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The cost of mining and who suffers when Zimbabwe’s tailing dams fail?

The Standard Zimbabwe (8 November 2026) Imagine enjoying the start of a new year, making New Year’s resolutions, tending your garden and livestock, then suddenly finding out the water you…

Bradley Fortuin11 November 2026

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Botswana’s marriage equality case and the politics of family values

Botswana Guardian (30 October 2026) The Midweek Sun (4 November 2026) MambaOnline (7 November 2026) Washington Blade (9 November 2026) Last week, the High Court heard the case of Bonolo…

Bradley Fortuin9 November 2026

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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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Where does the child go?

The Nation 4 November 2026 Imagine a child who has been sexually abused at home and is taken to the police. The police know that the child should not remain…

Chikondi Chijozi5 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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The loud silence on tailings dams, communities pay the price

By Anna Mmolai-Chalmers This article is for communities whose land and habitat are hubs of mining activity, particularly Orapa, Jwaneng, Selibe Phikwe, and Lethakane, and focuses on an issue that…

Anna Chalmers-Mmolai22 October 2026

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Botswana: Affirming the right of same sex couples to get married

Two adult same sex women requested permission to marry each other from the government of Botswana. The litigants, Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile, were denied the right to have their…

Staff Writer19 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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