POLICE FIRE STUN GRENADES AT PROTEST
Four protesters were injured on Friday (29 June 2018) in Swaziland when police opened fire with rubber bullets and stun grenades during a workers’ protest against government policies, international...
View ArticleTWO CRITICAL AFTER POLICE ATTACK
Two people are critically ill in hospital after police in Swaziland / Eswatini attacked demonstrators.Police blocked an injured person from being taken for treatment, local media reported.The Observer...
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KINGDOM’S FIRST LGBTI PRIDE TAKES PLACE
The first-ever LGBTI Pride parade to be held in the deeply conservative kingdom of Swaziland / Eswatini took place on Saturday (30 June 2018). About 500 people took part in a march.It was both a social...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICE SHOOT DEAD ANOTHER MAN
Police in Swaziland / Eswatini shot and killed a suspect as he fled from them after they had stormed his home.At least 30 police officers were involved, according to one news report.It is one of a long...
View ArticleLGBTI PRIDE GETS GLOBAL ATTENTION
International media extensively reported Swaziland’s first ever LGBTI Pride on Saturday. The tone of coverage about the pride parade and its organiser Rock of Hope was overwhelmingly positive, but King...
View ArticleTAX DEBTORS BARRED FROM ELECTION
People who have not paid their taxes will not be allowed to stand for parliament in the forthcoming national elections in Swaziland / Eswatini.An Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) spokesperson...
View ArticleCOURT TEST FOR SWAZILAND NAME CHANGE
The decision by King Mswati the absolute monarch to change the name of Swaziland to Eswatini is to be challenged in court. The King made the pronouncement on his 50th birthday in April 2018 and later...
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ITUC CONDEMNS SWAZI POLICE ATTACK
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) which represents 207 million workers worldwide has protested to the Swaziland / Eswatini Government after police attacked peaceful demonstrators in...
View Article‘VOTE RIGGING’ AS REGISTRATION TOPS 90%
Swaziland’s Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) says that more than 90 percent of those eligible have registered to vote, amid claims of corruption and vote rigging.Registration was extended by...
View ArticlePOLICE INVESTIGATE LESBIAN OFFICER
Police in Swaziland / Eswatini are investigating a woman officer who came out as a lesbian at the kingdom’s LGBTI Pride event.Chief Police Information and Communication Officer Superintendent Khulani...
View ArticleGOVT-INDUCED HEALTH CRISIS DEEPENS
Swaziland’s health crisis has deepened as the kingdom’s main supplier of medicines has run out of stock because the government has not paid its bills.Among drugs in short supply are those to treat HIV...
View ArticleSTUDENTS STUCK AS GOVT NOT PAID FEES
Students who have completed their exams at the University of Swaziland (UNISWA) will not get their results because the government has not paid their tuition fees.More than 3,200 students - almost half...
View ArticleONLY 36 pc OF SWAZIS APPROVE OF P.M.
Just over one in three people in Swaziland / Eswatini approve of the job performance of Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini or their member of parliament, a new independent report found.The figure was even...
View ArticleGOVT CASH CRISIS: SCHOOLKIDS SENT HOME
Children a primary school in Swaziland / Eswatini were sent home because their parents did not help to pay its electricity bill.Parents at Antioch Primary, Manzini, said the government had not paid the...
View ArticleGOVT CASH CRISIS: STUDENTS GET RESULTS
Students at the University of Swaziland (UNISWA) who have completed their exams have been given their results despite a report they had been withheld because the government had not paid their tuition...
View ArticleMINISTER DEMANDS JOURNALIST’S ARREST
The Health Minister of Swaziland / Eswatini Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane called on police to arrest a journalist who was photographing government ministers’ cars outside the Deputy Prime Minister’s...
View ArticleKINGDOM WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
Swaziland might never be the same again. King Mswati III demonstrated his absolute power by renaming his kingdom Eswatini. He did this during the so-called 50-50 Celebrations to mark his own...
View ArticleKING’S AIRPORT FAILS TO ATTRACT AIRLINES
Swaziland’s King Mswati III airport dubbed a vanity project for the King and a white elephant has failed to attract any new airlines in the four years since it opened, the kingdom’s civil aviation...
View ArticlePolice, Emergency Services ‘to Grind to Halt’ as Govt Fails to Pay Fuel...
Police, fire and other emergency services in Swaziland / Eswatini are set to grind to a halt because of a fuel shortage for vehicles after the government failed to pay suppliers.It follows reports that...
View ArticleSwaziland’s Claim to be Close to Reaching ‘First World’ Status Far from Reality
There is no stopping the media in Swaziland / Eswatini as they continue to mislead their audiences on how close the kingdom is to achieving King Mswati III’s aspiration to be the ruler of a ‘First...
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