16 March 2020 – Press Release: LRC Statement on CoVid-19 Pandemic
In light of President Ramaphosa’s statement yesterday declaring the CoVid-19 virus a national disaster and encouraging citizens to maintain social distance as a means of avoiding the further spread of the virus in the country, the LRC has decided to suspend its walk-in consultations with immediate effect. Our offices will also be closed until further notice and our staff will continue to do their work remotely. While our offices will [...]
11 March 2020 – Press Release: THE FIGHT FOR LAND CONTINUES PRUDHOE LAND CLAIM APPEAL TO BE HEARD IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL
THE FIGHT FOR LAND CONTINUES PRUDHOE LAND CLAIM APPEAL TO BE HEARD IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL 11 March 2020 Land dispossession is a blight from our country’s history, since colonisation, and exacerbated during apartheid. The failure to fix the system and to realise land rights has been compounded by rampant state corruption and maladministration, which has decimated provincial land-reform budgets, prioritised disingenuous land claims and ushered in the [...]
03 March 2020 – Press Release: Children born of foreign parents receive South African citizenship
Press Release 03 March 2020 Children born of foreign parents receive South African citizenship CAPE TOWN – Four applicants represented by the Legal Resources Centre in the Miriam Ali and Others V The Minister of Home Affairs case was today granted their citizenship by the Department of Home Affairs, in Cape Town. Miriam Ali, Murphy Nganga, Aden Sali, and Caroline Masuki brought an urgent application to the Western Cape high [...]
24 January 2020 – Press Release: Equal Financial Protection for Elderly African Women
Press Release: Equal Financial Protection for Elderly African Women 24 January 2020 The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) obtained judgment in the Durban High Court on 24 January 2020, on behalf of Ms. Agnes Sithole and the Commission for Gender Equality, in a challenge to the application of sections 21(1) and 21(2) (a) of the Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 (MPA) which perpetuated the effect of the now-repealed section 22(6) [...]
22 January 2020 – Press Release: Military Court Withdraws Charges Against Major Isaacs
Press Release: Military Court Withdraws Charges Agaisnt Major Isaacs 22 January 2020 Major Isaacs is a Muslim woman who is currently employed by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). Major Isaacs wears a headscarf covering her hair and head in accordance with her religious beliefs. She has been wearing a headscarf under her beret since she officially joined the SANDF and was required to wear a uniform in February [...]