March 14
South Africa: High Court Sets a Date for Constitutional Challenge On 'Alarming Publications' Provision
After a year of postponements and delays, the High Court of Botswana has set 15 May 2024 as the date to hear the constitutional challenge of Section 59(1) of the Botswana Penal… Read more »
December 04, 2023
Zambia: Rural Women Confront Land Dispossession As a Form of GBV
In the predominantly women-owned agricultural lands of Serenje District in Zambia's Central Province, home of the Lala people, a lesser-known form of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)… Read more »
October 05, 2023
Namibia: Analysing the Case of Digashu and Others V Government of the Republic of Namibia, Seiler-Lilles V Government of the Republic of Namibia
On 16 May 2023, The Supreme Court of Namibia ruled that Namibia's immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages validly concluded outside Namibia, setting aside the High Court… Read more »
August 09, 2023
Africa: Rights Organisations Call On Authorities to Denounce Attacks Against Constitution, Human Rights and Equality
In view of the participation of members of South Africa's executive and judiciary in the annual African Bar Association conference, which this year is being co-sponsored by Family… Read more »
August 01, 2023
Malawi: Urgent Call for Protection of Refugees Rights and a Halt to State Sponsored Lawlessness
Lilongwe, 1 August 2023 We, a consortium of Institutions and Civil Society Organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights, urgently call upon the Government to… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Southern Africa: From the Inside Out - Social Exclusion Linked to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics in Eswatini, Malawi and Zimbabwe
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti (COSPE), Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), Nyasa Rainbow Alliance (NRA),… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Lesotho: Lesotho High Court Faults Imposition of Death Sentence On the Basis of HIV Status
Court decision upholds that people living with HIV have the same right to life as all others Read more »
October 06, 2022
Botswana: Court of Appeal to Determine Whether Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe Are Rightful Owners of Forest Hill Farm
On Tuesday, 11 October 2022, the Court of Appeal of Botswana will hear an appeal brought by the Attorney General, the Registrar of Deeds, and the Malete Land Board (Appellants)… Read more »
September 14, 2022
Lesotho: State of Emergency Declared Unconstitutional
On 12 September 2022, the High Court of Lesotho (sitting as the Constitutional Court) concluded that the State of Emergency, which the Prime Minister declared on 16 August 2022,… Read more »
June 24, 2022
Eswatini: Policy Brief - an Opportunity for Law Reform On Child Marriage in Eswatini
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre through the support of the Hivos SRHR fund published a policy brief focusing on the harmful practice of child marriage and the opportunity for… Read more »
April 05, 2022
Zambia: Launch of Report On LGBTIQ+ Lived Experiences in Zambia
On 5 April 2022, TransBantu Zambia (TBZ) in partnership with Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) will launch a research report on lived experiences of LGBTIQ+ persons in… Read more »