SALC and LEGABIBO hosting a Virtual Dialogue
SALC and LEGABIBO will host a virtual dialogue on 21 August. To attend, please register here.
Staff Writer19 August 2020
SALC statement condemning the barring of Zimbabwean human rights lawyer and SALC board member, Beatrice Mtetwa
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemns the recent barring of Zimbabwean human rights lawyer and SALC board member, Beatrice Mtetwa, from representing her client, Hopewell Chin’ono, in a bail…
Staff Writer19 August 2020
Joint Letter to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Tanzania
On 07 August, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, SADC Lawyers Association and Centre for Strategic Litigation issued a letter to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the…
Staff Writer12 August 2020
Petty Offences Newsletter: Digest On Excessive Use Of Force In Response To COVID-19 Pandemic
The Regional Campaign to Decriminalise Petty Offences has long argued for a change in police arrest practices and increased accountability of law enforcement agencies. Deprose Muchena, the Director of Amnesty…
Staff Writer5 August 2020
Petty offences newsletter: Decongest prisons now!
The COVID-19 pandemic has again highlighted the urgent need to decongest prisons throughout Africa. Although many countries have initiated decongestion measures, there is a simultaneous increase in arrests resulting from…
Staff Writer28 July 2020
SALC statement on arrest of Hopewell Chin’ono and Jacob Ngarivhume
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is deeply concerned about the clampdown on expression and peaceful assembly in Zimbabwe following the arrests of investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition leader…
Staff Writer27 July 2020
Urgent decongestion of prisons after COVID-19 cases registered in Chichiri and Mzimba prisons
We the undersigned organizations reiterate our call for the immediate decongestion of prisons following two confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Mzimba and Chichiri Prison. On 14 July 2020, the…
Staff Writer17 July 2020
A new dawn for the protection of the rights of vulnerable communities with unregistered land in Zambia
Commonwealth Lawyers Association 26 June 2020 Brigadier Siachitema In a recent decision of the High Court for Zambia, a community of displaced Zambian villagers succeeded in a land dispute against…
Brigadier Siachitema7 July 2020
Malawi: Challenging criminalisation of adolescent sexuality
SALC is working with Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) – Malawi in a challenge to the law of defilement in s138 of the Penal Code, insofar…
Staff Writer3 July 2020
Joint Letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the Killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu
Civil Society Organisations wrote a letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu. Here is the English version…
Staff Writer3 July 2020
Zimbabwe High court compels adherence to the constitution in chieftainship selection
29 June 2020 – On 25 June 2020, the Bulawayo High Court, per Justice Takuva, issued a judgment in the case of Silibaziso Mlotshwa v District Administrator, Hwange N.O &…
Staff Writer29 June 2020
Good news as South Africa affirms its commitment to accountability for international crimes
The Daily Maverick 26 June 2020 Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh On 11 June, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) from action against US…
Staff Writer26 June 2020
Eswatini High Court postpones case on the refusal to register an LGBT advocacy group
24 June 2020, Mbabane – Today, the Eswatini High Court was scheduled to hear arguments in the case of Simelane & Others versus Minister of Commerce and Industries & Others,…
Staff Writer25 June 2020
Joint Statement: Zambia: Authorities escalate attacks on dissent by denying youth leaders right to protest
Zambian authorities have escalated their attacks on dissent by thwarting a planned anti-corruption protest leading to organisers streaming their protest from the outskirts of Lusaka. According to a coalition of…
Staff Writer24 June 2020
Eswatini High Court to hear case on the refusal to register an LGBT advocacy group
22 June 2020, Mbabane – On 24 June 2020, the Eswatini High Court will hear arguments in the case of Simelane & Others versus Minister of Commerce and Industries &…
Staff Writer22 June 2020
Eswatini: Challenging the refusal to register an advocacy group
In September 2019, Eswatini’s Registrar of Companies refused to register the organisation Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM). The Registrar argued that ESGM’s purpose was unlawful because same-sex sexual acts…
Staff Writer22 June 2020
Are African nations putting policing over public health?
On 29 May 2020, SALC's intern, Nicholas Bugeja's article titled: Are African nations putting policing over public health? was published by The Lowy Institute. In the health and epidemiological challenges…
Nicholas Bugeja22 June 2020
In the lead-up to Malawi’s election ‘re-run’, its government is in free fall
On 17 June, SALC's intern, Nicholas Bugeja's article titled " In the lead-up to Malawi's election re-run, its Government is in free fall" was published in the Independant Australia In…
Nicholas Bugeja18 June 2020
Statement condemning the killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu
SALC is concerned by the targeting and killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu, a member of the judiciary in the DRC. We are further concerned that the police initially wrongfully…
Staff Writer17 June 2020
African civil society call to the United States of America to change
In May 2020, over 1000 civil society organisations and individuals raised concerns around the structural and systemic inequality, racism, and injustice taking place in the United States. On 17 June…
Staff Writer17 June 2020