‘NO TERROR THREAT IN SWAZILAND’
There are no known terrorist groups operating in Swaziland, but even so the government has banned several local organisations as terrorist groups, a new report from the United States has...
View Article‘ARMY AMONG MOST CORRUPT IN WORLD’
Swaziland’s army is one of the most corrupt in the world, according to a report published by a Swazi newspaper.There was no oversight of the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF) as the army is known,...
View ArticlePUPILS BEATEN UNLAWFULLY AT SCHOOL
Pupils at a primary school in Swaziland were thrashed because they did not bring enough empty milk cartons to class.It happened at Lubombo Central Primary School in Siteki, according to a report in the...
View ArticleNO FOOD SO SCHOOLKIDS SENT HOME
For the second term running children in Swaziland are being sent home from school because there is no food to feed them.The Swazi Government has once again failed to deliver food, known locally as...
View ArticleSWAZILAND QUIZZED ON TERROR LAW
A United Nations group has asked Swaziland to account for the number of arrests made under its anti-terror and sedition laws.Coincidentally, it comes at a time that a Bill to amend the controversial...
View ArticleTOP SWAZI POLITICIANS’ ‘PHONES BUGGED’
Some senior politicians in Swaziland think their phones are being tapped, a local newspaper has reported. One also thinks his car might be bugged.The Sunday Observer reported (4 June 2017) that it...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICE CORRUPTION PROBE
Police in Swaziland are to investigate their own officers amid claims they helped to ‘smuggle’ illegal foreigners into the kingdom.National Commissioner of Police Isaac Magagula made the announcement...
View ArticleWHEN ARMY TRIED TO BUY SPY EQUIPMENT
The fear among some politicians in Swaziland that their phones might be tapped has revived memories of when the kingdom’s army was caught buying spy cameras and phone monitoring equipment worth US$1.25...
View ArticleSOLDIERS INSPECT WOMAN’S PRIVATE PARTS
A woman in Swaziland has complained that soldiers at a border crossing made her remove her underwear and inspect her private parts with a mirror. The Swazi Army said it happened all the time.The Times...
View ArticleARMY PROBES SELF OVER CORRUPTION
The Swaziland Army is to investigate itself amid accusations of corruption in recruitment.It is alleged that officers of the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF) – as the army is officially known –...
View Article‘POLICE STEAL ILLEGAL DRUGS TO SELL’
Swaziland police officers have been accused of stealing illegal drugs from residents and selling them.People in Mahlangatsha accuse armed police of forcefully taking away the marijuana (known locally...
View ArticleMEDICINE SHORTAGE: FIVE DIE
At least five people have died as a result of the shortage of medicines gripping Swaziland, a Swazi senator has reported.Senator Prince Kekela told parliament that the five people he knew about were...
View ArticleSENATE SNUBS LGBTI HEALTH REPORT
Senators in Swaziland threw out a motion to make a report on access to health facilities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and/or intersexual (LGBTI) people because it was ‘discrimination’ in...
View ArticlePOLICEMAN BREAKS BATON ON PROTESTORS
A Swaziland policeman broke his baton as he attacked schoolteachers during a peaceful protest march.‘The baton broke while the police officer used it to restrain the teachers who were pushing the...
View ArticleARMY UNREPENTANT ON STRIP SEARCH
The Swaziland Army has said it strips people naked at border posts to search them and if they do not like it they should stop crossing the border.The admission came after an international outcry that...
View ArticleBOOST FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN
Officials of Swaziland’s best known prodemocracy party PUDEMO have met with the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa to try to reignite the campaign for democracy in the kingdom.The Times of...
View ArticleARMY HITS BACK AT ‘STRIP’ PROTESTS
The Swaziland Army continues to try to justify stripping people naked at border crossings to see if they are carrying illegal goods.The Army said it did not use body scanners instead of strip-search...
View ArticleCIVIL SERVANTS MISUSE POVERTY FUNDS
Public servants in Swaziland have been accused of using funds meant to alleviate poverty for themselves. More than E16 million (US$1.1 million) may have been misspent.The Public Accounts Committee...
View ArticleSWAZI HEALTH CRISIS: BLOOD RUNS OUT
In another twist in the ongoing health crisis in Swaziland, the kingdom’s blood bank has run dry, putting at risk patients who are suffering from leukaemia, cancer of the blood, skin and lung...
View ArticleCHIEF THREAT TO ‘BAN SINGLE MOTHERS’
A chief in Swaziland has threatened too banish all single mothers from the area he rules over.This was to ease the burden to the community of children born out of wedlock, local media reported.The...
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