Africa Judges and Jurists Forum (AJJF), with support from the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) conducted a study aimed at establishing the impact of the novel corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic on the administration of justice by the courts in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana. These are the countries within the SADC region where AJJF has an ongoing project to promote the rule of law and access to justice. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to continue until such a time when the vaccine or some kind of an effective treatment
is made accessible to all. Although a vaccine has since been developed,1 it will take a very long time before poor countries (including in Africa) can access the vaccine and make it available to the people.
ACCESS TO JUSTICE DURING LOCKDOWN IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
