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South Africa’s department of home affairs declares Kouwenhoven an undesirable person

SOUTH AFRICA’S DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS DECLARES KOUWENHOVEN AN UNDESIRABLE PERSON Southern Africa Litigation Centre v Minister of Home Affairs and Others, Case No. 18052/2019, High Court, Western Cape Division,…

Staff Writer14 November 2020

Botswana Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights Resources Research Reports & Policy Briefs

Report: Legal gender recognition in Botswana

Legal gender recognition affects a person’s recognition and protection before the law and the ability to navigate through areas of daily life. It refers to transgender people’s ability to obtain…

Staff Writer10 November 2020

Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights Resources Malawi Research Reports & Policy Briefs

Malawi Research Report: ‘We get traumatised in different ways’

In February 2020, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Nyasa Rainbow Alliance held a consultation with individuals who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) in Blantyre, Malawi. At…

Staff Writer10 November 2020

Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights Resources Lesotho Research Reports & Policy Briefs

Report: Legal gender recognition in Lesotho

Staff Writer5 November 2020

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Research Reports & Policy Briefs Tanzania

Policy Brief: Rule by Law and the Attack on Civic Freedoms in Tanzania

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli was elected to office in 2015, and it has been under his tenure that the country’s human rights record continues to deteriorate. Despite the fact that…

Staff Writer26 October 2020

Civic Rights Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Civic Rights News Equality Rights Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News Eswatini

Melusi Simelane & Others v Minister of Commerce & Industry & Others

A full bench of the High Court of Eswatini will on Tuesday October 20 2020, hear the application for the registration of the Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM), an…

Staff Writer20 October 2020

Equality Rights Disability Equality Rights Health SADC

The impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities in Southern Africa

The Midweek Sun, Botswana 14 October 2020 By Anna Mmolai-Chalmers The effects of COVID-19 are perhaps more profound when viewed through the lens of persons with disabilities. These impacts are…

Anna Chalmers-Mmolai20 October 2020

Civic Rights Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Civic Rights News Equality Rights Equality Rights News Equality Rights Women Namibia

SALC statement condemning the use of force against protesters in Namibia

On 8 October 2020, protesters in Namibia took to the streets, for 3 days, to demonstrate against gender-based violence under the hashtag #ShutItAllDown. The protests were sparked by human remains…

Staff Writer20 October 2020

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Criminal Justice Police Abuse Zambia

Zambia: The people v Laura Miti and Bornwell Mwewa

On Saturday, 21 December 2019, Fumba Chama, popularly known as Pilato, a Zambian human rights defender and musician, was arrested for unlawful assembly in violation of the Public Order Act,…

Staff Writer19 October 2020

International Justice News International Justice Torture South Africa

Joao Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions

On 6 November 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) will hear the case of Joao Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others. Joao Rodrigues (the Appellant), a…

Staff Writer19 October 2020

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