Tag Archives: Constitutional Rights

Expropriation Act Myth Busting: With LRC’s Cecile van Schalkwyk

In January 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Act into law, replacing the outdated 1975 Act to bring it in line with South Africa’s Constitution. Yet, the Act has sparked heated national and international debate, with claims that it allows for arbitrary land grabs and targets specific racial groups. Some have even gone as […]

Crisis in Scholar Transport: Learners Left Behind

The Legal Resources Centre has called for urgent national intervention following the collapse of scholar transport in the North West, which has left hundreds of learners stranded and denied their right to basic education. The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) recently made submissions at the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) Investigative Inquiry into scholar transport […]

More Than a Memory: How the LRC Shaped Freedom in South Africa

More Than a Memory: How the Legal Resources Centre Forged, Defends, and Continues to Shape South Africa’s Freedom On 27 April, South Africans across the country pause to remember Freedom Day—a sacred milestone that marks our first democratic election in 1994. It is a day of collective pride and personal reflection. A day when we […]

Amid state of crisis, schools demand scholar transport

Thousands of learners in the Eastern Cape continue to walk long distances each day to attend school; sometimes for more than 12 kilometres and for over four hours, through bushes, next to busy roads, and over flooded streams. Their routes are often unsafe, with armed threats and thefts a common occurrence, making it a feat […]