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Welcome to the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)

SALC promotes and advances human rights and the rule of law in Southern Africa, primarily through strategic litigation and capacity-strengthening support to lawyers and grassroots organisations. SALC also provides small grants to community-based organisations.

SALC works in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In addition, SALC supports litigation in South African courts that advances human rights in the southern African region.

SALC’s work is streamlined into five thematic clusters:

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Desertification and Drought Day: Access to water information for drought resilience

Botswana Guardian 20 June Emmanuela Sakala This year’s UN Desertification and Drought Day is commemorated under the theme “Restore the Land. Unlock the opportunities”, highlighting how land restoration boosts water…
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Wolves in a sheep’s skin

Modern Ghana (23 June 2025) Washington Blade (23 June 2025) MambaOnline (23 June 2025 Midweek Sun (24 June 2025) Botswana Guardian (27 June) Wolves in a sheep’s skin, American Evangelist…
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SALC 20th anniversary timeline
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High Court of Malawi declares police abuse of a child as torture
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International Albinism Awareness Day 2025: Inclusion Is Strength
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Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe
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Compulsory NGO registration – a death knell to activism?

Botswana Guardian 30 May 2025 By Tambudzai-Gonese-Manjonjo There is a rising trend of countries in the region enacting laws that…
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