Military Courts should operate independently
South Africa: Military Courts should be allowed to operate independently and without influence from the executive The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), represented by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), has intervened as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case Lieutenant Colonel K.B O'Brien v. the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (and others), due to be heard by the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 8 August [...]
Building Bridges for Education: LRC Meets with New Minister
Building Bridges for Education: LRC Meets with New Minister to Address Urgent Schooling Challenges Earlier today, the Legal Resources Centre, represented by Cameron McConnachie, Shaatirah Baboo, and Kristen Abrahams, met with the newly appointed Minister of Basic Education, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube, as part of her “Listening and Learning Tour” of the education sector. The LRC, along with Equal Education, the Equal Education Law Centre, and Section 27, engaged with [...]
The City of Cape Town vs South African Human Rights Commission
The City of Cape Town and Others vs South African Human Rights Commission & Others The Legal Resources Centre on behalf of their clients, the South African Human Rights Commission, the Housing Assembly, and Mr Bulelani Qolani successfully defended an appeal brought by the City of Cape Town in the Supreme Court of Appeal. Judgment was handed down on 10 July 2024 and can be found here https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA/2024/110.html This [...]
Wild Coast and environmental organizations appeal Shell judgment
Wild Coast communities and environmental Justice organizations appeal Shell's judgment at the Constitutional Court 02 July 2024: Wild Coast communities, Sustaining the Wild Coast, All Rise Attorneys, Natural Justice, and Greenpeace Africa have, last week, filed petitions in the Constitutional Court to appeal against the order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the legal battle over Shell’s exploration rights which allows them to conduct seismic testing on the Wild Coast [...]
THOKO DIDIZA FACES JAIL TIME
PRESS RELEASE: THOKO DIDIZA, FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM, FACES JAIL TIME FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH WESTERN CAPE HIGH COURT ORDER On Thursday, 27 June 2024, the Western Cape High found in favour of three farmers from Beaufort West, holding the former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform, and some of her departmental officials in contempt of court for failing to place them [...]