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…
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,…
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years after the International Crimes Bill was introduced in the South African Parliament, the government has officially withdrawn it.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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…