LRC welcomes start of Ingonyama Trust lease repayments
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) welcomes the recent public announcement by the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) that it has commenced the refund process for payments collected under unlawful lease agreements concluded with residents on Trust-held land. This follows the application brought by the LRC in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) and Others v Ingonyama Trust and Others. In judgment on [...]
ECD Centres in Crisis as KZN DoE Fails to Honour Court-Order
It has been more than a month since the Pietermaritzburg High Court ordered the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education on 26 May 2025 to pay all outstanding subsidies to Sakhokwethu Crèche, Phumelela Crèche, and Zenzeleni Crèche by 5 June 2025. Although the three Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres received some payments between 30 May and 02 July 2025, these have been sporadic and incomplete, leaving them unable to plan and budget [...]
Court challenge over massive delays in child birth registration
The Children’s Institute, Legal Resources Centre and eight caregivers take Home Affairs to court over years-long delays in birth registration of hundreds of thousands of children. Cape Town, 17 June 2025 Six months ago in December 2024, the Children’s Institute (University of Cape Town) and eight caregivers, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, launched litigation in the Western Cape High Court against the Department of Home Affairs. This legal action [...]
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 [...]