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Government of Eswatini continues to undermine the Courts as deportation case faces further delay ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

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 Writer
8 October 2025
SALC announced as one of the 2025 Global Pluralism Award finalists Civic RightsCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeEquality RightsEquality Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice NewsSADCSocio-economic Rights News

SALC announced as one of the 2025 Global Pluralism Award finalists

Global Centre for Pluralism announces Southern Africa Litigation Centre as one of the 2025 Global Pluralism Award finalists South African organization recognized for supporting marginalized populations across 12 countries through…
Staff Writer
25 September 2025
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
LGBTIQ+ activists tell court customary law irrelevant ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEswatini

LGBTIQ+ activists tell court customary law irrelevant

Mbabane, Eswatini, 27 August 25: The Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) has approached the High Court on the case Simelane (N.O.) & Others v Minister of Commerce & Others,…
Staff Writer
27 August 2025
Press freedom in Africa an illusion, despite constitutional promises ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSADC

Press freedom in Africa an illusion, despite constitutional promises

Mail & Guardian Tambudzai Manjonjo & Melusi Simelane 19 August 2025 As outlined in international human rights treaties and the constitutions of most African countries, freedom of expression is a…
Tambudzai Gonese
19 August 2025
“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes Civic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes

Mbabane, Eswatini: 14 August 2025: The Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), alongside Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), and Melusi Simelane of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC),…
Staff Writer
14 August 2025

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