Honouring the 16 Days of Activism SALC's Vivian Kasunda and Voilet Kanyimbiri wrote a 'did you know series' centering Southern African countries and how the laws there protect victims of…
Vivian Kasunda10 December 2024
Lilongwe, Malawi – On 17 December 2024, the Malawi High Court will consider a challenge to the offence of criminal defamation under section 200 of the Penal Code. This challenge,…
Melusi Simelane10 December 2024
SALC and partners attended the 2024 ILGA World Conference in Cape Town. Whilst there, we conducted interviews with activists across the globe. Hear what they had to say during the…
Staff Writer27 November 2024
This brief is written to support engagements around legal gender recognition between the Government of Zimbabwe and organisations advocating for the rights of transgender, gender diverse and intersex individuals in…
Staff Writer21 November 2024
On 7 November 2024, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the case of AdvocAid Limited v Republic of Sierra Leone has…
Staff Writer11 November 2024
To bridge the gap between vulnerable and marginalised groups and the justice system, ArtGlo, designed and implemented the Umunthu inclusive project... taking a leaf from the golden African philosophy, Ubuntu,…
Bradley Fortuin31 October 2024
Botswana Guardian (23 October 2024) Midweek Sun (23 October 2024) By Bradley Fortuin In today’s world, we use online applications for everything – to order food, pay our bills, send…
Bradley Fortuin23 October 2024
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is closely monitoring civic rights, human rights, and the application of the rule of law in Botswana as the nation, home to one of…
Melusi Simelane16 October 2024
The Nation 10 October 2024 By Violet Kanyimbiri and Vivian Kasunda Today as we commemorate World Mental Health Day, we reflect on the offence of attempted suicide and its impact…
Vivian Kasunda10 October 2024
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is deeply concerned by the Tanzanian authorities’ escalating crackdown on freedom of expression and political dissent as the country approaches its 2025 general elections.…
Melusi Simelane8 October 2024
On 2 September 2024, the Regional Immigration Officer in Mzuzu reported back to the High Court on the progress made regarding the ruling of the High Court of 29 July…
Staff Writer12 September 2024
On 4 September 2024, the Parliament of Malawi adopted the report by the legal affairs committee to review vagrancy offences in the Penal Code. This follows a 2017 judgement by…
Staff Writer5 September 2024
15 August 2024 – On 13 August 2024, the Eswatini Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgement in the case of Prime Minister of Eswatini and Another v Thulani Maseko…
Melusi Simelane14 August 2024
The Weekend Nation 3 August 2024 By Michaela Drucker In a landmark ruling, the high court in Zomba delivered a verdict marking a significant shift in Malawian education. The decision,…
Staff Writer3 August 2024
The Weekend Nation 3 August 2024 By Joelle Besch The Penal code (Amendment) Act of 2023 has decriminalised consensual sexual relations between children, provided that their age difference is two…
Staff Writer3 August 2024
The Nation 2 August 2024 By Zororai Nkomo Human rights activists have welcomed the High Court ruling that 30 days should be reasonable time envisaged under the Immigration Act within…
Staff Writer2 August 2024
The Court devoted well over 100 pages of its 148-page ruling to analysing the content of the six speeches compared to only nine pages dedicated to whether they could be…
Staff Writer2 August 2024
30 July 2024, Blantyre – Yesterday, the Mzuzu High Court ordered that 30 days should be the reasonable time envisaged under the Immigration Act within which deportation of undocumented immigrants…
Staff Writer30 July 2024
Pretoria, 19 July 2024 – Today, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), represented by Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), was granted an order by the Gauteng Division of the High…
Staff Writer19 July 2024
We are thrilled to announce that the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), in collaboration with the International Human Rights Advocacy Clinic (IHRAC) at Florida State University, is creating a series…
Staff Writer16 July 2024