30 September 2020 – Press Release: Victory for opposite-sex life partners as court recognizes their right to inherit from each other
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 the purposes of intestate succession and maintenance of surviving spouses. The LRC represented the Commission [...]
15 September 2020 – Press Release: LRC welcomes High Court Ruling that asserts rights of Xolobeni residents to mining license applications
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 for the mining right in terms of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA). [...]
9 September 2020 – Press Release: PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ADV. GEORGE BIZOS SC
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 home of natural causes, attended to by family. The LRC (www.lrc.org.za) salutes George, who made [...]
03 September 2020 – Press Release: Land Claims Court approves the implementation plan of the Special Master of labour tenants in Mwelase case
Press Release 03 September 2020 Land Claims Court approves the implementation plan of the Special Master of labour tenants in Mwelase case Today, the Land Claims Court, in a hearing to consider the Implementation Plan prepared by the Special Master of Labour Tenants (SMLT) and in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform, approved the implementation plan which details how the SMLT will supervise, monitor and [...]
30 June 2020 – Press Release: The LRC welcomes Supreme Court of Appeal’s dismissal of Public Protector’s application for leave to appeal in Vrede Dairy Project matter
Media Statement 30 June 2020 The LRC welcomes Supreme Court of Appeal’s dismissal of Public Protector’s application for leave to appeal in Vrede Dairy Project matter Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed the Public Protector’s application for leave to appeal the 2019 Pretoria High Court ruling which reviewed and set aside her report on the Vrede Dairy Project. The SCA dismissed this application for leave to appeal on the [...]