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Lesotho High Court to decide on fate of dam-affected families Civic Rights Expression Ongoing CasesCivic Rights NewsCivic Rights Ongoing CasesLesotho

Lesotho High Court to decide on fate of dam-affected families

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority refused to release baseline data on households affected by the Katse Dam. High Court hearing is set for 27 October 2026, three days after the 40th…

Staff Writer22 October 2026

The loud silence on tailings dams, communities pay the price ArticlesBotswanaSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives Articles

The loud silence on tailings dams, communities pay the price

By Anna Mmolai-Chalmers This article is for communities whose land and habitat are hubs of mining activity, particularly Orapa, Jwaneng, Selibe Phikwe, and Lethakane, and focuses on an issue that…

Anna Chalmers-Mmolai22 October 2026

Botswana: Affirming the right of same sex couples to get married BotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ Ongoing Cases

Botswana: Affirming the right of same sex couples to get married

Two adult same sex women requested permission to marry each other from the government of Botswana. The litigants, Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile, were denied the right to have their…

Staff Writer19 October 2026

Civic RightsCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSADCUncategorized

Surveillance, Cybercrime Laws & Treason: SALC at 89th OS ACHRP

https://youtu.be/l2mV4oAdjuo?si=v5YrA-YawiLvHRoq Southern Africa Litigation Centre 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Dakar, Senegal | 12–21 October 2026 Delivered by Melusi Simelane, Civic Rights Programme…

Melusi Simelane15 October 2026

The precariat and the palace: why Eswatini’s next rupture will be worse ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEswatini

The precariat and the palace: why Eswatini’s next rupture will be worse

As Mswati III takes the chair of SADC’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, the conditions that set Eswatini alight in June 2021 are quietly reassembling at home. This…

Melusi Simelane30 September 2026

Bill 22: Whose Commission? Why Eswatini Needs an Independent Body Civic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesEswatiniSeminars and Conferences

Bill 22: Whose Commission? Why Eswatini Needs an Independent Body

A section-by-section reading of the Commission on Human Rights and Public Administration Bill (Bill No. 22 of 2025 Southern Africa Litigation Centre, with Lilungelo Lakho partners Why this Bill matters…

Melusi Simelane22 September 2026

UPDATE: SA ARMS EXPORTS TO US International JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeSouth AfricaUncategorized

UPDATE: SA ARMS EXPORTS TO US

NO ANSWERING AFFIDAVIT FILED IN SALC'S APPLICATION CHALLENGING SOUTH AFRICAN ARMS EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Johannesburg, 19 August 2026 – The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) notes…

Staff Writer19 August 2026

Angola: três policiais condenados por discriminação e violência contra mulher trans AngolaEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+

Angola: três policiais condenados por discriminação e violência contra mulher trans

Comunicado à imprensa: Três policiais da Polícia Nacional de Angola condenados em processo relacionado a violência e discriminação contra uma mulher transgênero Luanda, Angola, 23 de julho de 2026: O…

Staff Writer3 August 2026

Xenophobia and the Africa we want ArticlesCriminal JusticeEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesMalawiSouth Africa

Xenophobia and the Africa we want

The Nation (19 June 2026) Recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa have once again forced Africa to confront a painful question about who we are and how we treat one…

Chikondi Chijozi22 June 2026

African leaders trade African Family values for American family values – Here we go again! ArticlesEquality Rights ArticlesSADC

African leaders trade African Family values for American family values – Here we go again!

Modern Ghana (22 June 2026) Washington Blade (23 June 2026) Mamba Online (24 June 2026) At the moment, some religious and political leaders in Africa are pushing for a charter…

Daniel Digashu22 June 2026

Mining requires accountability ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives Articles

Mining requires accountability

The Nation 12 June 2026 As global demand for minerals used in electric vehicles, wind turbines and other clean energy technologies continues to grow, Malawi is increasingly attracting attention from…

Chikondi Chijozi12 June 2026

Kufanya kuishi kuwa kosa la jinai: Gharama ya Kibinadamu ya operesheni ya Kinondoni dhidi ya uombaji ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesTanzania

Kufanya kuishi kuwa kosa la jinai: Gharama ya Kibinadamu ya operesheni ya Kinondoni dhidi ya uombaji

Jamii Forums (4 June 2026) Andiko La Jebra Kambole Amri ya hivi karibuni ya Halmashauri ya Manispaa ya Kinondoni iliyotolewa tarehe 28/05/2026 na Meya wa Kinondoni Mh. Songoro Hamis Mnyonge…

Staff Writer8 June 2026

Criminalising survival: The human cost of Kinondoni’s anti-begging crackdown ArticlesCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesMalawiTanzania

Criminalising survival: The human cost of Kinondoni’s anti-begging crackdown

The Chanzo Initiative (7 June 2026) By Jebra Kambole & Chikondi Chijozi By forcing the poor out of public view, the council is creating a cruel illusion of order for…

Chikondi Chijozi8 June 2026

The cage, the bullet and the border: How Southern Africa punishes dissent and why our region must reclaim its institutions ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesTanzaniaZimbabwe

The cage, the bullet and the border: How Southern Africa punishes dissent and why our region must reclaim its institutions

Polity (4 June 2026) From Harare to Dar es Salaam to Mbabane to Lusaka, governments have learned they no longer need a guilty verdict to silence critics. They need a…

Melusi Simelane4 June 2026

I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like ArticlesCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEswatini

I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like

Minority Africa King Mswati III of Eswatini just spent millions celebrating his ruby jubilee. Most of his people live below the poverty line, and a lawyer who wrote critically of…

Melusi Simelane4 June 2026

South Africa: Challenging the export of weapons to the US International JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice Arms Trade Ongoing CasesInternational Justice Ongoing CasesSouth Africa

South Africa: Challenging the export of weapons to the US

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has initiated a landmark legal challenge in the North Gauteng High Court to halt all South African weapon exports to the United States. This…

Staff Writer2 June 2026

Press release: SALC challenges arms trades from SA to US in court International JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice NewsRule of LawSouth Africa

Press release: SALC challenges arms trades from SA to US in court

SALC OPENS CASE CHALLENGING ARMS TRADES FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CITING THE UNITED STATES AS A THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Johannesburg, 3 June…

Staff Writer2 June 2026

Mining company takes Zambia pollution case to Supreme Court in bid to avoid trial Socio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSocio-economic Rights ResourcesZambia

Mining company takes Zambia pollution case to Supreme Court in bid to avoid trial

MINING COMPANY TAKES ZAMBIA POLLUTION CASE TO SUPREME COURT IN BID TO AVOID TRIAL Sino Metals appeals High Court ruling that cleared the way for 176 community members to have…

Staff Writer29 May 2026

What Malawi can learn from Uganda and Kenya on refugee policy Civic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsEquality Rights Women ArticlesMalawi

What Malawi can learn from Uganda and Kenya on refugee policy

What Malawi Can Learn from Uganda and Kenya on Refugee Policy By Chikondi Jere, SALC Criminal Justice Cluster lead Published in the Malawi Nation, 25 May 2026 Three years after…

Staff Writer25 May 2026

Court ordered reform: Why are vagrancy laws still unchanged? ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police Abuse Articles

Court ordered reform: Why are vagrancy laws still unchanged?

The Nation Newspaper (28 April 2026) Chikondi Chijozi Jere When the High Court on 22 July 2022 delivered its landmark ruling on police “sweeping exercises,” it did more than condemn…

Staff Writer18 May 2026