SWAZI KING LINKED TO PANAMA PAPERS
Panama Papers goes to SwazilandKenworthy News Media, 10 May 2016 SOURCEThe rich and powerful are also avoiding the tax man in Swaziland. Nineteen of the Panama Papers documents are related to Africa’s...
View Article‘TIMES’ CLIMBDOWN OVER KING’S CRITIC
The Times of Swaziland newspaper has been made to retract a story and apologise after it said one of King Mswati III’s fiercest business critics was ‘robbing’ Swaziland of billions.The target was...
View ArticleCOURT RETAINS KING’S $3.5m JET CASH
King Mswati III of Swaziland has lost another round in a long-running court dispute over an alleged unpaid bill of US$3.5 million for improvements and repairs to his private jet.SG Air Leasing and SG...
View ArticleKING MISLEADS SADC ON DEMOCRACY
King Mswati III of Swaziland, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, mislead a SADC forum when he said the kingdom he ruled was a ‘democracy’ because elections were held.He told members of the...
View ArticleHEAD REPORTED TO POLICE AFTER CANING
A school principal in Swaziland has been reported to police after allegedly giving a 20-year-old female student nine strokes of the cane on the buttocks.The incident reportedly happened at the...
View Article‘OBSERVER’ HIDES KING’S MTN LINKS
The Swazi Observer has hidden the links between King Mswati III and MTN in its extensive coverage of the cell phone service provider in recent days.The Observer, which is in effect owned by King Mswati...
View ArticleBOTSWANA SUPPORTS SWAZILAND AT ILO
The Botswana Government has been accused by trade unionists in that country of supporting Swaziland’s violation of workers’ rights. Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) said members were shocked...
View ArticleSWAZI ALBINOS DEMAND GOVT PROTECTION
Albino people in Swaziland have called on the Government to protect them because they say they are ‘hunted down like animals’.The call came on Friday (17 June 2016) during a march to raise awareness of...
View ArticleSWAZI LGBTI PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR
A gay club has been formed in the Northern Hhohho region of Swaziland to help tackle prejudice in the kingdom.‘The motivation to form the gay club is to address stigmatisation suffered by homosexuals...
View ArticleINNOCENT BOY, 11, LOCKED UP FOR 10 YEARS
Children as young as eleven years old are being incarcerated in juvenile correction facilities in Swaziland for up to ten years, even though they have committed no crimes.And, the trend to lock...
View ArticleBOY, 15, AMONG POLICE TORTURE VICTIMS
A 15-year-old boy was tortured by police in Swaziland after his mother reported him for stealing E85 (US$6). The boy said he was beaten with a metal blade and a club for five hours.The case was just...
View ArticleSWAZILAND FAILS ON FREEDOM PROMISE
Swaziland has failed in the promise it gave a United Nations review in 2011 to change laws in the kingdom relating to freedom of association and assembly so they met international standards, according...
View ArticleNO AMNESTY IN ‘TERROR’ CASES
Swaziland refused to withdraw all charges against people brought under the Suppression of Terrorism Act (STA), when it appeared before a United Nations review of human rights in the kingdom.The STA has...
View ArticleSWAZI GAME RANGERS ‘SHOOT-TO-KILL’
People are being shot and killed in Swaziland because they are suspected of poaching and game rangers are immune from prosecution, a United Nations review on human rights has been told.The Swaziland...
View Article‘ARSONISTS’ AT ROYAL KRAAL GET BAIL
Three members of the Swaziland Communist Party who are accused of setting houses alight as a protest against a chief have been granted bail by the High Court after spending 115 days in jail on...
View ArticleCALL FOR GLOBAL PRESSURE ON GOVT
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) has called on the international community to apply serious pressure on the Government of Swaziland so that it respects human rights and develops a genuinely...
View ArticleSWAZI KING BACKS HIS HOUSE SPEAKER
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland, has ordered members of parliament to return to their duties after they quit the House of Assembly in a dispute over the House Speaker, Themba...
View ArticleSWAZI KING SET TO GET 375-SEATER JET
King Mswati III of Swaziland seems set to take delivery of a 375-seater private jet, if reports circulating in aviation circles on the Internet are correct.The plane, an Airbus A340-300, is reportedly...
View ArticleSEX FOR JOBS CLAIM AT STATS OFFICE
Women temporary employees at Swaziland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) have allegedly been forced to have sex with their bosses to keep their jobs.The women are engaged in the ongoing Swaziland...
View Article2013 ELECTION RESULTS STILL NOT OUT
Swaziland’s Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has yet to announce the number of votes cast for candidates in the September 2013 national elections, nearly three years after they took place. Nor...
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