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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
Due process in exile: The constitutional crisis behind third-country removals Civic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal Justice ArticlesEswatini

Due process in exile: The constitutional crisis behind third-country removals

Eswatini Observer Polity Botswana Guardian  Mail & Guardian On 25 February 2026, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a sweeping and uncompromising judgment condemning the…
Anneke Meerkotter
2 March 2026
Missed opportunity for constitutional accountability in Eswatini Civic Rights Democratic Governanace Ongoing CasesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniRule of Law

Missed opportunity for constitutional accountability in Eswatini

Mbabane, 4 February 2026 — The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) notes with serious concern today’s High Court decision dismissing the legal challenge to the Government of Eswatini’s deportation arrangement…
Staff Writer
4 February 2026
African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsTanzania

African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre joins the voices of African civil society in a growing call for Non-recognition of the government of Tanzania, amid democratically flawed elections. The civil society further…
Staff Writer
6 November 2025

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