The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) supports Tshepo Junionr Sethibe through Obonye Attorneys, represented by Dr Jonas Obonye, who are challenging Section 59(1) of the Botswana Penal Code. The provision…
Staff Writer22 Mar 2023
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre condemns in the strongest possible terms the government of Botswana’s cruel and unjust treatment of Kgosi Mosadi Seboko, the paramount chief of the Bamalete tribe,…
Staff Writer17 Mar 2023
On 10 March 2023, more than five years after the International Crimes Bill was introduced in the South African Parliament, the government has officially withdrawn it. The International Crimes Bill…
Staff Writer16 Mar 2023
15 Kukadzi 2023 By: VOA Shona Sangano reSouthern African Litigation Centre kana kuti SALC riri kukurudzira African Union kuti igadzirise nyaya yekusagadzikana kwezvinhu muZimbabwe nemueswatini pamberi pesarudzo dziri kutarisirwa kuitwa…
Staff Writer15 Mar 2023
07 March 2023, Gaborone, Botswana. Today, the Botswana Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the Bamalete Tribe, represented by Kgosi Mosadi Seboko and the Gamalete Development Trust dismissing, with…
Staff Writer7 Mar 2023
06March 2023, Lusaka – On 7 March 2023, the Supreme Court of Zambia will hear an appeal brought by Billis Farm Limited and Abraham Lodewikus Vileone (Appellants) against the judgment of the…
Staff Writer7 Mar 2023
On Tuesday, 7 March 2023, the Botswana Court of Appeal will hand down a judgment in an appeal brought by the Botswana government (Appellants) against the judgment and order of the full…
Staff Writer6 Mar 2023
16 February 2023, Windhoek, Namibia On 3 March 2023, the Supreme Court of Namibia will hear the cases between Digashu v the Government of the Republic of Namibia and Seiler-Lilles…
Staff Writer16 Feb 2023
Zomba, 15 February 2023 – The High Court will, on Friday, 17 February 2023, hear an application for judicial review in which two Rastafari children are challenging the policy of…
Staff Writer15 Feb 2023
In light of the commencement of the 42nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa,…
Staff Writer14 Feb 2023
South Africa hears historic class action for lead poisoning launched by Zambian children and women.
Staff Writer23 Jan 2023
20 January 2023, Gaborone - On Tuesday, 24 January 2023, the Botswana Court of Appeal will hear an appeal brought by the Attorney General and the Registrar of Deeds (Appellants)…
Staff Writer20 Jan 2023
On 15 December 2022, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its judgment in the case of The Prosecutor v Dominic Ongwen. SALC and Prof. Bonita Meyersfeld…
Staff Writer17 Dec 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) welcome the just-passed revised budget during the 2022/23 Mid-Year National Budget review sitting…
Staff Writer15 Dec 2022
The legal gender recognition policy brief produced by TransSwati and SALC is written to support engagements around legal gender recognition between the Government of Eswatini and organisations advocating for the…
Staff Writer9 Dec 2022
On 2 December 2022, the High Court of Malawi granted a temporary order restraining the Blantyre City Council from forcibly evicting, without due notice and reason, informal traders from the…
Staff Writer8 Dec 2022
The Blantyre informal traders are challenging forced eviction from the marketplace by the city council.
Staff Writer2 Dec 2022
On 9 December 2022, TransSwati, in partnership with Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), will launch a policy brief on legal gender recognition in Eswatini titled “Legal gender recognition in Eswatini…
Staff Writer30 Nov 2022