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African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsTanzania

African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre joins the voices of African civil society in a growing call for Non-recognition of the government of Tanzania, amid democratically flawed elections. The civil society further…
Staff Writer
6 November 2025
Running from the past? Afrikaner ‘refugees’ leave South Africa amid controversy and irony ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSouth Africa

Running from the past? Afrikaner ‘refugees’ leave South Africa amid controversy and irony

Polity 13 May 2025 Makhosemvelo Mthembu They once ruled the land through oppression and law. Now, they claim to be fleeing the country they once controlled. But can you genuinely…
Makhosemvelo Mthembu
13 May 2025
ESWATINI MUST PUT AN END TO THE HARASSMENT OF TANELE MASEKO ArticlesCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights EventsCriminal Justice Police Abuse ArticlesEswatini

ESWATINI MUST PUT AN END TO THE HARASSMENT OF TANELE MASEKO

Every unanswered question deepens the Maseko family’s despair and trauma and entrenches impunity for his assassination in front of his wife and children; every stone unturned is a monument to…
Staff Writer
28 March 2024
NEWS RELEASE: ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DISMISSES CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF ZIMBABWEANS IN THE DIASPORA Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights ExpressionZimbabwe

NEWS RELEASE: ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DISMISSES CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF ZIMBABWEANS IN THE DIASPORA

On May 30, 2018, The Zimbabwe Constitutional Court handed down judgment in Gabriel Shumba & Others v Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & Others. The Southern Africa Litigation…
Staff Writer
1 June 2018
When democracy fails: Gays are Zambians too! ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

When democracy fails: Gays are Zambians too!

The Lusaka Times The arrest of human rights activist Paul Kasonkomona deserves condemnation by all Zambians of good will. If speaking in favor of gay rights is a crime, then…
Staff Writer
10 April 2013
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Will SA use its second UN term better? ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Will SA use its second UN term better?

Business Day By Nicole Fritz AS EXPECTED, SA has again won a seat on the United Nations Security Council. With a security council almost unprecedented in its heavyweight make-up, the…
Staff Writer
13 October 2010