FEAR OF RITUAL KILLINGS GROWS
Something close to panic has gripped Swaziland / Eswatini as the fear that children will be kidnapped and ritually murdered has taken hold.The Swazi Observer reported on Thursday (14 June 2018) that...
View ArticleSWAZILAND ADMITS IT IS BROKE
Despite finding US$30 million to buy the kingdom’s absolute monarch King Mswati III a second private plane, earmarking E1.5bn (US$125m) this year to build a conference centre and five-star hotel to...
View ArticlePOLICE TO VET ALL ELECTION CANDIDATES
Police will vet all candidates in the forthcoming national election in Swaziland / Eswatini.The kingdom is ruled by King Mswati III as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch. Political parties are...
View ArticleCHORUS AGAINST SWAZI ELECTION GROWS
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) has joined the growing chorus of international observers to declare elections in Swaziland / Eswatini undemocratic.King Mswati III rules the kingdom as sub-Saharan...
View ArticleONLY 12 GOVT AMBULANCES IN KINGDOM
There are only 12 working public ambulances in the whole of Swaziland / Eswatini to serve 1.1 million people as the government fails to maintain them.It has bought no new ambulances since 2013.Director...
View ArticleKING’S $1.6m WATCH EQUALS 6 MONTHS' AID
As King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland, wears a watch worth US$1.6 million and a suit beaded with gold weighing 6 kg, the World Food Program has said it cannot raise the US$1.1 million...
View ArticleFAVOURED MOTORING FOR GOVT MINISTERS
While the Swaziland Government is content to have only 12 public ambulances available for the whole kingdom because many are off the road waiting for repair, it has been reported that Government...
View ArticlePEOPLE NOT ELECTING THEIR GOVERNMENT
People in Swaziland / Eswatini have been misled into believing they are about to elect a government at the forthcoming national election. They are not.Swaziland is ruled by King Mswati III who is...
View ArticleSWAZI KING EXTENDS VOTER REGISTRATION
King Mswati III Swaziland’s absolute monarch has extended voter registration in his kingdom for another 11 days even though the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) announced 87 percent of...
View ArticleDOUBTS ELECTION BOARD IS COMPETENT
King Mswati III the absolute monarch of Swaziland / Eswatini dissolved parliament on Wednesday (20 June 2018) ahead of the national election amid doubts that the Elections and Boundaries Commission...
View ArticleKING'S NEWSPAPER HATES LGBT PEOPLE
A report in the Swazi Observercomparing LGBT people in Swaziland / Eswatini to child molesters and people who have sex with animals was hate speech. It lied to the newspaper’s readers and broke the...
View ArticleTEACHERS CANE EVERY PUPIL AT SCHOOL
Teachers reportedly caned every pupil in a school in Swaziland / Eswatini for poor performance.The Times of Swaziland published the accusation on Friday (27 June 2018). It said each pupil at Mbuluzi...
View Article‘POLICE SET SUSPECT’S GENITALS ON FIRE’
Community police officers in Swaziland / Eswatini tortured a ‘mentally challenged’ man by setting his genitals on fire and beating him with iron rods to make him confess to committing ritual murders, a...
View ArticleFIRST LGBTI PRIDE IN SWAZILAND
Deeply conservative Swaziland / Eswatini is to see its first-ever LGBTI pride event on Saturday (30 June 2018). The state police in the kingdom controlled by King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa’s last...
View ArticlePOLICE TO PAY FOR OWN PASSING OUT DAY
Police officers in Swaziland / Eswatini have been ordered to pay towards the cost of their own Police Day and passing out ceremony in July.Chief Police Information and Communications Officer...
View Article‘OBSERVER’ STEPS UP LGBTI HATE CAMPAIGN
The Swazi Observer group of newspapers is running a hate campaign against LGBTI people.Over three days it has published articles prominently calling LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and...
View ArticleCHAOS AS GOVT FAILS TO PAY SCHOOL FEES
The Government in Swaziland / Eswatini has failed to pay primary school fees for grade one pupils leading to chaos across the kingdom. The European Union (EU) pays the government the fees but they have...
View ArticleNGO SNUBS LGBTI, WHAT WILL FUNDER SAY?
One of the best known human rights groups in Swaziland / Eswatini has snubbed the LGBTI Pride festival saying it is against Biblical teaching, putting it at odds with a major funder.The Swaziland...
View ArticlePOLICE SPOKESPERSON CONDEMNS LGBTI
The chief police spokesperson in Swaziland / Eswatini Superintendent Khulani Mamba has said that LGBTI people will not be tolerated in the kingdom and should not be given a platform.He said, ‘We say no...
View Article‘OBSERVER’ MISREPORTS POLICE ON LGBTI
The Swazi Observer newspaper misled its readers when its reported that the Swaziland police had ok’d an LGBTI event in the kingdom.The misreporting led to confusion and the police making a forceful...
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