On December 10th, 2009 JusticeMaker Buhle Dube in Swaziland organized an event to honor the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).  The event was held at the FanCourt Guest House in Coates Valley Manzini in conjunction with The Centre for Human Rights and Development (The Centre), One Circle - a NGO [...]

Seven months into their program to combat police torture and fight for human rights in the traditional courts Buhle Dube  and his team of JusticeMakers have started to look to the future. After receiving an offer from the Mkhwanazi Attorneys to take on Hlengiwe Msibi’s case and observing a drop in reports of abuse and torture  [...]

“Seven months in prison or 240 Emalangeni fine.” Ndumiso Dlamini, the court president who threw out Hlengiwe Msibi’s case, proclaimed the sentence in Mliba’s traditional court. Involving a fight between romantic rivals, assault with a weapon, and severe bodily harm, the details of the case were nearly identical to Ms. Msibi’s. This time however the [...]

On November 27th 2008 a romantic rival stabbed Hlengiwe Msibi six times in the forehead. Seven months later she is still waiting for justice to be done.After bringing her assailant to trial in the Swazi traditional courts neither a witness nor the weapon nor even her medical report were presented and her case was thrown [...]

During a free hour in a hectic weekend of workshops Buhle Dube, JusticeMakers grant-winner and law professor at the University of Swaziland, leaned forward and described how he decided to become a lawyer.”Well I think I was always going to be a pilot. Until when I finished high school and I said, ‘I’m going to [...]