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Jefe del Departamento de Educación de Mpumalanga y otro versus Hoerskool Ermelo y otro

Este caso se refiere a una apelación de 2009 ante el Tribunal Constitucional de Sudáfrica, presentado por el Jefe del Departamento de Educación de Mpumalanga (HoD).

Head of Department: Mpumalanga Department of Education and Another v. Hoerskool Ermelo and Another

This case concerns a 2009 appeal before the Constitutional Court of South Africa, brought by the Head of the Mpumalanga Department of Education (HoD).

Caso del Asentamiento Informal Langaville

En septiembre de 2011, los residentes del Asentamiento Informal Langaville (compuesto por más de mil quinientas familias y cuatro mil seiscientos residentes) representados por el Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI), pidieron una orden, que requiriera a la Municipalidad Metropolitana Ekurhelini proporcionar acceso suficiente al agua y servicios de saneamiento básico.

Langaville Informal Settlement Case

In September 2011, the residents of Langaville Informal Settlement (comprised of more than one thousand and five hundred households and four thousand and six hundred residents) represented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI), requested an order directing the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality to provide sufficient access to water and basic sanitation recognized in the Constitution of South Africa, through the Water Services Act, Regulation 3 of the Regulations Relating to Compulsory National Standards and Measures to Conserve Water (GN R509 in GG 22355 of 8 June

Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability c./Gobierno de la República de Sudáfrica y Gobierno de la Provincia de Western Cape. Caso nro.: 18678/2007

El peticionante es una asociación que representa a más de 150 organizaciones que proveen asistencia a niños de la provincia de Western Cape que padecen discapacidades intelectuales graves y profundas. En esa región, la única educación disponible para estos niños es provista por "Centros de Educación Especial" operados por organizaciones no gubernamentales. La cantidad de Centros de Educación Especial no es suficiente y los niños que no pueden asistir a esos centros no tienen ninguna alternativa.

Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v. Government of the Republic of South Africa & Government of the Province of Western Cape, Case no: 18678/2007

The applicant is a body that represents over 150 member organizations that provide care for children living in the Western Cape who have severe and profound intellectual disabilities. In the Western Cape, the only available education for children who are severely and profoundly intellectually disabled occurs at "Special Care Centers" operated by non-governmental organizations. There are an insufficient number of such Special Care Centers and the children who are not able to obtain care at these centers receive no care at all.

Abahlali BaseMjondolo Movement SA and others v. Premier of the Province of Kwazulu, and others, 2010 (2) BCLR 99 (CC)

This case was brought as an abstract review[1] by the Abahlali BaseMjondolo Movement (Abahlali), a voluntary association which acts in the interests of several thousand people living in informal dwellings in South Africa. Abahlali argued that section 16 of the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act ("the Slums Act"), which authorized provincial government officials to issue a notice directing that eviction proceedings be instituted by owners and local municipalities against informal settlements, was unconstitutional.

Joseph v. the City of Johannesburg 2010 (4) SA 55 (CC)

The South African Constitutional Court was asked to decide whether tenants of a block of flats were entitled to notice before the municipal electricity utility, City Power, disconnected their supply. The tenants paid for their electricity to the owner of the property, and despite their regular payment, the owner allowed substantial arrears to run up on the account, and City Power disconnected the property, giving the owner, but not the tenants, notice.

Jaftha v. Schoeman; Van Rooyen v. Stoltz 2005 (2) SA 140 (CC)

The case was brought by two women who had borrowed minimal sums of money (about 27 and 35 US dollars respectively), had been charged significant interest and fell behind on their payments. This led to the sale and execution of their houses. The applicants argued that legislation permitting the sale in execution of people's homes due to non-payment of trifling debts removed their security of tenure and violated their right to access to adequate housing recognized in section 26 of the Constitution. The law in question was sections 66(1)(a) and 67 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 32 of 1944.

Residentes de la comunidad Joe Slovo, Western Cape c./Thubelisha Homes y otros 2010 (3) SA 454 (CC)

Aproximadamente 20.000 ocupantes del asentamiento informal Joe Slovo de Ciudad del Cabo apelaron a la Corte Constitucional para que dejara sin efecto una orden de desalojo dictada por el Tribunal Superior (High Court). El desalojo había sido solicitado por los Ministerios de Vivienda Nacionales y Provinciales, y por una empresa constructora de viviendas contratada para implementar el desarrollo de viviendas para familias de bajos ingresos en el lugar donde se encontraba emplazado el asentamiento informal.