SALC and LEGABIBO hosting a Virtual Dialogue
SALC and LEGABIBO will host a virtual dialogue on 21 August. To attend, please register here.
Staff Writer19 August 2020
SALC statement condemning the barring of Zimbabwean human rights lawyer and SALC board member, Beatrice Mtetwa
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemns the recent barring of Zimbabwean human rights lawyer and SALC board member, Beatrice Mtetwa, from representing her client, Hopewell Chin’ono, in a bail…
Staff Writer19 August 2020
Joint Letter to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Tanzania
On 07 August, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, SADC Lawyers Association and Centre for Strategic Litigation issued a letter to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the…
Staff Writer12 August 2020
Petty Offences Newsletter: Digest On Excessive Use Of Force In Response To COVID-19 Pandemic
The Regional Campaign to Decriminalise Petty Offences has long argued for a change in police arrest practices and increased accountability of law enforcement agencies. Deprose Muchena, the Director of Amnesty…
Staff Writer5 August 2020
Petty offences newsletter: Decongest prisons now!
The COVID-19 pandemic has again highlighted the urgent need to decongest prisons throughout Africa. Although many countries have initiated decongestion measures, there is a simultaneous increase in arrests resulting from…
Staff Writer28 July 2020
SALC statement on arrest of Hopewell Chin’ono and Jacob Ngarivhume
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is deeply concerned about the clampdown on expression and peaceful assembly in Zimbabwe following the arrests of investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition leader…
Staff Writer27 July 2020
Urgent decongestion of prisons after COVID-19 cases registered in Chichiri and Mzimba prisons
We the undersigned organizations reiterate our call for the immediate decongestion of prisons following two confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Mzimba and Chichiri Prison. On 14 July 2020, the…
Staff Writer17 July 2020
Malawi: Challenging criminalisation of adolescent sexuality
SALC is working with Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) – Malawi in a challenge to the law of defilement in s138 of the Penal Code, insofar…
Staff Writer3 July 2020
Joint Letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the Killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu
Civil Society Organisations wrote a letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu. Here is the English version…
Staff Writer3 July 2020
Zimbabwe High court compels adherence to the constitution in chieftainship selection
29 June 2020 – On 25 June 2020, the Bulawayo High Court, per Justice Takuva, issued a judgment in the case of Silibaziso Mlotshwa v District Administrator, Hwange N.O &…
Staff Writer29 June 2020