Judgment - Zimbabwe Torture Case: SALC and Another v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others

8th May 2012
This was the first case in South Africa to be brought under the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act 27 of 2002. The matter was heard by Judge Hans Fabricius in the Pretoria High Court in March 2012 and the judgment was handed down on 8 May 2012.
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SALC in the News: We are the Best Hope for Torture Victims in Zimbabwe

16th May 2012
LAST week, the North Gauteng High Court ruled that SA’s investigating and prosecuting authorities must investigate systematic torture amounting to crimes against humanity committed in Zimbabwe. Those investigations may result in prosecutions and currently hold the best chance of Zimbabwean officials who are responsible for severe human rights abuses facing any form of justice.
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SALC in the News: Using Good Judgment

15th May 2012
Last week’s judgment by the North Gauteng High Court ordering South African authorities to investigate alleged torture by 18 high-ranking Zimbabwean officials was groundbreaking.
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SALC in the News: A Landmark Ruling in South Africa

14th May 2012
For the past decade, South Africa has been the preferred vacation spot, shopping destination and international transit hub for members of the tyrannical and murderous government ruling its northern neighbor, Zimbabwe — a government that has rigged elections, beaten and killed opposition activists and ruined a once thriving economy. All of this could now change because of a landmark legal decision.
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Media Advisory: Time to Scrap Botswana’s Discriminatory Customary Inheritance Law

14th May 2012
Johannesburg—On Monday, the Botswana High Court will hear arguments in Mmusi and Others v Ramantele and Another, a case challenging a customary rule of inheritance which provides for male-only inheritance of the family home at the exclusion of daughters
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SALC in the News: South Africa's Prosecuting Authority Says May Appeal Zimbabwe Torture Ruling

9th May 2012
The South African prosecuting authority says it is considering appealing Tuesday's High Court ruling compelling Pretoria to investigate and prosecute Zimbabweans, in particular senior Zanu PF officials, suspected of crimes against humanity.
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SALC in the News: South Africa Judge Orders Prosecutors to Probe Possible Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe

8th May 2012
PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa should investigate whether officials in neighboring Zimbabwe are responsible for human rights abuses there, a judge said Tuesday in an order that has grave political and practical implications.
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SALC in the News: U-turn as Court Tells NPA to Probe Harare ‘Torture’

9th May 2012
THE government suffered another legal reversal yesterday when the North Gauteng High Court ordered South African authorities to investigate Zimbabwean officials accused of committing crimes against humanity.
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Judgment Day: North Gauteng High Court to Rule on Zimbabwe Torture Case

7th May 2012
The North Gauteng High Court will deliver its judgment tomorrow in the landmark case brought by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Zimbabwean Exiles Forum (ZEF) on whether South Africa is required to investigate and prosecute high level Zimbabwean officials accused of crimes against humanity. <
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SALC in the News: South Africa Obliged to Probe Zimbabwe Atrocities: High Court

8th May 2012
Judge Hans Fabricius ordered the National Prosecuting Authority to prosecute the Zimbabweans concerned if they ever set foot in South Africa.
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