‘GOD WILL BRING DOWN THE RAINS’
Kenworthy News Media, 11 January 2016 SOURCEClimate change has brought on a severe drought in the small absolute monarchy of Swaziland. The solution to the crisis is literally to pray for rain, says...
View ArticleDRAFT RULES CENSOR VARSITY TEACHING
Universities and colleges in Swaziland will be censored in what they can teach to ensure they do not damage the ‘image’ of the kingdom, if new draft regulations are adopted.Swaziland is ruled by King...
View ArticleOPPOSITION TO KING IS ‘TERRORISM’
All opposition to the rule of absolute monarch King Mswati III of Swaziland is treated as ‘terrorism’, according to a new analysisof the legal system in the kingdom.Courts in Swaziland do the King’s...
View ArticleRESPECT FOR SWAZI RULE OF LAW FALLS
‘Respect for human rights and the rule of law declined in the Kingdom of Swaziland, ruled by an absolute monarch, King Mswati III, since 1986. Political parties are banned, judicial independence is...
View ArticleHEAD 'TELLS PUPILS TO BE SEXWORKERS'
A headteacher in a school in Swaziland has told his girl pupils they should consider becoming sex workers to pay their school fees, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday (10 February 2016).He...
View ArticleTENSION OVER SWAZI PAY PROTEST
There is tension within Swaziland as the kingdom’s public sector workers protest over pay rises.The government of the tiny kingdom ruled by King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch,...
View ArticleSWAZI TERROR LAW COURT CHALLENGE
A challenge to the legality of Swaziland’s anti-terror and sedition laws is taking place in the kingdom’s High Court.At stake is the future of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 2008 and Sedition and...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICE HALT PAY PROTEST
Public servants were prevented by police from protesting about their pay levels when King Mswati III, Swaziland’s absolute monarch, opened the Swazi Parliament on Friday (12 February 2016).Trade...
View ArticleWILL SWAZI KING CUT HIS SPENDING?
Swaziland’s absolute monarch King Mswati III has ordered his Government to make budget cuts as his kingdom approaches financial meltdown.Following the King’s speech on Friday (12 February 2016), the...
View ArticleKING TOOK MORE AS SPENDING CUTS BIT
As King Mswati III, Swaziland’s absolute monarch, calls for public spending cuts to save his kingdom’s damaged economy, we are reminded of a similar national crisis in 2011.That year the King forced...
View ArticleSWAZI KING SPENDS AS HE PLEASES
There is no oversight on how Swaziland King Mswati III, his fourteen wives and vast royal family spend public money, a United States report concluded.The US makes annual reviews of the ‘fiscal...
View ArticleKING DEFYING SCHOOL HEADS FACE ARREST
School principals in Swaziland will be arrested if they continue to defy an order from King Mswati III, the kingdom’s absolute monarch, and charge parents top-up fees for their children’s education.The...
View ArticleSWAZI KING’S DROUGHT BLUNDER
Only weeks after Swaziland’s absolute monarch King Mswati III told his subjects the drought in his kingdom was over, his government has declared a national emergency.King Mswati had said the drought...
View Article‘NO RULE OF LAW WITH ABSOLUTE KING’
King Mswati III’s absolute monarchy in Swaziland ‘ultimately is incompatible with a society based on the rule of law’, a report into the kingdom’s judicial crisis has concluded.Swaziland’s Constitution...
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A PICTURE OF POWER IN SWAZILAND
This is the picture that demonstrates the true power of King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland.It shows the President of the Swazi Senate Gelane Zwane on her knees before the King....
View ArticleANOTHER POLICE ATTACK ON STUDENTS
Swazi security police attacked students at the University of Swaziland campus by driving an armoured troop carrier at speed into a crowd, injuring one so badly her back might be broken.The assault was...
View ArticleSWAZI UNIONS STRIKE FOR MORE PAY
Swazi unions demand pay riseKenworthy News MediaSOURCE26 February 2016 1.500 Swazi workers marched in Swaziland’s capital Mbabane on Thursday (25 February 2016), as part of a two-day strike action,...
View ArticleSWAZI KING STRENGTHENS PM’S POWER
Swaziland’s absolute monarch King Mswati III has granted his Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini unlimited power to intervene in the business of any government department.The move comes after the President...
View ArticleYOUTH WANT DEMOCRACY IN SWAZILAND
International youth organization calls for democracy in SwazilandKenworthy News Media, 28 February 28 2016 SOURCEThe International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) passed a resolution at its 31st world...
View ArticleGOLD MINE ADDS TO KING’S WEALTH
King Mswati III’s share of the just-reopened Lufafa Gold Mine at Hhelehhele in the Hhohho region ofSwaziland could be worth up to US$149 million.The King, who rules Swaziland as sub-Sharan Africa’s...
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