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How a broken city doubled South Africa’s literacy rate – without the government
Civil society cannot solve the country’s literacy crisis on its own, because the scale is too vast and the resources required too substantial
“R5 billion withheld: The EC school funding crisis
Since 2020, the Eastern Cape Department of Education has retained about R5 billion from the budgets of its poorest schools, ostensibly for “centralised procurement”. Some of that…
Ingonyama Trust drops residential leases appeal
The board will now have to refund millions of rands it collected from residents of land under the trust’s control
Preserving the rule of law in times of political crisis
This is an edited version of the Inaugural Arthur Chaskalson Memorial Lecture delivered at the Equal Education Law Centre
‘Tough love’ budget cuts are toughest on the poorest learners
Many learners in the Eastern Cape have not received stationery and textbooks because of budget shortfalls
High court order halting West Coast seismic survey remains in place
Searcher Seismic says it will suffer ‘catastrophic’ financial prejudice from the interdict, but small scale fishers say they will suffer significant irreversible harm to their…
West Coast fishers hail court victory halting seismic survey
The Legal Resources Centre hails court order as stunning victory for indigenous communities along the coast
West Coast seismic battle heads to court
Fourteen applicants, including small-scale fishers, have filed an urgent application in the Western Cape high court to interdict the Australian-based Searcher Seismic, Searcher…
Battlelines drawn over new seismic survey on the West Coast
The Legal Resources Centre and Richard Spoor Attorneys are heading to court for urgent interdict against Searcher Seismic, an Australian exploration outfit
High court halts Shell’s seismic exploration along Wild Coast
Judge Gerald Bloem sustained the argument from affected local communities that the oil giant had failed to consult and to refute their evidence that it would cause lasting harm…
Wild Coast communities blast Mantashe’s defence of Shell’s seismic survey
Groups opposed to multinational’s offshore search for oil and gas say that the energy minister shows his ignorance by blaming white environmentalists for wanting to ‘protect…
Shell seismic ops: ‘Our ancestors’ blood was spilt protecting the land and sea’
Communities along the Wild Coast have approached the high court in Makhanda for an urgent interdict to stop Shell from initiating seismic survey operations
Shell gets go-ahead to proceed with seismic blasting on the Wild Coast
The high court refuses to interdict seismic survey on the basis that ‘irreparable harm’ to marine species not proved
Ingonyama Trust’s Ngwenya cannot act on ‘frolic of his own’
Jerome Ngwenya acted without authority, LRC says
Constitutional triumph on matrimonial property rights
Access to land ownership and property rights is inextricably linked to self-determination.