This week, Zimbabwe’s Registrar General, Mr Mudede, was quoted in national papers urging the Government of Zimbabwe to ban contraceptives. This is the second time in the past two months that he…
Staff Writer18 July 2014
The fight against cervical cancer in Africa received a welcome boost when Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, the two pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines protecting individuals from specific cancer-causing strains of the human…
Priti Patel5 June 2013
Zambian Watchdog The Lusaka Magistrate’s Court ruled today that the criminal case against HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona should be transferred to the High Court for a hearing on the constitutional…
Staff Writer22 May 2013
Sunday Standard 24 March 2013 The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has punched holes in Botswana’s Public Health Bill, warning it might result in human rights violations. The SALC has raised…
Staff Writer3 April 2013
Mmegi Director of BONELA, Uyapo Ndadi continues to express his frustration about the new Health Bill saying it is counter-productive and violates human rights. He said: “The Ministry of Health…
Staff Writer22 January 2013
The Times Live Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening day of a landmark…
Staff Writer4 December 2012
News24 4 December 2012 Lusaka – Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening…
Staff Writer4 December 2012
Zambian Watchdog Just two days after World AIDS Day, the Zambia High Court will hear and determine whether pathetic, inhuman prison conditions and lack of food in Zambia prisons…
Staff Writer3 December 2012
First published as a Legal Brief on Polity.org.za 30 November 2012 By Anneke Meekotter Debates are raging within Uganda these past two weeks which have taken the country and the world…
Staff Writer30 November 2012