MAN JAILED 9 YEARS NO TRIAL, GETS BAIL
The man kept in a Swaziland jail for nine years awaiting trial has been released on bail.Fana Shongwe who is charged with murder appeared at the Swaziland High Court on Thursday (26 April 2018) where...
View Article‘NO MEDIA FREEDOM IN SWAZILAND’
There is no media freedom in Swaziland, according to the latest annual report from Reporters Without Borders.The kingdom, ruled by King Mswati III as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, stands...
View ArticleBILL TO GET WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT
A Bill has been tabled in the Swaziland parliament to ensure 30 percent of members of the House of Assembly are women. It has taken 12 years to get this far.Swaziland is ruled by King Mswati III,...
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KING WEARS WATCH WORTH US$1.6-million
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of impoverished Swaziland, wore a watch worth US$1.6 million to his 50th birthday party. This was in addition to a suit beaded with diamonds that weighed 6 kg....
View ArticleSECRETIVE GROUP ATTACKS SWAZI LGBT
A secretive hate group is fighting to stop Swaziland having its first ‘gay pride’ parade.It has launched an online petition against the march organisers the Rock of Hope.The group calls itself Parents...
View ArticleSHUN THE BOGUS SWAZILAND ELECTION
CommentarySwaziland has asked other countries to send it money to help pay for upcoming national elections. It is a request that must be refused. The elections are widely recognised to be bogus.The...
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SWAZI KING AND QUEENS OF BLING
It is not only King Mswati III, Swaziland’s absolute monarch, who displays his vast wealth about his person. His family are the same.He wore a watch worth US$1.6 million and a suit beaded with diamonds...
View ArticleKING WAITS FOR GIFTS FROM HIS SUBJECTS
People in impoverished Swaziland are being encouraged to take birthday gifts to the kingdom’s absolute monarch King Mswati III.The King marked his 50th birthday on 19 April 2018 with a party for 700...
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SWAZI ROYALS SPEND, SPEND, SPEND
King Mswati the absolute monarch of impoverished Swaziland wore a watch worth US$1.6 million and a suit beaded with diamonds to his 50th birthday party. King Mswati III in his suit of diamonds and...
View ArticleGOVT SLUGGISH ON MEDIA REFORM
The Government in undemocratic Swaziland takes one step forward and two steps back in its attitude to media freedom, a leading pressure group said.It has held talks with a newly-created media...
View ArticleSICK TURNED AWAY AS GOVT BILLS UNPAID
The Swaziland Government has not paid medical bills running into millions of dollars in neighbouring South Africa and as a result sick Swazis are being denied treatment.South African health...
View ArticleLAVISH SPENDING LEADS TO FOOD AID CUT
Countries outside Swaziland are reducing their donations to feed starving children because they say there is enough money in the kingdom but it is not fairly distributed.The news comes as reports go...
View ArticleSWAZI GOVT ‘RUNS OUT OF CASH’
The Swazi Government has run out of cash and is living hand-to-mouth. It has to wait for the Swaziland Revenue Authority to put tax collections into its account each Monday before it can pay bills.The...
View ArticleGOVT COY ON COST OF 50/50 CELEBRATION
The Swaziland Government is being coy about the cost of the double celebrations in April to mark King Mswati III’s 50thbirthday and the kingdom’s 50 years of Independence.The so-called 50/50...
View ArticleMEDIA ELECTION REPORTING MONITORED
A watchdog is monitoring media coverage of the upcoming election in Swaziland to promote ‘equitable and ethical journalism’. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) intends to publish quarterly...
View ArticleWORKERS WIN RIGHT TO BALLOT ON PAY
Railway workers in Swaziland have won a court fight to be allowed to ballot for strike action.The Industrial Court of Appeal made the ruling after Swaziland Railways tried to block the Public and...
View ArticleSWAZI GOVT HIDES FROM THE PUBLIC
People in Swaziland cannot access critical information from government and there is no political will in the kingdom for this to change, a report on media freedom concluded. The Media Institute of...
View ArticlePLAN FOR BORDER BLOCKAGE AT OSHOEK
South African trade unions plan a blockade of the border gate with Swaziland at Oshoek on Friday (11 May 2018) in an ongoing campaign for the release of Amos Mbedzi.The Congress of South African Trade...
View ArticleRELEASE AMOS MBEDZI CAMPAIGN
Amos Mbedzi, a South African, was sentenced to 85 years and six months in jail in Swaziland in 2012 after conviction by the Swaziland High Court on five charges including sedition and murder.He had...
View ArticleKING TAKES US$10m FROM IRON MINE
Swaziland’s absolute monarch King Mswati III took US$10 million from an iron ore mine for his personal use months before it collapsed with debts of US$4 million putting 700 people out of jobs.It was...
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