28 February 2022 – LRC heads to court over failure to deliver textbooks and stationery to all Eastern Cape schools
For Immediate Release 28 February 2022 LRC heads to court over failure to deliver textbooks and stationery to all Eastern Cape schools MAKHANDA -- The Legal Resources Centre, acting on behalf of the Khula Development Forum in Peddie, has launched an urgent application to compel the delivery of textbooks and stationery to all Eastern Cape schools by the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDOE). Seven weeks into the school year, [...]
8 February 2022 – Western Cape High Court halts west coast seismic blasting
For Immediate Release 8 January 2022 Western Cape High Court halts west coast seismic blasting CAPE TOWN -- The Western Cape High Court granted an interim interim interdict against Australian geoscience data supplier Searcher Seismic, stopping its planned seismic survey off the West Coast from Cape Town to Namibia pending the outcome of the interim interdict application launched on 21 January 2022. The Legal Resources Centre acted for various West [...]
8 February 2022 – Concerned parents and the LRC demand delivery of stationery and textbooks for all Eastern Cape Schools
For Immediate Release 8 January 2022 Concerned parents and the LRC demand delivery of stationery and textbooks for all Eastern Cape Schools MAKHANDA -- Thousands of Eastern Cape schools are still without stationery and textbooks going into their fourth week of the school year. The Legal Resources Centre has sent a letter of demand to the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDOE) to compel them to comply with their constitutional [...]
2 February 2022 – Will the Constitutional Court rule in favour of the provision of adequate and equitable policing resources in townships and informal settlements?
For Immediate Release 2 February 2022 Will the Constitutional Court rule in favour of the provision of adequate and equitable policing resources in townships and informal settlements? JOHANNESBURG – Tomorrow, the Constitutional Court will hear the matter of the Social Justice Coalition and Others v The Minister of Police. The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is represented by Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in this matter. Khayelitsha and neighbouring informal settlements have [...]
19 January 2022 – Amicus intervention for civil society and indigenous groups that seek to stop controversial development in Cape Town
For Immediate Release 19 January 2022 Amicus intervention for civil society and indigenous groups that seek to stop controversial development in Cape Town CAPE TOWN -- The Legal Resources Centre will be in the Western Cape High Court today as Amicus Curiae in the matter of the Observatory Civic Association and Others v Trustees for the Time Being of Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust. The applicants, the Observatory Civic Association and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous [...]