| Headline | Date | Teaser |
|---|---|---|
State of indigenous peoples in SADC |
24 May 2013 |
Following his recent visit to Namibia, members of the African caucus to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) met with the UN Special Rapporteur on... |
Moz coal mining still harming communities |
23 May 2013 |
It is deeply depressing to see how little has changed in the coal fields of Mozambique in the 18 months since the publication of a damning report into the poor behaviour of multinational mining companies back in January 2012. Released by the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW... |
Countries must promote indigenous rights |
22 May 2013 |
With one indigenous language dying out every two weeks, with indigenous livelihoods under threat and with indigenous children being routinely excluded from school, the Africa Caucus of indigenous peoples has appealed to UN member... |
Zim CSOs condemn mobile voter registration |
21 May 2013 |
Fifty civil society organisations have issued a stinging condemnation of the recently-completed mobile voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe – highlighting a host of serious problems and concluding that it has to be re-started since it comprehensively failed to reach all... |
Botswana government at war with San |
21 May 2013 |
Despite court defeats and international condemnation, the government of Botswana is continuing its assault on the San by attempting to forcibly relocate another community from land they have occupied for decades, says the Khwedom Council, a non-governmental organisation advocating for the rights of the San (or Basarwa)... |
AU must promote justice for international crimes |
17 May 2013 |
In an impressive show of strength, civil society groups from more than 30 African countries have called on African Union (AU) member countries to ensure that the AU promotes justice for grave international crimes In a letter to the foreign ministers of African Union... |
Southern Africa failing on resource governance |
16 May 2013 |
It will come as no surprise that southern African countries do not fare too well in the latest assessment of natural resource governance by the Revenue Watch Institute. While Zambia and South Africa score above average, the other five countries from the region all languish in the... |
Push for LGBTI rights in Moz constitution |
16 May 2013 |
It has been a bad few weeks for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in southern Africans with hate speech and arrests in Zambia and a pro-LGBTI group being forced to go to... |
Lesotho court fails women |
15 May 2013 |
Lesotho’s Constitutional Court today struck a serious blow against women’s rights and gender equality by upholding a discriminatory section of the Chieftainship Act, which denies all daughters the right to succeed to chieftainship solely due to their gender. “... |
Three major cases in one week for SALC |
14 May 2013 |
It's going to be a busy week for the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), which will be involved in cases in... |
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