Eswatini’s law society boss accused of undermining court’s integrity
Prominent Eswatini lawyer, Mangaliso Magagula, faces a personal D-Day: he has been charged with contempt of court by high court judge Titus Mlangeni who said the evidence indicated, on the face of it, that Magagula had committed contempt by undermining the integrity...
Valentine’s Day, but not much legal love in Uganda
Tensions continue to build in Uganda, where the government and the army are still ignoring the supreme court judgment of more than two weeks ago. This landmark decision nullifies trials of civilians in military courts, ordering that all civilians still on trial before...
Crisis edges closer as Museveni slams Ugandan apex court’s decision
A constitutional crisis looms in Uganda where President Yoweri Museveni has slammed last week’s watershed judgment by the country’s highest court. The judges found that courts martial had no jurisdiction over civilians and that all such trials had to stop immediately....