‘NO BOOKS’ FOR COMPULSORY CHRISTIANITY
Some schools in Swaziland report they have not received text books and other materials to teach Christianity, a year after the subject was made compulsory without consultation.School principals said...
View ArticleSTUDENTS MARCH ON GOVERNMENT
University students in Swaziland have boycotted classes and marched on the government protesting against unpaid and inadequate allowances.The University of Swaziland (UNISWA) and the Southern African...
View ArticleWARDERS PHYSICALLY ATTACK JOURNALIST
Swaziland prison warders attacked a journalist in a public street when he took photographs of them travelling in the backs of overcrowded vehicles.It happened near Kwaluseni. Swazi Observer...
View ArticleANGER OVER PRISON SERVICE PROMOTIONS
The wife of Swaziland’s Correctional Services Commissioner General Mzuthini Ntshangase is among a number of officers reportedly promoted in secret.Nothando Ntshangase, aged 31, was promoted from...
View ArticleBRUTAL POLICE ATTACK CAUGHT ON VIDEO
Police officers in Swaziland have been caught on video brutally attacking a woman. One uses a stone to repeatedly assault her.This is not the first time police have assaulted civilians in the kingdom...
View ArticlePOLICE ‘SMUGGLING AT BORDER POST’
Police officers in Swaziland have been accused of illegally smuggling mealie-meal into the kingdom from South Africa.A police car was spotted taking at least 15 bags of 12.5 kg meal across the border...
View ArticleUS$90-M SWAZILAND OIL PROJECT SINKS
A E900 million (US$90 million) oil contract that was awarded without being tendered has been cancelled by the Swaziland Government after more than four years. Kantey & Templer had been contracted...
View ArticlePM ADMITS FORCING NEWSPAPER CLOSURE
Swaziland’s Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini has said a newspaper in the kingdom was closed down because it published reports critical of his government.He told a Cabinet retreat at the Pigg’s peak...
View ArticleSWAZI PM’s FALSE CLAIM TO BE A DOCTOR
Swaziland’s Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini calls himself a ‘doctor’ although he has no such qualification.A ‘doctor’ is someone who has a certified medical qualification or a Ph.D (doctor of...
View ArticleSTUDENTS TO PROTEST 50/50 CELEBRATION
Students in Swaziland are set to protest against the ‘extravagant spending’ of the 50/50 celebrations to mark the King’s birthday and the anniversary of Independence from Britain.The protest is due to...
View ArticleDOCTORS’ ON-CALL ROW BACK AT MINISTRY
Swaziland’s Industrial Court has told the government to negotiate with doctors and health workers in a dispute over cuts in on-call and call-out allowances.The Court dismissed an application from the...
View ArticleSTUDENT PROTEST LEADERS SUSPENDED
A university in Swaziland has suspended student leaders for ‘misconduct’ for organising a protest over fees, allowances and poor facilities.And, all first-year students at the campus in Manzini have...
View ArticleSWAZI REED DANCE DEATHS COURT CASE
Three drivers have appeared in court in Swaziland on charges relating to the deaths of 13 people, mostly children aged 11 to 16, who were being transported on the back of a truck that crashed going to...
View ArticleCOURT FIGHT TO UN-BAN PARTIES
Political parties in Swaziland are to go to court to force King Mswati III’s regime to allow them freedom of assembly and to take part in the national election due later in 2018.King Mswati rules...
View ArticlePRESIDENT ‘BANNED’ FROM SWAZI SENATE
Swaziland’s Senate President Gelane Zwane has been ‘banned’ from attending parliament for up to two years because she is a widow in mourning. Minister of Labour and Social Security Winnie Magagula has...
View ArticlePOLICE GO AFTER TV LICENCE DODGERS
A team of 26 police officers and 10 prosecutors in Swaziland is poised to force people to buy licences to watch the heavily-censored state-controlled television.TV Licence Consortium Project Manager...
View Article‘CHIEF UNLEASHES DRUNKEN MILITIA’
A chief in Swaziland has been accused of unleashing ‘an army of drunken militia’ to beat up a group of community leaders.Chief Ndlaluhlaza of Bulandzeni did this to stop a dispute among his subjects,...
View ArticleSWAZILAND POLITICAL PARTIES: THE FACTS
(Swazi Media Commentary, 12 November 2015)Traditionalists in Swaziland have been gloating that because ‘only’ 36 percent of people surveyed in the kingdom wanted political parties it proved the present...
View ArticleU.S. AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS PARTIES
The United States Ambassador to Swaziland Lisa Peterson has spoken out in support of banned political parties in the kingdom where King Mswati III rules as an absolute monarch.Parties are not allowed...
View ArticleMAN TOO POOR TO PAY FINE SENT TO JAIL
A refugee in Swaziland was sent to jail because he was too poor to pay traffic fines.The man, a Congolese, who is under asylum protection in the kingdom, was convicted of three offences including...
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