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SWAZI PM OVERTURNS BUDGET VOTE

Swaziland’s unelected Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini has forced members of the Swazi Parliament to overturn their decision to reject the national budget.He has also forced them to abandon a debate on...

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BOYCOTT OF SCHOOL AFTER BEATINGS

Children at a primary school in Swaziland have boycotted classes because they live in fear of the illegal corporal punishment they are made to suffer.Local media report that children are hit with a...

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SCHOOL HEAD FINES KIDS FOR THEFT

A school principal in Swaziland has been accused of demanding money from pupils to stop him expelling them for theft.He said he did this because schools were no longer allowed to ‘lash’ misbehaving...

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‘SWAZI POLICE TORTURE MAN FOR 11 DAYS’

A man accused of multiple murders in Swaziland told a court he was tortured by police for 11 days to force him to confess.He said he was suffocated with a tube and assaulted all over his body,...

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CHILD VICTIMS IN HALF OF ABUSE CASES

Nearly a half of all abuse cases reported to the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office in Swaziland involved children, And, most abusers were parents or someone well-known to the victim.A total of 357 cases...

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CONFIRMED: KING WILL GET PRIVATE JET

Swaziland is to buy King Mswati III a private jet plane despite the dire financial plight the kingdom is currently enduring.This was confirmed on Tuesday (14 March 2017) after reports that the King,...

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MPs WANT CANE BACK IN SCHOOLS

Members of the Swaziland Parliament want corporal punishment brought back to schools. Some said teachers were unable to cope with children without caning them.Beating was banned in Swazi schools in...

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U.S. BLASTS SWAZI HUMAN RIGHTS

The main human rights problem in Swaziland is that the Swazi people are not allowed to choose their government, a report just publish revealed.Swaziland is ruled by King Mswati III, the last absolute...

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KING WANTS TO REVIVE NGWENYA MINE

King Mswati III is encouraging Indian investors to reopen the Ngwenya iron ore mine in Swaziland that was forced to close in 2014 after he looted US$10 million from it.The King stands to take 25...

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SECURITY FORCES ‘NOT UNDER CONTROL’

Security forces in Swaziland are not kept under proper control, a new report on human rights in the kingdom has revealed. And, about 35 percent of the entire Swazi Government workforce was assigned to...

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SWAZI ELECTION CAMPAIGNING ILLEGAL

The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) in Swaziland has warned people it is illegal to campaign for the national election until they have been given permission.That means until King Mswati III,...

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END OF FREE SWAZI PRIMARY SCHOOLING

Free primary school education in Swaziland is a thing of the past as schools are to be allowed to charge parents ‘top-up’ fees.This goes against S29 of the Swaziland Constitution.The Swazi Government...

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SWAZILAND WANTS LAND FROM S. AFRICA

Swaziland wants to annexe large parts of South Africa and Mozambique on behalf of the kingdom’s autocratic ruler, King Mswati III.The territory it seeks includes the administrative capital Pretoria.The...

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SWAZI KING’S NEW UNIVERSITY STALLS

King Mswati III has failed in his bid to have a new SADC-wide university up and running in Swaziland by August 2017.Now, his supporters are saying that only a concept note will be submitted to a Heads...

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PM TO GET 80pc RETIREMENT SALARY

Barnabas Dlamini, the unelected Prime Minister of Swaziland, who has a history as an enemy of human rights in his kingdom, will receive 80 percent of his salary for life when he retires.He will also...

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YOUTH WANT DEMOCRACY IN SWAZILAND

Socialist Youth call for democracy in Swaziland nowKenworthy News Media, 29 March 2017 SOURCEThe International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is calling for governments, regional bodies and...

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SWAZI KING’S CHIEFS ABOVE ELECTED MPs

Elected members of parliament in Swaziland have been told they are not above chiefs, because chiefs are appointed by the King.King Mswati III rules Swaziland as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute...

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SWAZI MOVE TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS

Swaziland lawmakers are to investigate legalising the use of cannabis as a way of boosting the kingdom’s ailing economy.They believe the small landlocked kingdom with a population of about 1.3 million...

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THREAT TO LIFE AS GOVT DOESN’T PAY BILLS

Swaziland is running out of insulin and people with diabetes could die, because the Swazi Government cannot pay suppliers.The Times of Swaziland, the kingdom’s only independent daily newspaper,...

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SWAZI GAME RANGERS ‘SHOOT-ON-SIGHT’

Swaziland ‘appears’ to have a shoot-on-sight policy that allows game rangers to kill suspected poachers, Survival International has said.In a letter to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...

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