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Statements, communiqués and other material SALO has shared.
World Day of Social Justice - 20 Feb
? Strengthening a Just Transition for a Sustainable Future ? On February 20th, the world will come together to observe World Day of Social Justice, a day proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007 and first celebrated in …

SALO Virtual Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on the Crisis in Swaziland - 28 Nov 2024
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SALO Virtual Public Dialogue - 11 Aug 22
The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO), invites you to a virtual public dialogue, Recent trends in South African Zimbabwe policy, including migrant policy, against the backdrop of a recent upsurge in hostility against African foreign …
SALO Public Dialogue on Eswatini: Building a Diplomatic Response from South Africa and SADC on Eswatini - 17 May 2022
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SALO Women's Month Regional Public Dialogue - 19-08-2021
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GLOBAL PEACE Inter-Generational Dialogues initiative
ACCORD launched its GLOBAL PEACE Inter-Generational Dialogues initiative in Ghana hosted by the President of Ghana and Mrs Graca Machel, Chair of ACCORD and GLOBAL PEACE on Monday 06 May 2019 in Accra, Ghana.

Once again hope deferred in Zim
Source: https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2018/10/26/once-again-hope-deferred-in-zim/ Posted on October 26, 2018 by The Independent in Analysis, Comment, Opinion Motorists queue to buy petrol in Harare, Zimbabwe, October 8, 2018. …
African Union Election Observation Mission to the 2018 General Elections in the Kingdom Of Eswatini PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Source: https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20180924/african-union-election-observation-mission-2018-general-elections-kingdom I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • The Kingdom of Eswatini held primary and secondary level elections on 18 August and 21 …
The passing away of a Mother
PRESS STATEMENT The passing away of a Mother 15 September 2018 |https://bit.ly/2OpOmwx The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa mourns the passing away of mama Wafieh, the 76 year-old mother of senior …
Eswatini: Forced evictions expose flawed land laws as hundreds face homelessness - 30 Aug 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/eswatini-forced-evictions-expose-flawed-land-laws-as-hundreds-face-homelessness/ Eswatini: Forced evictions expose flawed land laws as hundreds face homelessness 30 August 2018, 09:58 UTC The …
Mnangagwa's government caught between a rock and a hard place as Chamisa threatens to disrupt elections
Source: https://www.myzimbabwe.co.zw/news/28414-mnangagwas-government-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-as-chamisa-threatens-to-disrupt-elections.html Mnangagwa’s government caught between a rock and a hard place as Chamisa threatens …
Tensions Rise Ahead of Zimbabwe’s Elections
Crisis Group Q&A 27 July 2018 By Piers Pigou, Senior Consultant, Southern Africa On 30 July Zimbabwe will hold elections. For the first time since independence Robert Mugabe is not a candidate. His successor presents himself as a reformer – …
Only boys allowed: Seven faces of Zimbabwe’s political patriarchy BY RUMBIDZAI DUBE JULY 11, 2018
Source: https://africanarguments.org/2018/07/11/boys-allowed-7-faces-zimbabwe-patriarchy/ At less than 15%, women make up a tiny fraction of candidates in the upcoming elections. Here’s how society keeps it that way. Zimbabwe’s patriarchy …
ZSF Statement on the Proclamation of the 2018 Harmonised Zimbabwe Election dates
Statement on the Proclamation of the 2018 Harmonised Zimbabwe Election dates ZSF has noted the Zimbabwe presidential proclamation which sets the election nomination date as the 14th of June 2018 and the plebiscite date as the 30th of July …
SOUTH AFRICA WITHDRAWS ISRAEL AMBASSADOR WITH “IMMEDIATE EFFECT”
The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa joins fellow South Africans in welcoming the South African government’s withdrawal of our Ambassador in Israel “with immediate effect”. Earlier this evening South …
South Africa’s foreign policy agenda is due for a massive overhaul,
South Africa’s foreign policy agenda is due for a massive overhaul, with a possible return to the era of pan-African politics exemplified by former president Thabo Mbeki’s administration. The department of international relations is …
Can Southern Africa save the DRC?
Can Southern Africa save the DRC? Simon Allison13 Apr 2018 00:00 Eternal war: Congolese, fleeing a flare-up in violence between the pastoralist Hema and agriculturalist Lendu in the Ituri region of the DRC in March this year. (Johan …
MEMORANDUM OF DEMANDS TO THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND
To: Mswati III Kingdom of Swaziland CC: The High Commissioner, Pretoria From: People’s United Democratic Movement – PUDEMO MEMORANDUM OF DEMANDS TO THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND It is 45 years since Sobhuza II, the father to the current absolute …