Constitutional Court Sets Aside Shell Exploration Right
Constitutional Court Sets Aside Shell Exploration Right The Legal Resources Centre welcomes today’s Constitutional Court judgment setting aside the exploration right granted to Impact Africa and Shell for oil and gas exploration off the Wild Coast. The judgment is a significant victory for Wild Coast communities and environmental organisations, who have challenged the lawfulness of the exploration right and the failure to meaningfully consult communities whose lives, livelihoods, culture [...]
Wild Coast communities await judgment in Shell case
Wild Coast communities await judgment in Shell case 13 August 2026 WILD COAST COMMUNITIES AWAIT CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGMENT IN SHELL EXPLORATION CASE Court to decide whether Shell and Impact Africa may seek to renew an unlawful exploration right or must begin the process afresh Johannesburg: The Constitutional Court will deliver judgment tomorrow, 14 August 2026, at 10:00 in the long running legal battle over an exploration right for oil [...]
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 [...]