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Amnesty International and SALC intervene on landmark multinational mining case at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal Socio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-Economic Rights Climate Justice ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSouth AfricaZambia

Amnesty International and SALC intervene on landmark multinational mining case at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal

Bloemfontein – As the Supreme Court of Appeal starts hearing the appeal in Various Parties obo Minors and Another v Anglo American South Africa today, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre…
Staff Writer
3 November 2025
Zambian communities sue mining giants over spill disaster Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Zambian communities sue mining giants over spill disaster

Johannesburg/Lusaka – On 12 September 2025, 176 residents of Kalusale, Chambishi, in Zambia’s Copperbelt province, launched a landmark case in the High Court of Zambia against Sino Metals Leach Zambia…
Staff Writer
16 September 2025
Zambia: Corporate accountability for pollution of vital water resources and the environment Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-economic Rights Climate Justice Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Ongoing CasesZambia

Zambia: Corporate accountability for pollution of vital water resources and the environment

Peter Shula & 165 Others v Sino Metals Leach Zambia Limited & NFC Africa Mining Limited On 12 September 2025, 176 residents of Kalusale, Chambishi, Kalulushi District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia…
Staff Writer
15 September 2025
Zambia’s Historic First: Legal capacity Communication submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability ArticlesZambia

Zambia’s Historic First: Legal capacity Communication submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

On 21 August 2025, The Validity Foundation, together with the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) with the technical support of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Southern Africa…
Staff Writer
29 August 2025
Destroying protected forests one tree at a time: Inside Zambia’s Kasanka National Park ArticlesSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Destroying protected forests one tree at a time: Inside Zambia’s Kasanka National Park

Kasanka National Park, located in Zambia’s Central Province, is one of the country’s most treasured protected areas. Though it is the smallest national park in Zambia, it is home to…
Staff Writer
8 August 2025
Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa Equality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenLesothoMalawiResearch Reports & Policy BriefsResourcesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe

Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa

This policy brief on Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda outlines the legal gains in sexual and reproductive rights for key populations in these countries over the…
Staff Writer
18 July 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
Budgeting transparency for correctional services in SADC ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesDR CongoMalawiMozambiqueSADCSouth AfricaZambia

Budgeting transparency for correctional services in SADC

AfricanLII 7 March 2025 By Anneke Meerkotter Apart from the budgeting process being opaque to most citizens, the political priorities in the national budget can quickly negate the needs of…
Anneke Meerkotter
7 March 2025