PROTESTS CLOSE SWAZILAND UNIVERSITY
The University of Swaziland (UNISWA) has been closed once again after students and police clashed on Thursday (7 September 2017). Students had boycotted classes in protest against unpaid book...
View ArticleSWAZI STUDENT LEADERS ARRESTED
About 10 student leaders in Swaziland have been arrested following protests at the kingdom’s principal university. No charges have been publicly revealed and the students are due to appear at...
View ArticleSWAZIS DEMAND DEMOCRACY
Swazis demand democracy at Global Week of ActionKenworthy News Media, 9 September 2017 SOURCEThousands of people marched through the streets of Swaziland’s capital Mbabane on Friday (8 September 2017)...
View ArticlePOLICE BEATING THREAT CAUGHT ON AUDIO
Police in Swaziland threatened to beat-up a student leader when he visited a police station to check on students who had been arrested during a university protest.The incident was captured on voice...
View ArticlePOLICE ‘TORTURE’ STUDENTS IN CELLS
Students say they were tortured while in police holding cells after being arrested following a class boycott at the University of Swaziland (UNISWA).This was reported by the Sunday Observer newspaper...
View ArticlePOLICE BLOCK DEMOCRACY MEETING
Police stopped a pro-democracy meeting taking place in Swaziland. They said they had not given organisers permission to meet.It happened on Friday (8 September 2017) during a Global Week of Action for...
View ArticleARMED POLICE HALT STUDENT VIGIL
Armed riot police broke up a peaceful vigil by students in Swaziland seeking to get their closed university reopened.The vigil by students of the Swaziland Christian University (SCU) was outside the...
View ArticleSCHOOL CHILDREN ‘FACE STARVATION’
Children in Swaziland must ‘brace themselves for starvation’, according to a head teacher as once again the government has failed to deliver food to schools.This is part of a long-running problem where...
View ArticleSTUDENTS ARRESTED AT COURT HOUSE
Six university students in Swaziland were arrested at a court house when they went to give support to one of their leaders charged after a protest over poor educational standards.It happened on...
View ArticleJAIL FOR DEFACING PICTURE OF KING
Critics of Swaziland King Mswati III or his unelected government face jail for two years under a new law.The offences are classed as showing ‘contempt against the cultural and traditional heritage of...
View ArticlePUBLIC SERVANTS TO MARCH FOR MORE PAY
Public servants in Swaziland are to march and petition the government on Wednesday (20 September 2017) as part of a campaign for a cost of living salary adjustment. They want a 9.15 percent increase,...
View ArticleBOSSES DEMAND SEX FROM WORKERS
Male bosses in Swaziland demand sexual favours from their domestic workers, a new report reveals.Many women quit their jobs rather than give themselves up for sex.The information comes from Women and...
View ArticlePOLICE KILLING: FAMILY DEMAND ANSWERS
The family of the man who was killed at point blank range in ‘cowboy style’ by Swaziland police are calling for an inquiry. They say Siboniso Brian Mdluli (22), was assassinated by trigger happy police...
View ArticleWORKER UNION BARRED FROM COLLEGE
Administration staff at Swaziland’s Institute of Development Management say they have been victimised because they want to join a trade union.It came after they failed to resolve continuing issues with...
View ArticleHUNGRY SWAZIS WILLINGLY EAT DOG FOOD
Some people in Swaziland are so hungry they willingly eat dog food, a newspaper in the kingdom reported.It came after residents looted a van full of dog food that overturned on the Manzini – Mbabane...
View ArticleNEW RESEARCH ON SWAZI DEMOCRACY
Swaziland’s failed democratisationBy Kenworthy News Media, 17 September 2017 SOURCEThe reason for the lack of democracy in the tiny absolute monarchy of Swaziland is an authoritarian reinvention of...
View ArticlePOVERTY FORCES GIRLS INTO SEX WORK
Poverty is forcing girls in Swaziland to drop out of school and become sex workers, according to a media report.The girls cannot afford school fees or uniforms, so some drop out. Others stay at school...
View ArticleSWAZI TEXTILE WORKERS EXPLOITED
A trade union drive is underway in Swaziland to recruit workers in the kingdom’s notorious textile industry.The Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland (ATUSWA) has visited several factories across the...
View ArticleSWAZI KING’S TORRID LIFE WITH WIVES
Confirmation that King Mswati III, aged 49, is to take a teenager as his latest wife shines the spotlight firmly on the King’s marital history.His latest choice is Siphelele Mashwama, aged 19, who is...
View ArticleKING MISLEADS UN ON SWAZI FREEDOM
Only days after it was learnt that people who criticise King Mswati of Swaziland face two years’ jail, the King misled the UN General Assembly saying that ‘all citizens’ have the opportunity to air...
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