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Landmark human rights and environmental case trial on 10 December 2025 ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-Economic Rights Climate Justice ArticlesSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Landmark human rights and environmental case trial on 10 December 2025

Case proceeds after High Court dismisses mining company’s bid to throw out the case Lusaka/Johannesburg – The High Court of Zambia has dismissed the application by Sino Metals Leach Zambia…
Staff Writer
8 December 2025
Exploring human rights, digital minefields and intersectionality in cyber politics ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCountriesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenSADC

Exploring human rights, digital minefields and intersectionality in cyber politics

26 November 2025 By Bradley Fortuin The Midweek Sun In an era when digital infrastructures have a strong hold on everything from civic participation to surveillance, human rights interventions must…
Bradley Fortuin
26 November 2025
African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsTanzania

African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre joins the voices of African civil society in a growing call for Non-recognition of the government of Tanzania, amid democratically flawed elections. The civil society further…
Staff Writer
6 November 2025
Amnesty International and SALC intervene on landmark multinational mining case at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal Socio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-Economic Rights Climate Justice ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSouth AfricaZambia

Amnesty International and SALC intervene on landmark multinational mining case at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal

Bloemfontein – As the Supreme Court of Appeal starts hearing the appeal in Various Parties obo Minors and Another v Anglo American South Africa today, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre…
Staff Writer
3 November 2025
Abduction of Government critic signals deepening pre-election repression ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsTanzania

Abduction of Government critic signals deepening pre-election repression

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is seriously concerned about reports that Humphrey Polepole, the former Tanzanian Ambassador to Cuba and an outspoken critic of the government, has been forcibly…
Staff Writer
10 October 2025
Government of Eswatini continues to undermine the Courts as deportation case faces further delay ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Government of Eswatini continues to undermine the Courts as deportation case faces further delay

Mbabane, Eswatini - The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), and the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly express deep concern over the renewed postponement of the case challenging…
Staff Writer
8 October 2025
CSOs Congratulate IOM on Repatriation of Orville Isaac Etoria Civic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights EventsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

CSOs Congratulate IOM on Repatriation of Orville Isaac Etoria

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) welcomes Jamaican national Orville Isaac Etoria’s return to his home country, through the support of the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), where he will…
Melusi Simelane
24 September 2025
Zambia’s Historic First: Legal capacity Communication submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability ArticlesZambia

Zambia’s Historic First: Legal capacity Communication submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

On 21 August 2025, The Validity Foundation, together with the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) with the technical support of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Southern Africa…
Staff Writer
29 August 2025