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 […]
Tag Archives: Constitutional Rights
27
Apr
Apr
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 […]
10
Jun
Jun
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 […]
Governance, Housing, Legal Resources Centre, Rights to Water
West Point Lodge families sheltered from eviction
06
Mar
Mar
Please note that this article is an extract from the Legal Resource Centre’s Annual Report 2012 In February 2011, the Organisation of Civic Rights approached the LRC seeking assistance for approximately 58 families who lived in a Durban inner-city building called West Point Lodge. The LRC represented the occupants in an effort to compel the […]