Decade Long Legal Battle Ends Positively for Madlala Family
Positive Resolution for Madlala Family After a Decade of Legal Battle After nearly a decade of relentless pursuit of justice, the Madlala family has finally found closure with a court settlement at the Makhanda High Court on 26 July 2024. The settlement marked a crucial step towards holding the Department of Basic Education accountable for the tragic death of their son, Mulando Junior Madlala, who lost his life at Ekuphumleni [...]
Calling for Steven Donziger to be pardoned
9 August 2024 President Joe Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden, Re: South African human rights non-governmental organizations call for U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger to be pardoned We are a group of South African non-governmental organizations writing to you with a renewed sense of urgency regarding the situation of Steven Donziger, a U.S. human rights lawyer whose case has garnered [...]
Military Courts should operate independently
South Africa: Military Courts should be allowed to operate independently and without influence from the executive The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), represented by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), has intervened as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case Lieutenant Colonel K.B O'Brien v. the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (and others), due to be heard by the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 8 August [...]
Building Bridges for Education: LRC Meets with New Minister
Building Bridges for Education: LRC Meets with New Minister to Address Urgent Schooling Challenges Earlier today, the Legal Resources Centre, represented by Cameron McConnachie, Shaatirah Baboo, and Kristen Abrahams, met with the newly appointed Minister of Basic Education, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube, as part of her “Listening and Learning Tour” of the education sector. The LRC, along with Equal Education, the Equal Education Law Centre, and Section 27, engaged with [...]
The City of Cape Town vs South African Human Rights Commission
The City of Cape Town and Others vs South African Human Rights Commission & Others The Legal Resources Centre on behalf of their clients, the South African Human Rights Commission, the Housing Assembly, and Mr Bulelani Qolani successfully defended an appeal brought by the City of Cape Town in the Supreme Court of Appeal. Judgment was handed down on 10 July 2024 and can be found here https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA/2024/110.html This [...]