https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/828.html Southern Africa Human Rights Law news 15 Human Rights Law news - Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/828.html en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:04:42 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/lesotho-dam-project-misses-deadline-to-pay-multi-million-compensation-claim-395838a Following a landmark appeal case, dozens more community associations have come forward to demand compensation that the Lesotho Highlands Water Project was meant to pay in 2013. 1-265513 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/apple-faces-new-lawsuit-over-congo-conflict-minerals-396458a A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker's denials. 1-263733 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:57:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/lesotho-dams-authority-fights-back-in-legally-baseless-court-case-367208a Court applicants say the LHDA has failed to compensate them adequately after they were displaced. 1-259453 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.zw/article/zimbabwe-scraps-the-death-penalty-tracking-the-path-to-abolition-586430a Zimbabwe hasn’t executed anyone who was sentenced to death since 2005. With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act 2024 on 31 December, Zimbabwe has become the 127th country in the world to end death penalty. 1-254446 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.zw/article/zimbabwe-scraps-colonial-era-death-penalty-law-789952a Zimbabwe's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to abolish the death penalty following months of debate in parliament, choosing instead to impose lengthy prison sentences for the worst offences. 1-245842 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/887/238484.html Namibia's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the government must recognise the unions of same-sex couples who married in countries where it was legal for them to do so, even though same-sex marriage remains illegal in Namibia itself. 1-238484 Wed, 17 May 2023 13:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/887/224276.html Namibia's High Court on Thursday, 20 January 2022, ruled against two gay couples fighting for their marriages to be recognised under domestic law, with the judge saying that while she agreed with the couples' position, she was powerless to change the situation. 1-224276 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/828/222108.html Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off in parliament on Wednesday, 10 November 2021, in the first public hearings into the proposed legislation that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender. 1-222108 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/712/222097.html It has now become commonplace for major corporations to join in on LGBT events such as Pride Month, National Coming Out Day or the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Indeed, this is sometimes a source of criticism within the community as companies are perceived to be cashing in on LGBT causes. 1-222097 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/712/216067.html The socio-political and developmental health of a nation can be determined by the lived experiences of, and rights afforded to, the most marginalised within that nation. On the African continent, some of the most marginalised individuals are those belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. While the health of the people of the continent has been brought into even sharper focus since the beginning of 2020 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is clear that the developmental goals of the continent are threatened by the ongoing exclusion and marginalisation of, and violence against, members of the LGBT community. 1-216067 Fri, 21 May 2021 10:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Southern Africa