Press Releases

02 October 2018 South Africa risks continued failures to fulfil its human rights obligations to people if the government’s austerity policy is maintained, civil society organisations have at the [...]

6 July 2018 The UN Human Rights Council – the top global human rights body – adopted yesterday a resolution emphasising with unprecedented consensus the urgent need to better regulate private [...]

15 March 2018 The hearing of our #FixTheNorms court case resumes in the Bhisho High Court today. This case is of national importance. If the court agrees with Equal Education, it will mean that [...]

12 March 2018 Tomorrow , EE is holding a roundtable discussion on our school infrastructure court case. On Wednesday 14 March and Thursday 15 March, the Bhisho High Court will hear our case to [...]

21 February 2018 The annual national budget has profound implications for poor and working people, and civil society is committed to engaging with government to ensure a pro-poor policy agenda. [...]

13 December 2017 Equal Education Law Centre welcomes Supreme Court of Appeal judgment on school fee exemptions Today, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of HOD, Western [...]

07 November 2017 Today, Tuesday 7 November, Equal Education (EE), represented by the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), enjoyed a momentous victory in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, in securing [...]

10 October 2017 Yesterday and today, 9 and 10 October 2017, Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre visited Enkangala Secondary School in Weenen, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal. The visits [...]

Mr B Mkongi National Deputy-Minister of Police C/O Personal Assistant: Ms F Mgxaji By email: mgxajifezeka@gmail.com 15 August 2017 Dear Honourable Deputy-Minister Mkongi OUR CONCERN REGARDING [...]

6 September 2017 Equal Education (EE) and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) are extremely distressed at media reports that several learners at Bothitong High School in the Northern Cape were [...]