Tag Archives: Legal Resources Centre

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 […]

More light at end of Scholar Transport Tunnel for EC learners

The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) welcomes the recent progress made by the Eastern Cape Department of Education, in collaboration with the Eastern Cape Department of Transport, in implementing the 17 December 2024 Makhanda High Court ruling on scholar transport. The ruling, which affirmed that all qualifying children in the province must be granted access to […]

Tribal Levies Declared Unconstitutional

On the 20th of December 2024, the Constitutional Court delivered judgement declaring section 25 of the Limpopo Traditional Leadership and Institutions Act 6 of 2005 (‘the Limpopo Act’) unconstitutional. Section 25 of the Limpopo Act provided that a traditional council may, with the approval of the Premier, levy a traditional council rate upon every taxpayer […]