10 May 2021 – LRC, on behalf of the Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association for South Africa, seeks appointment of a Special Master to oversee the reopening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office
For Immediate Release 10 May 2021 LRC, on behalf of the Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association for South Africa, seeks appointment of a Special Master to oversee the reopening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office CAPE TOWN -- The Legal Resources Centre will represent the Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association for South Africa (SASA) in the Western Cape High Court on 12 and 13 May to request [...]
22 October 2020 – Press Release: Human Rights Organisations celebrate as President Ramaphosa Signs the Civil Union Amendment Bill into Law
Press Release 22 October 2020 Human Rights Organisations celebrate as President Ramaphosa Signs the Civil Union Amendment Bill into Law Leading Human Rights organizations are celebrating as President Cyril Ramaphosa assented to the 2020 Civil Union Amendment Act, which was gazetted on 22 October 2020. With the gazetting, the Civil Union Amendment Act 8 of 2020 comes into immediate effect. South Africa became the fifth country in the world, and [...]
30 September 2020 – Press Release: Victory for opposite-sex life partners as court recognizes their right to inherit from each other
Press Release 30 September 2020 Victory for opposite-sex life partners as the court recognizes their right to inherit from each other The Western Cape High Court handed down its judgment in the matter of Bwanya v The Master of the High Court & Others yesterday. The matter concerned the recognition of opposite-sex life partnerships for the purposes of intestate succession and maintenance of surviving spouses. The LRC represented the Commission [...]
15 September 2020 – Press Release: LRC welcomes High Court Ruling that asserts rights of Xolobeni residents to mining license applications
Press Release 15 September 2020 LRC welcomes High Court Ruling that asserts rights of Xolobeni residents to mining license applications JOHANNESBURG -- The Legal Resources Centre welcomes yesterday’s important the decision of the Gauteng High Court which states that communities whose land is under threat from mining have a right to copies of the application for the mining right in terms of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA). [...]
9 September 2020 – Press Release: PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ADV. GEORGE BIZOS SC
Press Release 9 September 2020 PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ADV. GEORGE BIZOS SC The Bizos family, the Legal Resources Centre, and the George Bizos SAHETI Scholarship and Bursary Fund are sad to report the passing of Advocate George Bizos SC at 17.30 today, Wednesday 9 September. George, 92 years old, died peacefully at home of natural causes, attended to by family. The LRC (www.lrc.org.za) salutes George, who made [...]