BAD FOOD POISONS 200 SWAZI PUPILS
More than 200 children in Swaziland were treated for food poisoning after allegedly being served contaminated meat at school.It came as schools throughout the kingdom struggle to feed children because...
View ArticleSWAZILAND ‘RIDDLED WITH CORRUPTION’
Swaziland is riddled with corruption in both private and public places, according to a new report.Public officials take bribes to avoid regulations and the law, it states.‘The results of grand...
View Article‘RESIDENTS MURDER ELDERLY WITCH’
Residents in Swaziland allegedly killed an elderly woman because she was a witch, a local newspaper has reported.They enlisted a prophet to seek out the woman, the Swazi Observerreported on Friday (23...
View Article‘CHILDREN COULD SOON DIE OF HUNGER’
School administrators in Swaziland are imploring poverty-stricken parents to send their children to school with food as hunger grips the kingdom. They say children could soon die.Parents should at...
View ArticleRITUAL MURDERS RISE AT ELECTION TIME
Swaziland’s Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has called for an end to ritual killings around voting time.The EBC is concerned about reports of people mysteriously disappearing across the...
View ArticlePOVERTY-STRICKEN VENDORS DEFY POLICE
Police in Swaziland have arrested poverty-stricken women in Swaziland for selling firewood by roadsides. The women say their children will starve if they are not allowed to continue the trade.Vendors...
View ArticleWOMEN ‘SCARED’ TO CONTEST ELECTION
Some women in Swaziland are too scared to stand as candidates in the national election because their husbands would be angry with them.This emerged during voter education at KaGucuka organised by the...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICE PRAISE AFRICAN DESPOT
Swaziland Police have applauded King Mswati III, the kingdom’s absolute monarch, for a deal he has done with Equatorial Guinea, a country with one of the worst human rights and corruption records in...
View ArticleSOS SENT FOR STARVING CHILDREN
Schools across Swaziland are pleading with businesses and members of the public to donate food for starving children because the Swazi Government has failed to pay its bills.A crisis has been growing...
View ArticleELECTION BRIBERY IS ILLEGAL
Aspiring members of the Swaziland Parliament have been warned that bribing voters is a serious offence. It could bring them a two-year jail sentence or a fine of not less than E10,000 (US$760).This is...
View Article‘POLICE HELP TRAUMATISE RAPE VICTIMS’
Rape victims in Swaziland say their plight is not being treated seriously by police and often they are simply dropped off at hospital and made to find their own help.This comes at a time when there...
View Article‘AFRICA SHOULD HELP LIBERATE KINGDOM’
One of Swaziland’s foremost pro-democracy groups has called on governments and activists across Africa to support the campaign for freedom in the kingdom ruled by King Mswati III.The Swaziland...
View ArticlePROBE INTO CORRUPTION AT SWAZI JAIL
Prison warders at a women’s jail in Swaziland were investigated after a newspaper alleged they were supplying alcohol to inmates.It happened at Sidwashini Correctional Services where one unnamed senior...
View Article‘JAIL WARDERS SELL PRISONERS DRUGS’
New allegations have surfaced about corruption in Swaziland’s jails. Warders are reportedly selling drugs to inmates. This comes after a report that warders also smuggled alcohol into jail for...
View ArticleEND FOR SWAZI AIRWAYS
The national airline in Swaziland that was created with fanfares and claims it would serve routes across Africa has closed down and all 23 employees have been retrenched.Confirmation of the closure and...
View ArticleNO CHANCE OF OPEN BROADCASTS
A call by the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) for the Swazi Government to open up television and radio to critical voices will certainly fall on deaf ears.TUCOSWA said this would allow...
View ArticleTOP COP CALLS STUDENTS ANARCHISTS
Swaziland’s Police Chief Isaac Magagula has labelled students in the kingdom as anarchists after they campaigned for education for all.Magagula was commenting on a leaflet from the Swaziland National...
View ArticleTEACHERS BEAT BOYS ON NAKED BUTTOCKS
Boys at a Swaziland school say they are forced to take down their trousers and underpants to allow teachers to beat them on the bare bottom.Corporal punishment was abolished in Swazi schools in...
View ArticlePRISONERS STRIPPED NAKED AND BEATEN
Prison warders in Swaziland assaulted inmates by stripping them naked and squeezing their testicles, a local newspaper reported.It allegedly happened at Bhalekane Correctional Services.The Swazi...
View ArticleWILL SWAZI KING’S AIRPORT EVER FLY?
Just as Swazi Airways closed without once flying, one newspaper in Swaziland is talking up the prospects for King Mswati III Airport.The Times of Swaziland, the only independent newspaper in the...
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