The Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) uses legal advocacy, research, and litigation to advance the struggle for equal and quality education in South Africa. In this newsletter we share highlights [...]
Head of Department, Department of Education, Free State Province v Welkom High School and Another; Head of Department, Department of Education, Free State Province v Harmony High School and [...]
In Mhlungwana & Others vs The State and Others – Case no. A431/15, members of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) are challenging the constitutionality of section 12(1)(a) of the [...]
The Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) is a team of committed social justice lawyers using legal advocacy, research, and litigation to advance the struggle for equity and equality in South African [...]
FEDSAS v Member of the Executive Council and Head of Department, Gauteng Department of Education (CCT 209/15) In FEDSAS v Member of the Executive Council, Gauteng Department of Education, FEDSAS [...]
Hilde Kern v HOD: Western Cape Education Department and Four Others On 11 April 2016, the EELC filed papers in the Western Cape High Court on behalf of Mrs Hilde Kern, asking the court to review [...]
In January 2016, parents, teachers and learners in Atlantis protested against the intolerably dilapidated and unsafe state of infrastructure at Avondale Primary School. In frustration, parents [...]
The case of Manenberg schools Historically, the Cape Flats township of Manenberg has been plagued by gang-related violence. In 2013, EELC joined a coalition of civil society organisations that [...]
Nathan Savage and Others V MEC, Western Cape Education Department and Others In August 2013, Mr Nathan Savage, whose son had tested positive for marijuana at Pinelands High School, contacted the [...]
