Reports and policy briefs
SALO research papers, policy briefs, situational analyses and book-length studies.
Policy Brief: SALO Regional LGBTQIA+ Workshop - 01-07-21
SALO, in partnership with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, hosted a regional dialogue to discuss issues faced by the LGBTQIA+ community in Southern Africa. The purpose of this meeting was to strengthen the need to create transnational …

Policy Brief: SALO Public Dialogue on Developments in Eswatini - 13 July 2021
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Policy Dialogue Report- 1 July 2021: SALO Regional LGBTQIA+ Workshop
On the 1st of July 2021, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) in partnership with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, hosted an online dialogue that brought together LGBTQIA+ activists from around the region in conversation with South …

Zimbabwe Situation Analysis - Second Quarter 2021
Image: “Zimbabwe to Zambia _D7C19234”by youngrobv is licensed underCC BY-NC 2.0 Written by Tebogo Lekubu and Ineke Stemmet Zimbabwe-Situation-Analysis-June-2021-FinalDownload

Public Meeting on Political and Economic Developments in Zimbabwe - 24 June 21
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Policy Dialogue Report: Public Meeting on Political and Economic Developments in Zimbabwe - 24 June 2021
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Policy Dialogue Report - SALO Civil Society Briefing on Zimbabwe - 6 May 21
On the 6th of May 2021, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) in partnership with the Norwegian People’s Aid, hosted an online dialogue that brought together civil society representatives from Zimbabwe and South Africa. The dialogue …

Zimbabwe Situation Analysis: last quarter 2020/first quarter 2021
Image: “Kids, Zimbabwe”bykentclark333is licensed underCC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Download PDF version: Zimbabwe-Situation-Analysis-FINAL.pdf Introduction Zimbabwe is mired in an escalating socio-economic and political crisis, with the latter …

Policy Brief-25 March 2021, Zoom Platform: Access to the Covid-19 Vaccine for Migrants in South Africa
Executive summary On the 25th of March 2021 SALO, in partnership with the Norwegian People’s Aid, held an online public multi-stakeholder dialogue titled: “Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine for Migrants in South Africa.” The event was attended …

Policy Brief - SALO Public Civil Society Briefing on Zimbabwe - 6 May 2021
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Dialogue Online "Addressing the Resource Curse in Northern Mozambique" By Ineke Stemmet, SALO
Image: “The landscape of northern Mozambique”byInternational Livestock Research Instituteis licensed underCC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Download PDF: Dialogue-Online-Mozambique-Resource-Curse.pdf Northern Mozambique has been experiencing an escalating …

Policy Dialogue Report - Access to the Covid-19 Vaccine for Migrants in South Africa
Executive Summary On the 25th of March 2021, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) in partnership with the Norwegian People’s Aid, hosted a dialogue titled Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine for Migrants in South Africa. The dialogue was …
"Vaccinating Migrants is the Constitutional Thing to Do" by Tebogo Lekubu, SALO
Image: “Syringe and Vaccine”byNIAIDis licensed underCC BY 2.0 Download PDF version here: DO-Vaccines-and-Migrants-.pdf (salo.org.za) COVID-19 has affected South Africa and the world at large, with all sectors of society having had to deal …

Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine for Migrants in South Africa - 26 March 21
Zoom Online: Community Dialogue The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) held an online community dialogue in partnership with the Norwegian People’s Aid on the 26th of March 2021, with the intent of illuminating some of the potential …

Policy Dialogue Report - Whose Land is it Anyway? A People-Centred Approach to the Land Question in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 17 Sept 2020
Executive Summary On the 17th of September 2020, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO), in partnership with the Norwegian Embassy, hosted a public dialogue titled Whose Land is it Anyway: A People-Centred Approach to the Land Question …

"Update on the security situation in Northern Mozambique" - By Ineke Stemmet, SALO
Title Image: “northern Mozambique”bykrugergirl26is licensed underCC BY 2.0 Download PDF version here: Dialogue-Online-Mozambique-update-Feb-2021.pdf (salo.org.za) Introduction The jihadist group, Al-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa (ASWJ) (otherwise known …

SALO Malawi Brief - 19 November 2020
A Tale of Cautious Optimism Written by Ineke Stemmet, Fowzia Davids and Louis Whaley Download PDF version: Malawi Brief Three Background SALO has worked with civil society and human rights defenders in Malawi during the period of the re-run …

Zimbabwe’s Human Security Situation and Covid-19 - By Ineke Stemmet, SALO
Download PDF version here: Zimbabwe-Human-Security-and-Covid-19-by-Ineke.pdf Introduction The concept of human security refers to a type of security beyond the traditional approach of prioritising the security of the state. In fact, the …

Zimbabwean Migrants during the Covid-19 Pandemic - By Ineke Stemmet, SALO
Download PDF here: Dialogue-Online-Zimbabwean-Migrants-during-the-Covid-19-Pandemic.pdf Covid-19 and Migration The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns and border closures have created a double burden of vulnerability for migrants …
Southern African Liaison Office Situation Brief on Zimbabwe - 15 Sept 2020
Written by Fowzia Davids and Lwazi Somya Download PDF Version here: Situation-Brief-on-Zimbabwe-15-Sept-2020-1.pdf In a meeting that sat between the 28th – 30th of August 2020, the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive …