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Unconstitutional deprivation of land: Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe contest constitutionality of Section 7 of the Tribal Territories Amendment Act No. 3 of 1973 BotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Completed CasesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights Completed Cases

Unconstitutional deprivation of land: Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe contest constitutionality of Section 7 of the Tribal Territories Amendment Act No. 3 of 1973

SALC is assisting the Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe, represented by Kgosi Mosadi Seboko and the Gamalete Development Trust, against the Malete Land Board and the Attorney General to retain the land known…
Staff Writer
2 April 2019
Malawi: Protecting right to freedom of expression for Woman Human Rights Defenders Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Completed CasesCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Protecting right to freedom of expression for Woman Human Rights Defenders

SALC is supporting the Women Lawyers Association (WLA) of Malawi to challenge the arbitrary arrest and detention of a Woman Human Rights Defender (WHRD) on a charge of “Insulting the…
Staff Writer
23 January 2019
Lesotho: Challenge to unfair dismissal of pregnant women in defence force Equality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesLesotho

Lesotho: Challenge to unfair dismissal of pregnant women in defence force

SALC provided support to Advocate Monaheng Rasokoai and FIDA-Lesotho in the case of Mokhele and Others v Commander, Lesotho Defence Force and Others. The applicants were 3 female soldiers who…
Staff Writer
10 April 2018
Malawi: Challenging refusal of admission to school Civic RightsCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesMalawiSocio-economic Rights Completed CasesSocio-economic Rights EducationSocio-Economic Rights Education Completed Cases

Malawi: Challenging refusal of admission to school

Factual Background The applicant was refused enrolment at a school on the basis that he had dreadlocks. Over the years, there have been a number of reports of schools refusing…
Staff Writer
21 December 2017
Zambia: Challenging the Mental Disorders Act Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesZambia

Zambia: Challenging the Mental Disorders Act

SALC supported a petition by three persons with psychosocial disabilities and the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) to repeal the Mental Disorders Act of 1949 in Mwewa and Others v the…
Staff Writer
14 December 2017
Zimbabwe: Challenging the Nguni/Ndebele customary succession principle for excluding women from being chiefs Equality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesZimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Challenging the Nguni/Ndebele customary succession principle for excluding women from being chiefs

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is providing crucial support to Ms Silibaziso Mlotshwa as she undertakes the legal challenge against the constitutionality of the Nguni/Ndebele customary succession principle, which…
Staff Writer
20 September 2017