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S. Africa bars refugees from politics
Source: https://www.herald.co.zw/s-africa-bars-refugees-from-politics/ JOHANNESBURG/KIGALI.– Rwanda on Wednesday hailed South Africa for enacting a law that bars refugees and asylum seekers from engaging in politics back home or in South …
News Briefs 10 January 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 200 militiamen surrender in east More than 200 militiamen have surrendered since Jan. 3 as a crackdown on armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east continues, the army said …
News Briefs 06 December 2019
Zimbabwe. Babies Born on Floor as Zimbabwe’s Health System Totters The floor is dusty, the walls filthy and the furniture decrepit, but for two weeks last month a tiny flat in a Harare township was transformed into a maternity clinic where …
Business Breakfast meeting - 4 December 2019
ICRC together with the Southern African Liaison Office co-hosted a Business Breakfast meeting that brought together women in the peace and security sector in South Africa. #WPS#peace@ICRC_SAfrica
The role of civil society in advancing human security, Opinionista, Daily Maverick, by Naledi Pandor, 27 November 2019
Many researchers and social commentators have increasingly asserted the significant role that civil society organisations can play in addressing human security in South Africa and in many developing countries. The concept of human security …
Policy Brief: Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Xenophobia and the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill - 18 Oct 2019
The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) has had, as one of its core themes, dialogue workshops on issues relating to xenophobia, migrants’ rights and the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. On the 18th of October 2019, in partnership with …
News Briefs 29 November 2019
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe facing ‘man-made’ starvation, UN expert warns Zimbabwe is facing “man-made” starvation with 60% of the people failing to meet basic food needs, a UN special envoy said Thursday after touring the southern African country. …
Rethinking the Past and Future of Land Reform
By: Tembeka Ngcukaitobi Land distribution is vital to address the injustices of colonialism and apartheid, but we need a transformative vision of the Constitution and political action guided by the law. If expropriation of land without …
News Briefs 22 November 2019
Swaziland Move to Call Textile Workers’ Pay Strike in Swaziland As Firms Give Gifts to King A trade union representing textile workers in Swaziland (eSwatini) is planning a strike before Christmas, accusing Taiwanese-owned businesses in the …
Zimbabwe police use force to disperse opposition crowd
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/zimbabwe-police-force-disperse-opposition-crowd-191120111813030.html Riot police in Zimbabwe’s capital have forcefully dispersed supporters of the main opposition party who had gathered to …
News Briefs 15 November 2019
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe ditches austerity and warns corruption is killing growth Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said Zimbabwe will ditch its crippling austerity measures and forecast 3% growth in 2020 after a projected 6.5% contraction in 2019, …
South Africa’s Land Reform: Drawing Lessons from Zimbabwe
DATE: Thursday 14th November 2019 TIME: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm VENUE: Sierra Burgers Park Hotel, 424 Lilian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Facilitator: Dr Phillan Zamchiya (D. Phil, Oxford University), UWC: PLAAS Co-facilitator: **Dr Tara Polzer …
Gender based violence and women peace and security agenda event
7 November 2019, Pretoria Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on South Africa, SADC and the 20th Anniversary of UNSCR 1325 Shared Goals on a way forward for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda SALO would like to thank the High Commission of Canada …
News Briefs 31 October 2019
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe economy to contract 6.5% this year Zimbabwe’s economy is set to contract by 6.5% this year after a drought and power shortages, the finance minister said on Thursday, adding that power generation could be cut at the …
News Briefs 25 October 2019
Zimbabwe Enough Is Enough, Says Zanu-PF Zanu-PF has thrown its weight behind the SADC-organised day of solidarity against illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and called on the people to come out in large numbers for the event. Government …
Chair of SALO meeting with UNHCR - October 2019
Bishop Rubin Phillip, Chair of SALO, meeting with Rehab Kahlifa and Vongaishe Mujuru from UNHCR in Durban on reaching out to foreign refugees
SADC Secretariat Monthly Newsletter Issue 9, September 2019
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Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on South Africa, SADC and the 20th Anniversary of UNSCR 1325 - Shared Goals on a way forward for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
DATE: Thursday 7th November 2019 TIME: (09H30 registration) 10H00-13H00 followed by lunch VENUE: Sierra Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria Please RSVP info@salo.org.za SALO would like to thank the High Commission of Canada in South Africa for …
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Xenophobia and the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill
On Friday the 18th of October 2019 SALO and Action Support Centre co-hosted a Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Xenophobia and the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. Keynote speaker: John Jeffery, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional …
News Briefs 18 October 2019
Western Sahara Western Sahara delegate urges halt on phosphate imports A Western Sahara government official says New Zealand fertiliser companies are stockpiling phosphate amid threats of court action to stop future imports. But the …