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’s work is streamlined into five thematic clusters:
Recent Posts
Namibia’s proposed Amendment of the Marriage Act – An attack on the rule of law and the judiciary
Namibia, Windhoek – 20 July 2023: On 11 July 2023, the National Assembly of Namibia passed a private member’s bill which redefines the term spouse and amends the Marriage Act.…
Unearthing the truth: How discriminatory laws and social norms lead to insecure land rights for women and undermine sustainable development
Desertification and Drought Day, marked on 17 June 2023, shined a spotlight on women’s land rights under the theme “Her land. Her rights”. Key fundamental questions arise: Do women still face…
Legal gender recognition: An unexplained delay by the Botswana government High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue
Vagrancy laws: Discrimination based on poverty and status
On 31 May 2023, 28 men were arrested in Harare CBD under the country’s vagrancy laws. These arrests raise the…
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