Legal Resources Centre

🚨 Join the Legal Resources Centre as a Candidate Attorney. Gain unmatched public interest law experience. Apply in the link below if you are a committed, resilient LLB grads ready to use the law to advance justice and human rights. Apply by 1 August. 🔗 lrc.org.za/candidate-atto…

When water depends on money, the poorest are left thirsty. Urban residents can complain, rural families queue at dry standpipes unheard. Capture This shares their voices and shows why access to water is a right. Listen: beyondstatecapture.org.za/podcast/ #waterjustice

A school with seven hundred learners has gone weeks without a single drop. Lessons pause, toilets close, dignity fades. How can any school function without water? Hear the voices behind these dry taps in our Capture This! Full episode here: beyondstatecapture.org.za/podcast/ #waterjustice

🎧 Capture This Ep1 'Shallow Justice' draws on the Water Justice report to reveal how state capture keeps taps dry. Hosts Tsogo Kupa and Eldonna Muhwava share stories and insight. Listen: beyondstatecapture.org.za/podcast/ #WaterJustice #RightToWater #CaptureThis

Offshore oil and gas defies SA climate pledges and section 24. Coastal communities rely on healthy oceans for survival. Protect livelihoods, not corporate greed. LRC stands ready to act. sa.lrc.org.za/3TWhsHb

Late or missing subsidies push KZN early childhood centres to the brink, leaving children hungry and staff unpaid. We are back in court to demand monthly transparency, full payment and recognition of early learning as a constitutional right. youtu.be/8dLoB4AW8Cc @SAfmRadio

More than a month after the court order, KZN Education still withholds ECD subsidies. Sporadic payments leave centres short of food and salaries. We push for full compliance and prepare Part B for province wide reform so every child can access quality early learning @News24 #ECD

amaMpondo communities are standing firm to protect the Wild Coast. Their fight blends ancestral knowledge, community organising and constitutional law. We are honoured to support them in court to defend land, rights and biodiversity. Learn more: sa.lrc.org.za/40ryKQ7

🧭 My Journey as a Candidate Attorney ⚖ Zahraa Motani shares how her time at the LRC shaped her into a public interest lawyer—working on land, education, Big Tech & GBV while learning from experts. 📚 Read her story: lrc.org.za/my-journey-as-… #SocialJustice #CandidateAttorney #LRC

On this International Mandela Day, we remember that the most powerful change begins with kindness. Madiba showed us that dignity and compassion shape nations more than politics ever could. Let’s honour him by living his values in our everyday actions. #MandelaDay #Kindness

The eviction of 80 families from a former Sibanye mining village exposes deep failures in tenure security. People deserve protection, not displacement. The law must serve justice, not profit. Read more: sa.lrc.org.za/44N8ocE #HousingRights #LandJustice #TenureSecurity

The ongoing non-payment of subsidies to KZN ECD centres—despite a court order—is unacceptable. These delays harm children’s rights to early learning, nutrition and care. We remain committed to holding the KZN DoE accountable sa.lrc.org.za/44T3XNg #ECDCrisis #JusticeforChildren

We were at Wits University today for a workshop with the Wits Law Students Council, exploring how constitutionalism can be used to hold the state accountable. A powerful session for future public interest lawyers. #JusticeInAction #StateCaptureAndBeyond #LRC

KwaZulu-Natal ECD centres are collapsing. Court-ordered subsidies remain unpaid. Children are losing access to food, learning and care. This is a crisis. Read more: sa.lrc.org.za/4kI1RpG #ECDcrisis #JusticeForChildren #HumanRightsZA #LRC

⏳ Two weeks remain to step into public interest law with Legal Resources Centre. Candidate Attorney roles in Johannesburg Durban Makhanda and Cape Town. Apply by 1 Aug 2025 and put your LLB to work for human rights. lrc.org.za/candidate-atto… #HumanRightsLaw #ApplyNow

Qamani was born in South Africa, but without a birth certificate he’s locked out of his dreams. He can't play the sport he loves because, on paper, he doesn't exist. His mother abandoned him and never registered his birth. Listen here: sa.lrc.org.za/4nQPjie #InvisibleChildren

🏡 Standing with communities to claim their rights. Hear from a Plot 168 Pomona resident on securing safe housing after years of struggle. Together we make rights real. ow.ly/6V7j50Wp9ir #HumanRights #EvictionDefence #ConstitutionalRights

⚖ A decade-long fight for dignified housing 🏡 Families from Plot 168 Pomona spent ten years resisting eviction, demanding safe, secure housing and finally securing emergency accommodation where they can live with safety and respect. #HousingJustice #DignifiedHousing

From activist lawyer to boardroom leader, Advocate Thandi Orleyn shares her journey of justice, transformation and mentorship. A powerful conversation about values and leadership in South Africa. Watch here: youtu.be/4hQLO-ohlLg

Millions in South Africa still face dry taps and unsafe sanitation. This interview exposes the deep failures in water governance, the cost of corruption and why real reform is urgent. Watch and listen here: youtu.be/8bGLavbJBbY

We are raising attention to over 250,000 late birth registrations in South Africa, leaving children without healthcare, education or legal identity. Watch the LRC’s interview to learn more. Help share this message and call for accountability: youtu.be/JtCFKswlCPo @CIatUCT