May 27
Botswana: The SAN and Bayei Community's Protect Their Inheritance
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is working with the Botswana Khwedom Council to support the San and Bayei community in their effort to defend what they consider their lawful… Read more »
May 16
Zambia: Zambia Supreme Court Issues Crushing Judgment for Deaf Drivers
On 16 May 2024, the Supreme Court of Zambia delivered a judgment in the appeal of Frankson Musukwa and Others v Road Transport and Safety Agency. The Court dismissed the appeal… Read more »
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 »
November 21, 2023
Eswatini: Can Eswatini Develop in Its Current Political Impasse?
Another election has come and gone in Eswatini. A Prime Minister and a Cabinet appointed without the express will of the people. The election happened despite an express call by… 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: Toolkit for a Community-Based Emergency Fund Experiences From LGBTQI+ Communities in Southern Africa
The Out & Proud Partners developed the Toolkit for a community-based emergency fund Experiences from LGBTQI+ communities in Southern Africa under the Out & Proud: LGBTIQ+… Read more »
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 »
