MORE SWAZI KING’S BIRTHDAY EXCESSES
People in Swaziland are to be encouraged to give King Mswati III, the kingdom’s absolute monarch, gifts to mark his 50th birthday – but only after his party is over and dignities have gone home.A party...
View ArticlePROTEST PREPARED FOR KING’S BIRTHDAY
A protest in support of human rights in Swaziland is planned for King Mswati III’s 50thbirthday. It will be in London on 19 April 2018 at the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit. Organisers ACTSA...
View ArticlePM SPEAKS OF ‘ASSASSINATION THREAT’
Swaziland’s Prime Minister, Barnabas Dlamini said a member of parliament wants him assassinated.He said this in a statement on Thursday (4 April 2018) while responding to a move by the Swazi House of...
View ArticlePRINCESS'S ‘SOLUTION’ TO MARITAL RAPE
Married women who do not want to be raped by their husbands should avoid sleeping in the bedroom, a senior member of the Swaziland Royal family said.Princess Phumelele Dlamini, a Swazi Senator, made...
View ArticleDENIAL OVER LUXURY CARS PURCHASE
Swaziland’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport Principal Secretary Makhosini Mndawe has denied that the government bought a fleet of cars worth US$7.5 million ahead of King Mswati III’s 50th...
View ArticleSWAZI PM IN ANOTHER ‘NEPOTISM’ ROW
The wife of Swaziland Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini has been promoted to headteacher amid accusations of unfairness.It is the second time in recent months a family member of the Prime Minister has...
View ArticleSWAZI KING THE PRIZE IN SMS CONTEST
A chance to meet Swaziland’s absolute monarch King Mswati III is being offered as a prize to encourage his subjects to send him ‘warm’ 50th birthday greetings by SMS.People will have to pay E5 each...
View ArticleNEW FEARS OVER SWAZI STATE SPYING
A member of parliament in Swaziland says people in the kingdom are scared to communicate on their cell phones because they have been bugged.Mtfongwaneni MP Mjuluko Dlamini made the comment in the in...
View ArticleKINGDOM GRINDING TO A HALT
Swaziland’s public finances are in such a mess that bank statements have been miscalculated by more than E7 billion. Government Ministries are engaging in fraud and breaking laws. These are some of the...
View ArticleBULLDOZERS MOVE IN TO EVICT FAMILIES
Confused children and their distraught parents watched in bewilderment as their homes in Swaziland were bulldozed to let a farm extend its sugarcane fields.About 20 armed police officers stood by at...
View ArticlePOLICE ‘SPY’ AT MANDELA MEMORIAL
Police officers, some of them plain clothed, infiltrated a memorial service in Swaziland for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. They were there to watch political activists who had gathered in her...
View ArticleEARLY ELECTION CAMPAIGNING ILLEGAL
Swaziland’s Election and Boundaries Commission (EBC) says that would-be members of parliament are breaking the law by campaigning for votes before they have been given permission.EBC Communications...
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TAIWAN DENIES $1m GIFT FOR KING’S PARTY
Taiwan has denied donating more than a million US dollars to help fund the Swaziland King’s 50thbirthday celebration.However, a newspaper in Swaziland published a photograph of the cheque being handed...
View ArticlePOLICE FIRE RUBBER BULLETS AT PROTEST
Police in Swaziland fired rubber bullets as about 2,000 workers and supporters took to the streets of the capital Mbabane to protest against worsening living conditions on Friday (13 April 2018).It...
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THOUSANDS PROTEST IN SWAZILAND
About 2,000 people (according to AFP new agency) marched through the streets of Mbabane, Swaziland, on Friday 13 April 2018 to protest against worsening living conditions. The protest against...
View ArticleWIDOWS STILL CAN’T STAND IN ELECTION
Widows in mourning in Swaziland will not be allowed to contest this year’s national election, the kingdom’s top traditionalist has ruled.He contradicts a message sent by the Elections and Boundaries...
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HOW SWAZI STATE HARASSES ACTIVISTS
Mphandlana Shongwe, a political activist charged with treason and sedition in Swaziland for among other things chanting the names of banned political parties, has been on bail for twelve years awaiting...
View ArticlePASTORS TOLD ‘YOU ARE SEX MOLESTERS’
Some church leaders in Swaziland abuse their female congregants, a workshop in the kingdom was told.They take advantage of young girls and women and devise ways of making them ‘fall for them’. They...
View ArticleEVICTIONS: AMNESTY CALLS FOR SUPPORT
Amnesty International has sent out an urgent call to people across the world to protest against the forced evictions from their homes of families in Swaziland.Dozens of people, including 33 children,...
View ArticleCONFUSED STATUS OF SWAZI WIDOWS
The Swaziland King has ordered widows to immediately remove their mourning gowns so that they can take part in his 50th birthday celebrations.But at the same time it has been confirmed that widows...
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