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Thursday, 23 October 2008

MUTED SOCIAL FORUM GOES AHEAD

The Southern Africa Social Forum meeting went ahead in Swaziland last week after the government’s ban on it was overturned by the Swazi High Court


Only about 200 people turned up to the three day event and this low attendance was put down in part to a fear among Swazis of being seen to support something that their political masters had disallowed.


The forum of NGOs dedicated to social change meets annually in different countries in southern Africa.


The news agency IRIN on Monday (20 October 2008) ran a report on the proceedings which you can see by clicking here.

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