Next week, public interest lawyers, activists and community organisers gather at Wits University for the Public Interest Law Gathering on 22 to 23 October under the theme “Unfinished Freedom: interrogating the leaps between legal promises and lived realities.” The title is well chosen. South Africa’s institutions have accumulated policies, frameworks and court rulings that ought […]
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Communities and Environmental Justice organisations face Shell and Impact Africa in the Constitutional Court om 16 & 17 September 10 September 2025, Johannesburg: In a Constitutional Court hearing set down for next week, 16-17 September 2025, Wild Coast communities and environmental organisations will argue that the order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) allowing […]
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I am Zahraa Motani, a second year Candidate Attorney at the Legal Resources Centre. My journey as a candidate began in January of 2024. The LRC has a relationship with Bowmans where I had the opportunity to attend their Practical Legal Training (PLT) lectures for the month of January. This opportunity is a massive privilege […]
It has been more than a month since the Pietermaritzburg High Court ordered the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education on 26 May 2025 to pay all outstanding subsidies to Sakhokwethu Crèche, Phumelela Crèche, and Zenzeleni Crèche by 5 June 2025. Although the three Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres received some payments between 30 May and 02 […]
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