South Africa: Timol Case Hearing

On 28 and 29 March 2019, the High Court in Pretoria will hear the criminal case of Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions (case number: 76755/18). Joao Rodrigues… Read more »

South Africa: The Gender Gap in Southern African Politics - the Gap Between the Law and Reality of Gendered Political Representation

Participation in the political process is at the heart of democratic values. Democratic election of leaders is a civic exercise of selecting leaders that can best represent the… Read more »

Zambia: Statement in Solidarity With Zambian Activists Calling for Amendment of the Mental Health Bill

Mental health law reform in Zambia is desperately overdue. The outdated Mental Disorders Act [Chapter 305 of the Laws of Zambia] perpetuates discrimination, human rights… Read more »

Malawi: Seeking an Effective and Humane Response to MDR-TB in Prison

SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) to support the case of six inmates seeking an effective and humane response to an outbreak… Read more »

Malawi: Enforcing Prisoners' Right to Adequate Nutrition

SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) in Malawi to support a case brought by a prisoner, Mr James Gremu, and CHREAA on behalf of… Read more »

Malawi: Advancing Human Rights in Mental Health

SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) to support the case of an individual subjected to forced psychiatric treatment on the… Read more »

Malawi: Court Stops Hospitals From Returning Patients With Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) to Prison

The Malawi High Court yesterday granted an urgent interim injunction preventing the return of six persons diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) to prison. Read more »

Malawi: Regional Rights Group Condemns Attacks on Local Centre

The SAHRDN has today demanded that the Malawian Police and relevant government authorities urgently and openly investigate the violence, assault and threats against the staff of… Read more »

Zambia: Zambia High Court to Hear a Commercial Farming and Displacement Case

Lusaka--On Friday, the High Court in Zambia will hear evidence in Asa Lato and 30 Others v Davision Chibale and Others, a case challenging the allocation of the community's… Read more »

Malawi: Inequality and the Myth of the Right to Legal Representation

On 8 August 2018, the Malawi High Court in Blantyre heard a constitutional application relating to the case of State v Willias Daudi. Mr Daudi had been convicted of robbery after a… Read more »

Africa: Judicial Independence Is Critical to Protecting Press Freedom in Africa

In this opinion piece, Anneke Meerkotter, Litigation Director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), discusses a recent High Court of Lesotho (sitting as a Constitutional… Read more »

Lesotho: Victory for Media As Court Vindicates Editor

On Monday 21 May 2018, the Lesotho High Court (sitting as a Constitutional Court), in a unanimous judgment declared the offence of criminal defamation unconstitutional with… Read more »

Nigeria: The State v Henry Emomotimi Okah

On 23rd February the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous judgment in the consolidated applications in the State v Okah matter. Read more »

Nigeria: 'Freedom Fighter' Issue Again Argued in Case of MEND's Henry Okah

On the 28th November the Constitutional Court heard the Okah cases which deal with the issue of extra-territorial jurisdiction for terrorism and serious offences committed outside… Read more »

Southern Africa: Regional Action Is Critical to Protect Rights of People With Albinism

Since 2014, the world celebrates the human rights of people living with albinism on 13 June as International Albinism Awareness Day. Albinism is a genetic condition that results in… Read more »