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Malawi High Court rules in favour of a widow previously dispossessed of her land and grants her a permanent injunction protecting her property rights Equality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Malawi High Court rules in favour of a widow previously dispossessed of her land and grants her a permanent injunction protecting her property rights

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 Writer
24 May 2017
Malawi: Protecting women from illegal land seizure Equality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Completed CasesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights Completed Cases

Malawi: Protecting women from illegal land seizure

                SALC is working with Youth Watch Society (YOWSO) to help a poor single woman, Mary, and her widowed mother, Idesi retain the…
Staff Writer
22 May 2017
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Malawi protecting women from illegal land seizure

8 December 2016, Malawi – On Friday 2 December 2016, the High Court of Malawi, sitting in Mzuzu, dismissed an action brought by the Plaintiffs, an elite couple, against two…
Staff Writer
8 December 2016
Criminal trespass charge used to force Ntenge residents off their customary land: Mwape Wellington & 2 Others v The People Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Ongoing CasesZambia

Criminal trespass charge used to force Ntenge residents off their customary land: Mwape Wellington & 2 Others v The People

SALC is currently collaborating with the Muchinda Royal Establishment and the Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) to support an appeal challenging the use of the offence of criminal trespass to force…
Staff Writer
25 November 2016
Court grants an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a farm in contrast to the Master of the High Court’s decision to grant the widow a child’s share of the estate Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

Court grants an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a farm in contrast to the Master of the High Court’s decision to grant the widow a child’s share of the estate

23 June, 2016 Harare- On Thursday 9 June 2016, the High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting in Harare granted an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a…
Staff Writer
23 June 2016
Zimbabwe: Protecting women’s right to matrimonial property Equality 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 CasesZimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Protecting women’s right to matrimonial property

SALC worked with Women and Law in Southern Africa –Zimbabwe (WLSA – Zimbabwe) to challenge the decision of the Master of the High Court (Master) that approved a distribution plan…
Staff Writer
10 June 2016
When the dust settles, who will provide justice for xenophobia victims? ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth AfricaZimbabwe

When the dust settles, who will provide justice for xenophobia victims?

Angela Mudukuti Thought Leader, Mail&Guardian The deplorable and execrable attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa have exposed many alarming gaps and inadequacies. Gaps in leadership at the domestic and…
Staff Writer
22 April 2015
Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told

The Patriot 18 January 2015 High Court of Botswana Judge Key Dingake has called on judges and magistrates to use their judicial powers to ensure that the rights of vulnerable…
Staff Writer
1 April 2015
Using the court to protect vulnerable people: Perspectives from the judiciary and legal profession
Using the court to protect vulnerable people: Perspectives from the judiciary and legal profession Equality RightsEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenSeminars and ConferencesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights ResourcesTraining Tools

Using the court to protect vulnerable people: Perspectives from the judiciary and legal profession

In February and March 2014 the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, the National Association of Women Judges and Magistrates (Botswana) and the judiciaries in Malawi and Zambia co-hosted judicial colloquia on…
Staff Writer
24 December 2014

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