BBC News 26 August 2015 Botswana’s court of appeal has upheld a ruling that foreign prisoners should receive free treatment for HIV/Aids, rights lawyers say. Foreign prisoners were previously expected…
Global Post 26 August 2015 GABORONE, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — The marathon case in which foreign inmates with HIV were suing the government of Botswana for refusing to provide them…
SALC worked with the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and AIDS (BONELA) to challenge the Botswana government’s policy of refusing HIV treatment to non-citizen prisoners. Citizen prisoners were entitled to…
Daily Maverick 20 August 2015 The economic circumstances of women in Southern African Development Community (SADC) states have been especially slow to change as women and girls continue to experience…
23 July 2015 Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) and the Attorney General’s Chambers are each crossing their fingers hoping for the Court of Appeal’s favour on…
JOHANNESBURG 16 – 18 SEPTEMBER 2015 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) will hold a litigation workshop on the right…
Annabel Raw Thought Leader 1 July 2015 The Southern Africa Litigation Centre’s health rights programme was established in 2007 to advance human rights and the rule of law in Southern…
In recent weeks, the Government of Botswana has announced plans to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy to all sex workers regardless of their CD4 counts. The commendable aim of the initiative, as described by the…
Justice Terrence Rannowane of Gaborone High Court will, on April 29, deliver a ruling in the case in which the Attorney Generals (AGs) wants the court to grant a stay of…
Gaborone-On 16 March 2016, a full bench of the Court of Appeal in Botswana will deliver judgment on the constitutionality of the refusal of the Director of the Department of…