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Press Release 22 October 2020 Human Rights Organisations celebrate as President Ramaphosa Signs the Civil Union Amendment Bill into Law Leading Human Rights organizations are celebrating as President Cyril Ramaphosa assented to the 2020 Civil Union Amendment Act, which was gazetted on 22 October 2020. With the gazetting, the Civil Union Amendment Act 8 of […]

Press Release 30 September 2020 Victory for opposite-sex life partners as the court recognizes their right to inherit from each other The Western Cape High Court handed down its judgment in the matter of Bwanya v The Master of the High Court & Others yesterday. The matter concerned the recognition of opposite-sex life partnerships for […]

Press Release 15 September 2020 LRC welcomes High Court Ruling that asserts rights of Xolobeni residents to mining license applications JOHANNESBURG — The Legal Resources Centre welcomes yesterday’s important the decision of the Gauteng High Court which states that communities whose land is under threat from mining have a right to copies of the application […]

Press Release 9 September 2020 PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ADV. GEORGE BIZOS SC The Bizos family, the Legal Resources Centre, and the George Bizos SAHETI Scholarship and Bursary Fund are sad to report the passing of Advocate George Bizos SC at 17.30 today, Wednesday 9 September. George, 92 years old, died peacefully at […]