SALC is concerned by the ongoing threats to the independence of judicial officers and lawyers in Zimbabwe. SALC urges the government of Zimbabwe to respect the rule of law and…
Staff Writer20 May 2021
In 2015, the Law Society of Botswana brought an application in the Gaborone High Court challenging the process of appointment of judges to the High Court in Botswana. The case…
Staff Writer28 April 2017
14 February 2016 ENCA JOHANNESBURG – Prominent Lesotho lawyer Khotso Nthontho, one of five legal men on an alleged “hit list” circulated late last year, was arrested on charges of…
Staff Writer15 February 2016
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
EWN 17 September 2015 The High Court dismissed government’s application for leave to appeal a previous order. PRETORIA – The Southern African Litigation Centre says the latest ruling on Sudanese…
Staff Writer17 September 2015
IOL News 18 August 2015 Gaborone – Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili came under fire from his fellow leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at its summit here…
Staff Writer19 August 2015
The Mail & Guardian President Jacob Zuma is party to a regional pact that makes the application of law discriminatory. In the pomp and ceremony surrounding the 34th Southern African…
Staff Writer29 August 2014
In Swaziland the case against human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko, and The Nation magazine editor, Bheki Makhubu, has attracted international attention, drawing comment and condemnation from international agencies such as…
Staff Writer3 June 2014
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has responded to the SADC Summit’s decision to deny SADC peoples access to the Tribunal, calling the decision “a tragedy. It is a blow against accountable government and individual…
Staff Writer22 August 2012