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The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) collects and publishes legal materials from Southern and Eastern Africa for free online access.

Our current collection includes superior court judgments from Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Currently in preparation: Lesotho and Zambia judgments, Uganda legislation, and South African Law Reform Commission publications.

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Significant recent additions

• High Court of Zimbabwe in Harare
  [2008] ZWHHC 1 Movement for Democratic Change and Another v Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and Others - Zimbabwe High Court decision which dismissed the opposition party's application to have the Presidential election results announced.
• Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
  [2008] ZASCA 51 S v Mthembu - Evidence obtained through the use of torture is inadmissible
• High Court of South Africa: Gauteng
  [2008] ZAGPHC 98 Quagliani v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others; Van Rooyen and Another v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others - Extradition court order
• High Court of South Africa: Western Cape Division
  [2008] ZAWCHC 15 Minister of Local Government and Housing for the Western Cape and Others v Various Unlawful Occupiers of Houses Situated in Precincts 4 and 6, Delft Symphony and Others - Delft eviction order
• Court of Appeal for East Africa Decisions 1968-
• Tax Court of South Africa Decisions 2002-
• High Court of South Africa (Witwatersrand Local Division)
  [2008] ZAGPHC 36 Mandel and Another v Johncom Media Limited; Johncom Media Limited v Mandel and Others - Judgment in the Difford case declaring S12 of the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 unconstitutional
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal
  [2007] SADCT 1 Mike Campbell (PVT) Limited and Another v Republic of Zimbabwe - a decision concerning land issues in Zimbabwe

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