the Wild Coast? Second urgent hearing to take place this week
For Immediate Release 14 December 2021 Will the courts stop Shell in the Wild Coast? Second urgent hearing to take place this week MAKHANDA -- On Friday, 17 December, the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda will hear arguments in application of an urgent interdict against Shell’s seismic survey along South Africa’s Wild Coast. The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and Richard Spoor Attorneys – supported by Cullinan & Associates and Natural [...]