Expect Chaos and Rule-breaking at Nominations for Swaziland’s Election, if...
As nominations for elections in Swaziland / Eswatini take place next weekend, we might expect confusion, chaos and rule breaking if the experience of last time is a guide.The credibility of the...
View ArticleCourt Confirms Political Parties Cannot Compete in Swaziland’s Election
The High Court in Swaziland / Eswatini has confirmed that political parties will not be allowed to contest the national election.It said the kingdom’s Supreme Court had ruled on the matter in 2009 and...
View ArticleSwaziland’s King Mswati Named as Offender in Global Report on Modern Slavery
King Mswati III the absolute monarch of Swaziland / Eswatini has been named in a global report on modern slavery for forcing his subjects to weed his fields.His supporters say the work is done in the...
View ArticleConfusion over Status of Widows as Swaziland Prepares for National Election
Widows will be allowed to nominate candidates at the forthcoming election in Swaziland / Eswatini but it is not clear if they can stand themselves.The kingdom’s Elections and Boundaries Commission...
View ArticleUK Unions to Call for Swaziland’s Suspension From Commonwealth Over Workers’...
The UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) is to call for Swaziland / Eswatini to be suspended from the Commonwealth because of its poor record on workers’ rights.It said international institutions should take...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Why Swaziland Elections Are Not Democratic
Swaziland voters go to the polls on 21 September 2018 for the national election but we can already name the winner – it will be the absolute monarch King Mswati III. In the kingdom’s tinkhundla...
View ArticleDoubt Over Validity of Swaziland Election
The validity of the House of Assembly election in Swaziland / Eswatini has been called into question with a newspaper report that nominations for candidates went ahead without a final voters’...
View ArticlePolice Force Worshippers From Churches to Attend Election Nominations
Police in Swaziland / Eswatini forced worshippers out of churches to attend election nominations because numbers were small. It happened at about 10 churches around Mathendele in Nhlangano on Sunday...
View ArticleMedia Report Chaos and Confusion During Nominations For Swaziland Election
There were many local media reports of chaos and confusion as Swaziland / Eswatini voters turned out to nominate candidates in the forthcoming House of Assembly election.Nominations took place at...
View ArticleReport Says Swaziland Police Spying On Legal Protests
Police in Swaziland / Eswatini are video recording and keeping data of protest marches by political parties and labour federations. They then use the information to deprive people of college...
View ArticleCorruption Rife Among Security Firms Servicing Swaziland Government and...
More than half of the companies providing security services to government ministries and public enterprises in Swaziland / Eswatini have been found to be corrupt and engaged in fraudulent activities,...
View ArticleObserver Group Says Swaziland Election Nomination Successful, Despite Some...
Swaziland’s election nominations were marred by delays at most of the voting centres, according to the first independent report from observers to be published.Some venues for nomination were changed at...
View ArticleU.S. Halts Funding to Swaziland NGO as Anti-abortion Policy Bites
The Family Life Association of Swaziland / Ewsatini has lost a quarter of its total funding after the United States tightened up its policy against abortion. A total of 56 jobs have been lost.The halt...
View ArticleAll Public Events Banned in Swaziland on Day of Primary Election
Swaziland / Eswatini has banned all public events including weddings and funerals that fall on the day of the kingdom’s primary election.It is the first time this has happened in the kingdom ruled by...
View ArticleSwaziland Election in Confusion as Nominees Who Did Not Pay Tax Drop Out
The new rule that people nominated for public office must be paid up to date on their taxes has thrown the election in Swaziland / Eswatini into confusion. Hundreds of people have reportedly withdrawn...
View ArticleSwaziland: Elections Without Democracy
Kenworthy News Media, 8 August 2018SOURCESwaziland will hold national elections on September 21. But according to reports that examine the country’s last national elections in 2013 and many Swazis,...
View ArticleNearly Half Surveyed in Swaziland Never Heard of Global Warming and King Says...
Nearly half the people surveyed in Swaziland / Eswatini have not heard of climate change even though the kingdom has experienced its worst drought. But, the people surveyed by Afrobarometerdid say they...
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Swaziland Freezes Govt Recruitment and Promotions as Cash Crisis Bites, But...
The Government of Swaziland (recently renamed Eswatini) has frozen all job hiring, promotions and creation of new posts because it is broke.The decision had been long expected but was finally confirmed...
View ArticleSwaziland People Not Allowed To Elect Government
By Richard RooneyThe Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) in Swaziland (recently renamed Eswatini) is deliberately misleading voters into believing they are voting for a government when they are...
View ArticleSwaziland Nurses Picket, Drugs Run Out, Lives Put at Risk as Government Fails...
Nurses in Swaziland are picketing their hospital to protest drug and staff shortages caused by the government-induced financial crisis.They say lives have been put a risk. They have been picketing...
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