On 16 January 2014 a transgender activist was arrested in Bulawayo after entering a female toilet. At the police station she was forced to strip and examined by medical doctors…
The SAPS said on Thursday it will comply with the Constitutional Court’s order to investigate claims of torture against senior Zimbabwean officials. “In principle, this is the end of the…
23 June, 2016 Harare- On Thursday 9 June 2016, the High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting in Harare granted an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a…
SALC worked with Women and Law in Southern Africa –Zimbabwe (WLSA – Zimbabwe) to challenge the decision of the Master of the High Court (Master) that approved a distribution plan…
In 2014, the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ruled that the offence of Criminal Defamation was unconstitutional under the former constitution. However, the Court stated that “t might also be argued…
Huffington Post JOHANNESBURG — On April 15 of this year, Themba Maphosa awoke to news that five immigrants had been killed by South African gangs the previous night in Durban.…
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…
The Herald The SADC Parliamentary Forum has mobilised financial and technical resources to develop a Sadc Model Law on Child Marriage as Sadc Member States raise the ante against the…
The leaders of southern Africa are pulling apart a regional court which they put in place to protect the rights of individuals in the region – the Southern Africa Development Community…
Angela Mudukuti Thought Leader, Mail&Guardian The deplorable and execrable attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa have exposed many alarming gaps and inadequacies. Gaps in leadership at the domestic and…