9 IN 10 KIDS SUFFER VIOLENCE AT HOME
Nearly nine out of ten children in Swaziland suffer violent discipline in the home, a UNICEF report revealsNearly four in ten suffer sexual violence and one in three are bullied.UNICEF (the United...
View ArticleSWAZI GOVERNMENT FUEL BILLS GO UNPAID
The Swaziland Government faces a fuel crisis as it has not paid its bills to suppliers. As much as E32 million (US$2.4 million) might be outstanding.The news follows revelations of widespread...
View ArticleFEMALE COP SAT ON SUSPECT’S FACE
A security guard told a court in Swaziland a female police officer sat on his face and other officers assaulted him after they accused him of stealing motor parts.Vusi Thwala of Mahamba said the...
View ArticleSWAZI SCHOOLS HUNGER CONTINUES
Members of parliament in Swaziland have accused a government ministry of lying in a report on severe hunger in the kingdom’s schools.They were told that a crisis that has continued all year was over...
View ArticlePOLICE SHOOT-UP ‘DRINK-DRIVER’S’ CAR
At least 15 armed police officers in Swaziland shot at an suspected drink-driver leaving his car riddled with more than 20 bullet holes, a newspaper in the kingdom reported.According to the Times of...
View ArticlePOLICE DRIVE AGAINST SEX WORKERS
Police have clamped down on sex workers operating on the streets of Swaziland. At least thirty have been given jail sentences with the option of a fine.The arrested women say they have to do this work...
View ArticleNO RULE OF LAW IN SWAZILAND
The European Union Ambassador to Swaziland Nicola Bellomo has severely criticised the legal system in the kingdom ruled by autocratic monarch King Mswati III. He said even a child could be made a...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICEMEN ‘RAPE SEX WORKERS’
Swaziland’s police chief Isaac Magagula has denied his officers use sex workers without paying. His comment came when he said prostitutes were an ‘infestation of our cities’.Police have been clamping...
View ArticleSWAZI KING’S UNIVERSITY FLOP
King Mswati III failed in his promise to have a new SADC-wide university up and running in Swaziland before his time as chair of the organisation ends this week (August 2017).King Mswati, who rules...
View ArticleSWAZI KING WRONG ON CONSTITUTION
King Mswati III, Swaziland’s absolute monarch, mislead when he told a television reporter that the constitutionin his kingdom was the will of the people.In fact at the time the 2005 constitution was...
View ArticleCOURT BLOCKS SYMPATHY STRIKE
The Industrial Court in Swaziland has blocked an intended sympathy strikein support of Nedbank workers.Swaziland Union of Financial Institution and Allied Workers (SUFIAW) had asked members in all...
View Article‘POLICE EXECUTE MAN COWBOY STYLE’
Police in Swaziland ‘executed’ a suspect ‘cowboy style’ when they shot him at point blank range, a local newspaper reported.Siboniso ‘Door’ Mdluli, aged 22, of Maseyisini, was gunned down on Friday...
View ArticleSWAZILAND’S SINISTER REED DANCE
Rehearsals for this year’s Reed Dance in Swaziland have started and the maidens who dance bare-breasted in front of King Mswati III have been told by organisers they must wear short skirts.The Reed...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN TO PROTECT SWAZI CHILDREN
World Vision Swaziland is preparing to launch a national campaign called ‘It takes a world to end violence against children’ before the end of 2017. The Christian organisation’s Advocacy and Justice...
View ArticlePOLICE SPY ON PENSIONERS’ MEETING
Old folk in Swaziland kicked out two police spies from their Pensioners’ Association meeting.In Swaziland, where King Mswati III rules as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, public gatherings...
View ArticleJAILERS ‘SEXUALLY ASSAULT’ MEN INMATES
More former male inmates at a jail in Swaziland say they were sexually assaulted by warders.They say they were stripped and had their genitals groped. One said a warder pulled the pubic hair on his...
View ArticleSCHOOL FEES AGAINST CONSTITUTION
The short-lived era of free primary school education in Swaziland has officially come to an end. The move contravenes the kingdom’s constitution.The Swazi Government has approved a circular allowing...
View ArticleSWAZI REED DANCE MEDIA BAN
Women taking part in Swaziland’s annual Reed Dance where they will parade half-naked in front of King Mswati III have been banned from talking to the news media.This emerged in a report in the Swazi...
View ArticleINDEPENDENCE: WHAT'S TO CELEBRATE?
It was 49 years ago on 6 September 1968 that Swaziland gained independence from Great Britain at a time of great optimism for the kingdom.But that optimism was misplaced. What exactly does Swaziland...
View ArticleMORE SEX CASES AGAINST WOMEN
Nearly 500 women in Swaziland had been sexually assaulted in the period January to July 2017, according to police reports.But this is nothing new in the kingdom where women are routinely treated as...
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