Thought Leader By Annabel Raw Today is World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the discovery of the cause of the disease in 1882. Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease with traces in…
Malawi Nation 22 March 2015 The court set up and the way proceedings are conducted is intimidatory to people, including witnesses, Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has said. The Chief Justice…
Malawi Nation 22 March 2015 A Supreme Court judge has said courts should not regard silence of a girl or woman as consent to sexual intercourse. The judge, Lovemore Chikopa,…
Johannesburg: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) expresses its deepest concern at reports from Swaziland that Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer convicted of contempt of court and serving a…
Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais wrote a book, and for that, he could go to jail. His book, published in Portugal in 2011, alleges serious human rights violations committed by…
Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian 18 March 2015 By Caroline James Remembering Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu — one year on… Can you remember what you were doing 365 days…
The Angolan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two human rights defenders who were detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the country’s…
Gaborone-On 16 March 2016, a full bench of the Court of Appeal in Botswana will deliver judgment on the constitutionality of the refusal of the Director of the Department of…
11 February 2015 On Wednesday, 11 February 2015, Muluka Miti-Drummond (SALC Regional Advocacy Director) and Senate Masupha from Lesotho were interviewed at Talk at Nine by Aubrey Masango following a joint…
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has reported Malawi to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, raising concerns over the criminalisation of…