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Melusi Simelane

The cage, the bullet and the border: How Southern Africa punishes dissent and why our region must reclaim its institutions ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesTanzaniaZimbabwe

The cage, the bullet and the border: How Southern Africa punishes dissent and why our region must reclaim its institutions

Polity (4 June 2026) From Harare to Dar es Salaam to Mbabane to Lusaka, governments have learned they no longer need a guilty verdict to silence critics. They need a…
Melusi Simelane
4 June 2026
I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like ArticlesCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEswatini

I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like

Minority Africa King Mswati III of Eswatini just spent millions celebrating his ruby jubilee. Most of his people live below the poverty line, and a lawyer who wrote critically of…
Melusi Simelane
4 June 2026
Driven out by design: The leadership crisis behind Africa’s migration ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSADC

Driven out by design: The leadership crisis behind Africa’s migration

Substack (02 May 2026) Migration is rational. It is not a pathology. It is a response to a leadership emergency. When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed her European Union…
Melusi Simelane
4 May 2026
APPEAL FILED IN LANDMARK CASE AGAINST US-ESWATINI DEPORTEE DEAL ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights Democratic Governanace Ongoing CasesCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniInternational Justice News

APPEAL FILED IN LANDMARK CASE AGAINST US-ESWATINI DEPORTEE DEAL

The Eswatini Litigation Centre, Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women's Assembly, and Melusi Simelane have submitted a Notice of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Eswatini, contesting the dismissal of…
Melusi Simelane
13 March 2026
CSOs Congratulate IOM on Repatriation of Orville Isaac Etoria Civic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights EventsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

CSOs Congratulate IOM on Repatriation of Orville Isaac Etoria

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) welcomes Jamaican national Orville Isaac Etoria’s return to his home country, through the support of the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), where he will…
Melusi Simelane
24 September 2025

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