On 25 July 2021, Members of Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube were arrested and charged with the contravention of section 5(1) read with section 2(a)-(d) of the Suppression…
Thabo Buthelezi20 August 2021
Published in the Daily Maverick on 17 December 2019 In a time of economic hardship for Eswatini, citizens saw the arrival of a large fleet of luxury cars for the…
Anneke Meerkotter20 December 2019
The Daily Maverick In the past the constitution of Zimbabwe and other legal instruments were not providing for Zimbabweans abroad to vote. However, the 2013 Constitution makes provision for a…
Staff Writer30 October 2017
Caroline James Thought Leader Freedom of expression and association suffered another blow in Angola recently with the conviction of 17 young activists. These activists were sentenced to jail terms of…
Staff Writer4 April 2016
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) regrets that South Africa has chosen to vote against the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. The resolution, spearheaded by the Norway and…
Staff Writer27 November 2015
Daily Maverick By Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh Lesotho has faced repeated political and security crises over many years. Politics in the impoverished mountain kingdom has been marked by coups and assassinations and…
Staff Writer30 October 2015
Muluka Miti-Drummond 7 July 2015 Thought Leader When people think of Angola many think of the 27-year-long civil war that ended in 2002. Some might even think of oil and…
Staff Writer7 July 2015
By Anneke Meerkotter and Ian Swartz In many countries, whether your freedom of expression is respected or not continues to depend on the views you hold. The prosecution of Zambian…
Staff Writer26 May 2015
Business Day By Caroline James IN LEWIS Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Alice mutters bitterly that the game played in the kingdom run by the Queen of Hearts does not “seem…
Staff Writer7 November 2014