By Makanatsa Makonese 2014: Election year in SADC South Africa and Malawi were the first of five Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries to hold elections in the SADC region […]
Read moreBy Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele The Southern African Development Community Lawyers Association (SADC LA) has recommended that the Electoral Commission (IEC) implements continuous voter education as well as training for electoral officials. […]
Read moreBy Mapula Sedutla The Southern African Democratic Countries Lawyers’ Association (SADC LA) 14th annual conference was held at Lilongwe, Malawi in August 2013. The theme of the conference was: ‘Constitution-making […]
Read moreBy Makanatsa Makonese On 23 November 2012 lawyers’ bodies* lodged an application with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Court) requesting it to provide an advisory […]
Read moreReport compiled by Kim Hawkey In a session chaired by the vice-president of the Law Society of Lesotho and SADC LA councillor, Nkoya Thabane, advocate Pansy Tlakula, the Special Rapporteur […]
Read moreReport compiled by Kim Hawkey To tie in with the theme of the conference, in its first session, chairperson of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, […]
Read moreReport compiled by Kim Hawkey On the SADC Tribunal SADC LA will not support the tribunal in the form proposed by the 32nd SADC summit, in which form the tribunal […]
Read moreReport compiled by Kim Hawkey ‘Safeguarding judicial independence in an era of judicial reviews in the SADC region’ was the topic of the 13th Southern African Development Community Lawyers’ Association […]
Read moreBy Kim Hawkey Chief executive officers and directors of a number of law societies in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region recently met in Johannesburg to discuss issues of concern […]
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