Welcome to SALAN

The Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) was founded in 1994 to encourage dialogue and the sharing of information on human rights in Southern African countries.

Membership of the network is limited to two non-profit organisations who work in the area of legal advice and legal assistance sector from each of the SADC countries.

The 11 member organisations bring their individual organisational strengths to the network, exchange information to enhance their understanding of the region, and embark on mutually supportive projects.more about us

Featured Articles

Tit-for-tat threat by apartheid generals
20 July 2008 (IOL)
Apartheid generals have threatened to lay charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma, President Thabo Mbeki and some of his ministers if the state insists on charging former security chiefs.  read more

Unskilled, dishonest officers a blot
20 July 2008 (IOL)
The report that an officer convicted of fraud for cheating while on his staff course has been appointed to command one of the army's two brigades is deeply disturbing and bodes extremely ill for the army and the national defence force.  read more

'African societies are supportive of corruption'
20 July 2008 (Zambian Post)
African societies are supportive of corruption, deputy speaker of the Uganda Parliament Rosemary Nansubuga has said. And Nansubuga said African governments should domesticate international conventions on corruption to effectively fight graft across the continent.  read more

VIP bills 'not a public matter'
20 July 2008 (The Namibian)
As the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) continues to probe allegations of favouritism at the City of Windhoek with regard to credit control, the City is refusing to say whether it has taken any action against a number of high-ranking Government officials, who owe it more than N$500 000.   read more

Zim lawyers walk out of SADC Tribunal
20 July 2008 (The Namibian)
The whole legal team of the Zimbabwean government yesterday walked out of the hearing of a regional tribunal, refusing to listen to an urgent application brought by the lawyers of three badly assaulted Zimbabwean farmers - part of a group of 78 farmers seeking relief to prevent their farms being expropriated by that government.  read more

ZEC Commissioners Must Account For The Election Farce
20 July 2008 (Zimbabwe Independent)
I am not a lawyer, but this seems quite straightforward to me.  read more

Report on the 26th SALAN Meeting - Malawi June 2007
18 November 2007 (SALAN)
The report on the 26th SALAN Meeting held in Lilongwe in June 2007.  read more