27 May 2021 – LRC secures order restoring home ownership to victim of the Brusson Finance Scheme
For Immediate Release 27 May 2021 LRC secures order restoring home ownership to victim of the Brusson Finance Scheme PRETORIA -- The Legal Resources Centre yesterday secured an order from the High Court in Pretoria, awarding our client ownership of her home that was lost in 2008 due to the fraudulent Brusson Scheme. Our client, Ms. Ellen Jane Motsepe, had owned and lived in her home since 1990 when she [...]
18 May 2021 – LRC welcomes case management proposal by the Western Cape High Court in refugee matter
For Immediate Release 18 May 2021 LRC welcomes case management proposal by the Western Cape High Court in refugee matter CAPE TOWN -- The Legal Resources Centre, following consultation with our clients the Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association for South Africa, has agreed to a case management system proposed by the Acting Judge De Wet in the case against the Department of Home Affairs for the reopening of the [...]
14 May 2021 – LRC secures court order restoring home ownership to yet another victim of the Brusson Finance Scheme
For Immediate Release 14 May 2021 LRC secures court order restoring home ownership to yet another victim of the Brusson Finance Scheme JOHANNESBURG -- The Legal Resources Centre secured an order from the High Court in Johannesburg yesterday, awarding our client ownership of her home that was lost in 2008 because of the fraudulent Brusson Scheme. Our client, Mrs. Issacs Haleema Hoosen and her late husband, owned and lived in [...]
10 May 2021 – LRC, on behalf of the Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association for South Africa, seeks appointment of a Special Master to oversee the reopening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office
For Immediate Release 10 May 2021 LRC, on behalf of the Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association for South Africa, seeks appointment of a Special Master to oversee the reopening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office CAPE TOWN -- The Legal Resources Centre will represent the Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association for South Africa (SASA) in the Western Cape High Court on 12 and 13 May to request [...]
22 October 2020 – Press Release: Human Rights Organisations celebrate as President Ramaphosa Signs the Civil Union Amendment Bill into Law
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 2020 comes into immediate effect. South Africa became the fifth country in the world, and [...]