On Thursday, the 2nd November 2017, the Lesotho High Court will hear the case of 3 female Privates of the Lesotho Defence Forces challenging their discharge from service on the…
Staff Writer31 October 2017
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 Writer20 September 2017
This report was prompted by Malawian civil society organisations’ perception that there is a lack of will on the part of police and prosecution to investigate and prosecute cases related…
Staff Writer31 July 2017
The Malawi government's Revised Readmission Procedures to deal with learner pregnancy was launched in 2006. Ten years later, SALC and the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) conducted research into the…
Staff Writer31 July 2017
Three important resolutions to address violence and discrimination against women and girls have been tabled at the 35th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. One focuses on the elimination of…
Staff Writer22 June 2017
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
On Monday 22 May 2017, the High Court of Malawi, sitting in Mzuzu, dismissed an action brought by the Plaintiff, a daughter to an elite couple, against the Defendant, an…
Staff Writer24 May 2017
SALC is working with Youth Watch Society (YOWSO) to help a poor single woman, Mary, and her widowed mother, Idesi retain the…
Staff Writer22 May 2017
SALC worked with the International Coalition of Women living with HIV (ICW), Malawi and a private lawyer, Mr Wesley Mwafulirwa, to support the appeal of a woman living with HIV against her…
Staff Writer29 January 2017