POLICE GANG-RAPE SCHOOLGIRL
Three community policemen in Swaziland gang-raped a 17-year-old schoolgirl at knifepoint and forced her boyfriend to watch. One of them recorded it on his cellphone.The teenager was in her school...
View ArticlePOOR AND SICK PAY FOR KING’S BIRTHDAY
E1 million intended for retired and disabled people in Swaziland is being given to King Mswati III to help pay for his 50th birthday party. The money has been donated by the Swaziland National...
View ArticleWORKERS SACKED FOR JOINING UNION
Trade unionists in Swaziland are reporting that a textile factory has sacked workers for wanting to join a union.The Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland (ATUSWA) said Taiwanese-owned company Far East...
View ArticleUNIONS PLAN THREE MONTHS OF PROTESTS
Labour unions in Swaziland are planning three months of protest against government over a range of issues including tax increases, the minimum wage, social welfare programmes and unfavourable labour...
View ArticleKINGDOM’S CONFUSED LAW ON ABORTIONS
A 19-year-old woman in Swaziland was arrested by police in her hospital bed after being admitted for attempting an abortion.The case highlights the difficulties women face in the kingdom where abortion...
View ArticleUNPAID BILLS: POWER CUT AT MINISTRY
Swaziland’s Ministry of Home Affairs had its electricity cut off on Monday (26 March 2018) because it owes ‘millions of emalangeni’ on its power bill, a newspaper in the kingdom reported.It is not the...
View ArticlePARENTS WANT ‘LESBIAN’ TEACHER OUT
A schoolteacher in Swaziland is being hounded out of her job because parents think she is a lesbian and a danger to their children.It highlights the prejudice members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
View ArticleKING IN TOTAL CONTROL OF HIS KINGDOM
AnalysisThe Swaziland Attorney-General’s announcement that the conflict within the three arms of government in the kingdom is ‘normal’ and there cannot be a separation of powers between them is...
View ArticleSWAZI KING’S BIRTHDAY CASH ‘LOOTED’
One of King Mswati’s most prominent lieutenants in Swaziland has said money intended for his birthday celebration in April is being ‘looted’. Mbongeni Mbingo, the editor-in-chief of the Swazi Observer...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE ON ALBINISM
A campaign has started in Swaziland called ‘Don’t kill us, we are human beings too’ to raise awareness about people with albinism. People in Swaziland with the skin condition live in fear of their...
View ArticlePM HINTS AT SOCIAL MEDIA RESTRICTION
Swaziland’s Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini has hinted his government might try to restrict access to social media.He told Senators there was nothing police could do ‘at the moment’ about posts on...
View ArticleARMY CONFIRMS SHOOT-TO-KILL POLICY
The Army in Swaziland will shoot-to-kill suspected rustlers, it has confirmed.A newspaper in the kingdom ruled by King Mswati III as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch said the army had...
View Article‘BOW TO SWAZI KING: ENTER HEAVEN’
The Queen Mother in Swaziland told her subjects they must bow down before her and the King to earn forgiveness from God to be able to enter heaven. She said they must always obey those in authority...
View ArticleKING’S BIRTHDAY NOT HOLIDAY FOR ALL
Many people in Swaziland will not get a paid holiday to celebrate King Mswati III’s 50th birthday.The birthday is on Thursday 19 April 2018 is always a public holiday and the following day has been...
View ArticleNO MEETINGS WITHOUT CHIEF’S CONSENT
Police in Swaziland have said people must not hold meetings – even social gatherings – without the permission of their chief.This was said at a three-day workshop for inner councils covering the areas...
View ArticleKING SAYS VOTE ONLY FOR CHRISTIANS
King Mswati III of Swaziland has told his subjects they should only vote for Christians in this year’s national election.His call goes against the spirit of the Swazi Constitution which protects...
View ArticleNEW LAW ON PHONE PERSONAL DATA
All cellphones, SIM cards and electronic gadgets in Swaziland must be registered by law, the Swaziland Communications Commission (SCCOM) announced.Personal details such as addresses will be kept on...
View ArticleTAIWAN FIRST GUEST AT KING’S BIRTHDAY
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is the only head of state so far to publicly accept the invitation to visit Swaziland for King Mswati III’s 50th birthday.Taiwan has already donated US$1.7 million to...
View ArticleTHE DAY DEMOCRACY DIED IN SWAZILAND
As attention in Swaziland is diverted towards King Mswati III’s 50th birthday on 19 April 2018, one week earlier marks the 45thanniversary of the date the kingdom stopped being a democracy and became...
View ArticleCHURCH ‘TO RESTORE MORAL FIBRE’
A Swaziland church is to spend millions of emalangeni on a campaign to ‘restore moral fibre’ to the kingdom.Apostle Justice Dlamini of the Worship Centre Church will take the campaign to all four...
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