Huffington Post JOHANNESBURG — On April 15 of this year, Themba Maphosa awoke to news that five immigrants had been killed by South African gangs the previous night in Durban.…
Staff Writer3 September 2015
The Nation The High Court in Blantyre yesterday ruled in favour of 11 sex workers who were subjected to a mandatory HIV test in Malawi’s southern district of Mwanza in…
Staff Writer21 May 2015
By Anneke Meerkotter, Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Ian Southey-Swartz, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) In 2009, a group of women, presumed to be sex workers, was arrested as…
Staff Writer20 May 2015
Pretoria: On Friday, 26 September 2014, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled that Rwandan General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa is entitled to refugee status in South Africa, despite a…
Staff Writer29 September 2014
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and a constitutional law expert have condemned the joint security operation conducted last weekend, saying it is a violation of people’s rights. Malawi Police Service (MPS)…
Staff Writer18 September 2014
The undersigned organisations condemn the sweeping exercises which were conducted by the Malawi Police Service, the Malawi Defence Force and the Immigration Department on 12 and 13 September 2014. The…
Staff Writer18 September 2014
On 6 July 2014 Malawi celebrated 50 years of independence from British rule. Ironically, in the two weeks leading up to this momentous occasion, the Malawi Police Service used laws…
Staff Writer8 June 2014
To be clear, no provision in the Malawi Penal Code criminalises the selling of sexual services by a sex worker. Yet, some police officers in Malawi appear to be operating under the…
Staff Writer7 August 2013
Globally, there has been an increase in the implementation of laws which limit the behaviour, actions and movements of persons in public spaces. This greatly impedes the lives and livelihoods…
Staff Writer24 July 2013