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Focus Countries

SALC works in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In addition, SALC supports litigation in South African courts that advances human rights in the southern African region.

Angola

Botswana

Eswatini

Malawi

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Eswatini: Challenging the US-Eswatini deportation agreement Civic RightsCivic Rights Democratic Governanace Ongoing CasesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Ongoing CasesEswatiniInternational JusticeInternational Justice Ongoing Cases

Eswatini: Challenging the US-Eswatini deportation agreement

In the Eswatini Litigation Centre and Others v Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini and Others case, the applicants seek to declare an agreement between Eswatini and the United…
Staff Writer
15 August 2025
“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes Civic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes

Mbabane, Eswatini: 14 August 2025: The Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), alongside Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), and Melusi Simelane of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC),…
Staff Writer
14 August 2025
‘Camp courts are here to stay’ ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesMalawi

‘Camp courts are here to stay’

Polity 12 August 2025 Shilpa Rao On a Tuesday afternoon in July, a magistrate sits inside a local prison in Malawi. A remandee stands before him and begins to share…
Staff Writer
12 August 2025
Trading medicine for minerals: The Trump administration’s flawed strategy in Angola AngolaArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Articles

Trading medicine for minerals: The Trump administration’s flawed strategy in Angola

Polity 8 August Reina Patel and Riya Jain If one thing is clear about the Trump Administration’s aid cuts, it is that it will cost lives-millions of them. According to the Africa CDC,…
Staff Writer
11 August 2025
The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesSADC

The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons

Polity 08 August 2025 Madelyn Evans The treatment of foreign nationals in prisons across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has become an increasingly urgent human rights concern. Migrants,…
Staff Writer
11 August 2025
Destroying protected forests one tree at a time: Inside Zambia’s Kasanka National Park ArticlesSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Destroying protected forests one tree at a time: Inside Zambia’s Kasanka National Park

Kasanka National Park, located in Zambia’s Central Province, is one of the country’s most treasured protected areas. Though it is the smallest national park in Zambia, it is home to…
Staff Writer
8 August 2025
“We just kept coming to work”: How healthcare workers in Malawi are navigating the silence of the government ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights Women ArticlesMalawi

“We just kept coming to work”: How healthcare workers in Malawi are navigating the silence of the government

The Nation 1 August 2025 Bradley Fortuin In a government clinic in Zomba, nurse *Takondwa starts her shift just like she has for the past fifteen years by unlocking the…
Bradley Fortuin
4 August 2025
Jurisdiction, justice, and the journey home: The San and Bayei people’s struggle to reclaim Chief’s Island (Khuti ya ga Mathiba), their indigenous and ancestral land ArticlesBotswanaSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Resources

Jurisdiction, justice, and the journey home: The San and Bayei people’s struggle to reclaim Chief’s Island (Khuti ya ga Mathiba), their indigenous and ancestral land

Botswana Guardian Weekend Post Xtra TheMidweek Sun 30 July Madelyn Evans  To an outsider’s eye, the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana’s Northwest District appears as a lush reserve, teeming with…
Staff Writer
1 August 2025

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