The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) participated at the African Commission’s 51st ordinary session in Banjul, the Gambia from 13 to 21 April 2012. During the NGO Forum session SALC…
From 25 – 26 April 2012, SALC will host a meeting to discuss an advocacy strategy aimed at increasing access to and availability of cervical cancer prevention and treatment services…
At the end of March the North Gauteng High Court reserved judgment in SALC’s landmark torture case in which SALC and the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum asked the High Court to…
Last year SALC secured bail for a seriously ill prisoner in the case of Mphembedzu v The Republic MHC Bail Case No. 70 of 2011. This case sought to profile health issues…
The Mail&Guardian 30 March 2012 In Lesotho, Tabitha Phaloane was a village chief, governing the affairs of about 3 000 rural people. In Johannesburg she is a domestic worker, taking…
The Mail&Guardian Divisions within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) continued to widen in the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday with state prosecutor Chris Macadam accusing his colleague, Anton Ackermann,…
IOL A Pretoria High Court judge questioned what recourse the victims of crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe had, if the South African police and the National Prosecuting Authority refused to…
Day three got underway with Macadam for the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) resuming his argument. He seemed intent on indicating to the judge that any investigation of our…
The Business Day CITING threats and intimidation from his colleagues, the head of the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) Priority Crimes Litigation Unit, Anton Ackermann, has switched sides and come out…
Wim Trengove SC, appearing for SALC and Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF), argued the merits of the applicants’ submissions today and what follows is a summary of th0se arguments. He began…