Ongoing Cases
High Court of Lesotho hears challenge to LHDA’s refusal to release data on dam-affected communities
Maseru and Johannesburg, 27 October 2026 – Today the High Court of Lesotho hears Seinoli Trust v Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, a review of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority's (LHDA)…
Lesotho High Court to decide on fate of dam-affected families
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority refused to release baseline data on households affected by the Katse Dam. High Court hearing is set for 27 October 2026, three days after the 40th…
Completed Cases
I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like
Minority Africa King Mswati III of Eswatini just spent millions celebrating his ruby jubilee. Most of his people live below the poverty line, and a lawyer who wrote critically of…
Malawi: Challenging the constitutionality of criminal defamation
On 17 December 2024, the Malawi High Court, sitting as a Constitutional Court, heard a constitutional challenge to the offence of criminal defamation under section 200 of Malawi’s Penal Code.…
Articles
Surveillance, Cybercrime Laws & Treason: SALC at 89th OS ACHRP
https://youtu.be/l2mV4oAdjuo?si=v5YrA-YawiLvHRoq Southern Africa Litigation Centre 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Dakar, Senegal | 12–21 October 2026 Delivered by Melusi Simelane, Civic Rights Programme…
The precariat and the palace: why Eswatini’s next rupture will be worse
As Mswati III takes the chair of SADC’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, the conditions that set Eswatini alight in June 2021 are quietly reassembling at home. This…
Resources
New Report on the State of Human Rights in Eswatini
The Foundation for Socio-Economic Justice (FSEJ), together with its Lilungelo Lakho partners, has published a new Situational Analysis of the State of Human Rights in Eswatini. Developed under the Lilungelo…
Compêndio de jurisprudência sobre direitos humanos
Entre 2014 e 2024, os juízes e a comunidade jurídica que participaram no Fórum Regional Africano de Juízes (ARJF) discutiram vários casos que fizeram avançar os direitos humanos e a…
