Job Title: Candidate Attorney Location: Johannesburg (LRC National Office), Durban, Makhanda or Cape Town The Legal Resources Centre South Africa (RF) NPC (LRC) is a law clinic that pursues novel and effective legal solutions by using a range of strategies, including impact litigation, law reform, participation in partnerships and development processes within and outside South […]
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The Children’s Institute, Legal Resources Centre and eight caregivers take Home Affairs to court over years-long delays in birth registration of hundreds of thousands of children. Cape Town, 17 June 2025 Six months ago in December 2024, the Children’s Institute (University of Cape Town) and eight caregivers, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, launched litigation […]
In January 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Act into law, replacing the outdated 1975 Act to bring it in line with South Africa’s Constitution.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 […]
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 […]