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Botswana: Chobe Land Board v Rebeccah Banika

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is working with the Botswana Khwedom Council to support Kgosi Rebeccah Banika, a female Chief, who challenged the decision of the Chobe Land Board to…

Staff Writer31 March 2025

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Encroachment of a protected area in Chitambo District: Kasanka Trust Limited & Others v Lake Agro Industries & 6 Others

On 19 October 2021, the Mapepala and Nabowa Community Forest Management Groups (CFMG), together with Kasanka Trust Limited, which co-manages the operations of the Kasanka National Park in Chitambo District with…

Staff Writer20 October 2021

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Eswatini: A challenge to the customary principle of male primogeniture

SALC is working with Women and Law in Southern Africa’s Swaziland chapter (WLSA-Swaziland) on a case challenging the customary principle or practice of male primogeniture for being inconsistent with the…

Staff Writer25 April 2019

Unauthorised commercial farming on customary land: John Kapabila & 3 Others v Nicole-Nkalonga Investment Limited & 4 Others

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is currently assisting four residents (Petitioners) of Senior Chief Muchinda in the Serenje District of the Central Province of Zambia in bringing a case against…

Staff Writer5 April 2019

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Kanyika communities impacted by mining activites seek justice : Nthondo banda & 242 Others v Globe Metals & Mining Limited

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is assisting the Kanyika community based in the Mzimba District of Malawi to recover damages and compensation for loss and damage they have incurred due to extensive…

Staff Writer18 September 2018

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Munte community challenge illegal issuance of Certificate of Title: Asa lato & 30 Others v Chibale & Others

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is assisting the Munte community of Senior Chief Muchinda (“Munte community”) with retaining the land they have occupied and farmed for generations. In court, the Munte community…

Staff Writer6 February 2018

Ntenge residents contest Court eviction from their customary land: Godwin Mintemwa & 11 others v Philip Jackman

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is assisting a group of twelve Lala families from the Ntenge Muchinda Chiefdom of Serenje in Zambia in challenging an order of eviction and the allocation of their…

Staff Writer6 February 2018

Mugoto Settlement Scheme-Legal occupants seek declaration of property rights: Cosmas Mweemba & 22 Others v Chikankata District Council & Another

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is working with Zambia Land Alliance-Monze Branch in assisting community members (“Appellants”) of Mugoto Settlement Scheme, Chikankata District, in challenging the decision of the new Chikankata District Council’s taking…

Staff Writer29 May 2017

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Senate Masupha pursues women’s right to chieftainship : Senate Masupha and Others v Kingdom of Lesotho

On 9 September 2014, Senate Masupha, the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Lesotho) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) submitted a complaint to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’…

Staff Writer29 September 2014

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