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SADC and AU Must Act Against Media Harassment in Zimbabwe

Harare, 11 July 2025: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) strongly condemns the harassment of journalists and media practitioners in Zimbabwe. SALC is deeply concerned about the ongoing harassment of…

Melusi Simelane11 July 2025

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Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe

Mail & Guardian 27 May 2025 Melusi Simelane In a nation where democratic space is already under suffocating pressure, Zimbabwe’s new Private Voluntary Organisations (Amendment) Act, 2024 (PVO Act) arrives…

Melusi Simelane3 June 2025

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Compulsory NGO registration – a death knell to activism?

Botswana Guardian 30 May 2025 By Tambudzai-Gonese-Manjonjo There is a rising trend of countries in the region enacting laws that compel all non-governmental organisations to register in order to operate…

Tambudzai Gonese30 May 2025

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Defend The Press: Protect Free Expression & Democratic Values

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is alarmed and outraged by the escalating assault on freedom of expression, assembly, and access to information across Southern Africa. The arrest of Zimbabwean journalist…

Melusi Simelane1 April 2025

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Climate change and prisons in SADC

AfricanLII 6 March 2025 By Anneke Meerkotter Climate change will wreak havoc on the SADC region, yet its impact on places of detention is seldom considered. According to World Prison…

Anneke Meerkotter6 March 2025

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Report: Legal gender recognition in Zimbabwe

This brief is written to support engagements around legal gender recognition between the Government of Zimbabwe and organisations advocating for the rights of transgender, gender diverse and intersex individuals in…

Staff Writer21 November 2024

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Recueil de jurisprudence sur les droits de l’homme

Entre 2014 et 2024, les juges et la communauté juridique participant au Forum régional annuel des juges africains (FRAJ) ont discuté de diverses affaires qui ont fait progresser les droits…

Staff Writer27 June 2024

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African Regional Judges Forum human rights case law compendium

Between 2014 and 2024, the judges and legal community attending the annual African Regional Judges’ Forum (ARJF) have discussed various cases that have advanced human rights and equity across the…

Staff Writer27 June 2024

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SALC alarmed by brutal attack on human rights lawyer Obey Shava

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, SALC, is deeply concerned about the recent assault on Obey Shava, a prominent Zimbabwean human rights lawyer. Shava was reportedly violently attacked on the evening…

Staff Writer6 July 2023

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Vagrancy laws: Discrimination based on poverty and status

On 31 May 2023, 28 men were arrested in Harare CBD under the country’s vagrancy laws. These arrests raise the question of why vagrancy laws still exist and are still…

Staff Writer9 June 2023

SADC and AU Must Act Against Media Harassment in Zimbabwe

Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe

Compulsory NGO registration – a death knell to activism?

Defend The Press: Protect Free Expression & Democratic Values

Climate change and prisons in SADC

Report: Legal gender recognition in Zimbabwe

Recueil de jurisprudence sur les droits de l’homme

African Regional Judges Forum human rights case law compendium

SALC alarmed by brutal attack on human rights lawyer Obey Shava

Vagrancy laws: Discrimination based on poverty and status

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