SADC Summit Outcomes: Leaders meeting in Durban backed a regional tourism UNIVISA, pushed an industrialisation agenda built around critical minerals, infrastructure and agriculture, and renewed calls for Zimbabwe’s sanctions to be lifted. SADC Chair Handover: South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa took the chair as Zambia was named incoming host for the 47th summit. Migration Pressure in the Region: Anti-migrant protests by March and March escalated around the summit, with organisers vowing more action and demanding stricter visa and asylum rules. Eswatini in the Corridor: King Mswati III urged full inclusion of landlocked states in the North–South Economic Corridor, highlighting the Ngwenya–Oshoek border gate as Eswatini’s key trade link. Local Transport Costs: Public transport operators proposed raising minimum bus fares to E15 for short trips, citing higher operating costs and vehicle depreciation. Cross-Border Drug Bust: Mpumalanga police arrested a suspect and seized 49 bags of suspected dagga worth over R4m at Oshoek Port of Entry, with an Eswatini-registered truck involved. Road Safety Contract: AfDB-funded road safety audits were awarded to Atana for two Eswatini roads under the Emalangeni Road Infrastructure Improvement Programme Phase 1. Constitutional Court Update: Alpheous Nxumalo said he remains committed to his Supreme Court SODV constitutional challenge as judgment was reserved on his condonation application. ESwatini Youth Win: A UNESWA student, Vuyelwa Karabo Simelane, won the 2026 SADC tertiary essay competition, taking US$2,000.