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New Report on the State of Human Rights in Eswatini

The Foundation for Socio-Economic Justice (FSEJ), together with its Lilungelo Lakho partners, has published a new Situational Analysis of the State of Human Rights in Eswatini. Developed under the Lilungelo…

Melusi Simelane6 November 2026

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High Court of Lesotho hears challenge to LHDA’s refusal to release data on dam-affected communities

Maseru and Johannesburg, 27 October 2026 – Today the High Court of Lesotho hears Seinoli Trust v Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, a review of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority's (LHDA)…

Staff Writer27 October 2026

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Lesotho High Court to decide on fate of dam-affected families

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority refused to release baseline data on households affected by the Katse Dam. High Court hearing is set for 27 October 2026, three days after the 40th…

Staff Writer22 October 2026

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Surveillance, Cybercrime Laws & Treason: SALC at 89th OS ACHRP

https://youtu.be/l2mV4oAdjuo?si=v5YrA-YawiLvHRoq Southern Africa Litigation Centre 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Dakar, Senegal | 12–21 October 2026 Delivered by Melusi Simelane, Civic Rights Programme…

Melusi Simelane15 October 2026

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The precariat and the palace: why Eswatini’s next rupture will be worse

As Mswati III takes the chair of SADC’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, the conditions that set Eswatini alight in June 2021 are quietly reassembling at home. This…

Melusi Simelane30 September 2026

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Bill 22: Whose Commission? Why Eswatini Needs an Independent Body

A section-by-section reading of the Commission on Human Rights and Public Administration Bill (Bill No. 22 of 2025 Southern Africa Litigation Centre, with Lilungelo Lakho partners Why this Bill matters…

Melusi Simelane22 September 2026

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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 Simelane4 June 2026

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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 Simelane4 June 2026

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Tanzanian CSOs appeal East African Court ruling on online content regulations

SALC stands with the appellants in their continued fight to protect freedom of expression online in East Africa The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) welcomes the decision of the Legal…

Staff Writer8 May 2026

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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 Simelane4 May 2026