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Tanzanian civil society organisations appeal East African Court of Justice ruling upholding Tanzania’s 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

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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 Simelane13 March 2026

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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 Writer4 February 2026

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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 Writer6 November 2025

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SALC warns of growing autocracy in SADC amid repression in Tanzania ahead of elections

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has today written to His Excellency Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, raising urgent concerns…

Staff Writer27 October 2025

Abduction of Government critic signals deepening pre-election repression

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is seriously concerned about reports that Humphrey Polepole, the former Tanzanian Ambassador to Cuba and an outspoken critic of the government, has been forcibly…

Staff Writer10 October 2025

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Government of Eswatini continues to undermine the Courts as deportation case faces further delay

Mbabane, Eswatini - The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), and the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly express deep concern over the renewed postponement of the case challenging…

Staff Writer8 October 2025

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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 Simelane24 September 2025

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Government of Eswatini dodges Court: US-Eswatini deportations case adjourned

Mbabane, Eswatini, 22 August 2025: In the ongoing High Court case filed on 14 August 2025 by the Eswatini Litigation Centre, Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly, and Southern Africa Litigation Centre…

Staff Writer22 August 2025

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