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Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCivic Rights ResourcesZimbabwe

Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe

Mail & Guardian  27 May 2025 Melusi Simelane In a nation where democratic space is already under suffocating pressure, Zimbabwe’s new Private Voluntary Organisations (Amendment) Act, 2024 (PVO Act) arrives…
Melusi Simelane
3 June 2025
Compulsory NGO registration – a death knell to activism? ArticlesBotswanaCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsMalawiZambiaZimbabwe

Compulsory NGO registration – a death knell to activism?

Botswana Guardian 30 May 2025 By Tambudzai-Gonese-Manjonjo There is a rising trend of countries in the region enacting laws that compel all non-governmental organisations to register in order to operate…
Tambudzai Gonese
30 May 2025
Running from the past? Afrikaner ‘refugees’ leave South Africa amid controversy and irony ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSouth Africa

Running from the past? Afrikaner ‘refugees’ leave South Africa amid controversy and irony

Polity 13 May 2025 Makhosemvelo Mthembu They once ruled the land through oppression and law. Now, they claim to be fleeing the country they once controlled. But can you genuinely…
Makhosemvelo Mthembu
13 May 2025
eSwatini’s 20 years of constitutionalism characterised by a crackdown on freedom of expression ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEswatini

eSwatini’s 20 years of constitutionalism characterised by a crackdown on freedom of expression

Mail & Guadian  8 May 2025 Melusi Simelane Although the African Union has declared 2025 the year of reparations, justice for Africans and people of African descent through reparations, many…
Staff Writer
8 May 2025
Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformEswatiniMalawi

Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight

Mail & Guardian 14 April 2025 By Melusi Simelane & Chikondi Chikozi In a world increasingly defined by impunity and political repression, the erosion of the rights once championed by…
Chikondi Chijozi
14 April 2025
Defend The Press: Protect Free Expression & Democratic Values Civic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniNamibiaSADCTanzaniaZimbabwe

Defend The Press: Protect Free Expression & Democratic Values

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is alarmed and outraged by the escalating assault on freedom of expression, assembly, and access to information across Southern Africa. The arrest of Zimbabwean journalist…
Melusi Simelane
1 April 2025
Education Ministry commits to rastafarian children’s rights ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights EducationSocio-Economic Rights Education ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Education Ministry commits to rastafarian children’s rights

The Daily Times 28 February 2025 Thomas Kacheke The Ministry of education has said it will institute an investigation into reports that some Government schools are still not enrolling children…
Staff Writer
3 March 2025