LRC Fights for Justice in KZN ECD Subsidy Payment Failure
The LRC is taking legal action against the KZN Education Department for failing to pay subsidies owed to early childhood development centres. The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) welcomes today’s ruling by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg in the first part of our application against the KZN Department of Education (KZNDoE) for its ongoing failure to pay subsidies to qualifying Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres. The Court confirmed the urgency [...]
LRC Challenges KZN Over Unpaid Early Childhood Subsidies
Justice for Early Childhood Development - LRC Challenges KZN Department's Failure to Pay Subsidies On Monday, 26 May 2025, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) will appear before the Pietermaritzburg High Court to challenge the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s (KZNDoE) prolonged failure to pay Early Childhood Development (ECD) subsidies. Representing the Friends of South Africa ECD Forum (FOSA), the KZN ECD Alliance, and three community-run ECD centres, the LRC will confront [...]
Civil society protests ahead of copyright court hearing
Civil society organisations demonstration outside Constitutional Court ahead of hearing on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill. Johannesburg 19 May 2025 - On 21 May 2025 civil society organisations Blind SA, SECTION27, Recreate SA, the South African Democratic Teachers Union (“SADTU”), the South African Guild of Actors (“SAGA”), the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), Right 2 Know, Wikimedia South Africa and more will [...]
Expropriation Act Myth Busting: With LRC’s Cecile van Schalkwyk
In January 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Act into law, replacing the outdated 1975 Act to bring it in line with South Africa’s Constitution.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 far as calling it an attack on white farm ownership, prompting drastic diplomatic reactions. In [...]
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 challenges in the North West Province. Our submissions highlighted a range of policy and administrative [...]