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 […]
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22 April 2013 A speech by George Bizos SC at the Plato Week in South Africa for the School of Practical Philosophy Introduction Professors, academics, philosophers, students and interested guests: It is my honour to have been asked to speak at Plato Week in South Africa by the School of Practical Philosophy. I would like […]
Please note that this article is an extract from the Legal Resource Centre’s Annual Report 2012 This year has seen the Legal Resources Centre involved in a number of cases dealing with the power of chiefs and headmen and, particularly, with the ability of traditional communities to challenge this authority and determine their own futures. […]


