86. The Complainants submit that they have fulfilled all the requirements of Article 56 of the African Charter. 87. The Complainants submit that the Communication is jointly presented by Advocate Brain Spilg SC assisted by Attorney Unoda Mack and Ms Alica Mogwe (on behalf of Ditshwanelo). By detailing their contact email addresses as spilg@law.co.za for Brain Spilg SC and legal.ditshwanelo@info.bw for AC HP R Ditshwanelo, the Complainants argue that they complied with Article 56(1) of the African Charter. 88. With regards to Article 56(2) of the African Charter, the Complainants contend that not only have they outlined the Charter provisions which are allegedly violated by the Respondent State to include Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the African Charter, but that they have also made submissions in support of the alleged violations. The Complainants submit that the Communication, therefore, satisfies the requirements of Article 56(2) of the African Charter. 89. With regards to the requirement of decorum, the Complainants submit that the tone of language used in the Communication meets the requirement of Article 56(3) of the African Charter. 90. Concerning the requirement of evidential weight envisaged under Article 56(4) of the African Charter, the Complainants aver that the Communication is based on primary evidence that has been either verified under oath or is within the personal knowledge of the authors. While conceding that there is a single reference to a media article, the Complainants argued that not only is that information tangential, but also that the source of the article is verified under oath by the newspaper‟s editors and forms part of the records of the Botswana Court of Appeal. The Complainants submit that the provisions of Article 56(4) have been adequately met. 20

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