On 2 September 2024, the Regional Immigration Officer in Mzuzu reported back to the High Court on the progress made regarding the ruling of the High Court of 29 July…
On 4 September 2024, the Parliament of Malawi adopted the report by the legal affairs committee to review vagrancy offences in the Penal Code. This follows a 2017 judgement by…
15 August 2024 – On 13 August 2024, the Eswatini Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgement in the case of Prime Minister of Eswatini and Another v Thulani Maseko…
The Nation 2 August 2024 By Zororai Nkomo Human rights activists have welcomed the High Court ruling that 30 days should be reasonable time envisaged under the Immigration Act within…
The Court devoted well over 100 pages of its 148-page ruling to analysing the content of the six speeches compared to only nine pages dedicated to whether they could be…
Pretoria, 19 July 2024 – Today, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), represented by Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), was granted an order by the Gauteng Division of the High…
9 July 2024; Gaborone, Botswana: The Botswana Gazette is returning to the Court of Appeal on Thursday, 11 July 2024. This is to appeal a 2023 High Court ruling that…
7 June 2024 The Nation By Zororai Nkomo Human rights defenders have raised concern over the deplorable and incessant food insecurity in Malawi prisons, which they say is a flagrant…
2 July 2024 Malawi Nation Zororai Nkomo Despite being a constitutional democracy, local authorities in Malawi continue to perpetuate the colonial legacy by criminalising poverty and inequality through the incessant…
29 June 2024 Malawi Nation By Zororai Nkomo Although the Constitution of Malawi provides for the protection of all children including migrant children, the continuous detention of these migrant minors…