19 May 2020: Media Release: The Legal Resources Centre challenges City of Cape Town’s unlawful demolition of homes in Kommitjie Township, Ocean View
19 May 2020 The Legal Resources Centre challenges City of Cape Town’s unlawful demolition of homes in Kommitjie Township, Ocean View The Legal Resources Centre has been approached for legal assistance and intervention by five residents from Ocean View whose homes were demolished by the law enforcement division of the City of Cape Town, on 15 May 2020. These residents have all lived in the area with their families since [...]
12 May 2020: Media Release: The Legal Resources Centre challenges the City of Cape Town’s decision to deny operating permits to informal traders
12 May 2020 The Legal Resources Centre challenges the City of Cape Town’s decision to deny operating permits to informal traders The Legal Resources Centre has been approached by the South Africa Informal Trader Alliance (SAITA) for legal assistance and intervention regarding the issuing of permits by the City of Cape Town, to informal traders who operate from the Grand Parade. The traders approached the City of Cape Town for [...]
17 April 2020 – Press Release: Western Cape High Court affirms Empolweni residents’ right to stay on land
Western Cape High Court affirms Empolweni residents’ right to stay on land 17 April, 2020 CAPE TOWN – The Legal Resources Centre welcomes today’s order by the Western Cape High Court that the City of Cape Town’s evictions of people from, and the demolition of their homes, in Empolweni, Makhaza are unlawful and undermine lockdown regulations. The court has also ordered the return of all building material confiscated by the [...]
16 March 2020 – Press Release: LRC Statement on CoVid-19 Pandemic
In light of President Ramaphosa’s statement yesterday declaring the CoVid-19 virus a national disaster and encouraging citizens to maintain social distance as a means of avoiding the further spread of the virus in the country, the LRC has decided to suspend its walk-in consultations with immediate effect. Our offices will also be closed until further notice and our staff will continue to do their work remotely. While our offices will [...]
11 March 2020 – Press Release: THE FIGHT FOR LAND CONTINUES PRUDHOE LAND CLAIM APPEAL TO BE HEARD IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL
THE FIGHT FOR LAND CONTINUES PRUDHOE LAND CLAIM APPEAL TO BE HEARD IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL 11 March 2020 Land dispossession is a blight from our country’s history, since colonisation, and exacerbated during apartheid. The failure to fix the system and to realise land rights has been compounded by rampant state corruption and maladministration, which has decimated provincial land-reform budgets, prioritised disingenuous land claims and ushered in the [...]