News Release: LESOTHO COURT FAILS WOMEN BY DENYING THEM THE RIGHT TO SUCCEED TO CHIEFTAINSHIP

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22 May, 2013

Johannesburg, 22 May – In May 2013 two young men were charged in terms of section 155 of the Zambian Penal Code which criminalises any person who has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature. It also subjects to criminal penalties any person who permits a male …» Read More

Cases

Lesotho: Women’s right to chieftainship

15 May, 2013

On 16 May 2013, the Lesotho High Court, sitting as the Constitutional Court, upheld section 10 of the Chieftainship Act of 1968 which denies all daughters the right to succeed to chieftainship. The case brought by Senate Masupha, the first-born child of a chief. She argued that denying her the …» Read More

22 May, 2013

After thirteen SANDF soldiers were killed in the Central African Republic many South Africans sought clarity as to why South African soldiers had been deployed to the CAR and the circumstances that led to the ambush in which the soldiers were killed. However, as more facts came to light the …» Read More

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