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Swaziland King appoints six of his own family to House of Assembly and more...
King Mswati III, Swaziland’s absolute monarch, has appointed six members of his own family to the kingdom’s House of Assembly.This follows elections held in Swaziland (the kingdom he renamed Eswatini...
View ArticleSwaziland faces continued unrest, risk to stability growing, Govt broke, says...
Swaziland faces a period of continued unrest because the recent election was unable to change anything, according to global analysts Fitch Solutions. Risks to stability in the kingdom are growing, it...
View ArticleSwaziland King tore up Constitution in fear educated people might challenge...
King Sobhuza II of Swaziland may have torn up the country’s constitution, banned political parties and started to rule as an absolute monarch in 1973 because he feared people were becoming educated and...
View ArticleSwaziland House Speaker election in confusion as absolute King said to have...
Swaziland is getting ready to elect a Speaker to the House of Assembly amid rumours that King Mswati III, the kingdom’s absolute monarch, has a preferred choice. It seems history might be about to...
View ArticleDespite record inequality, UK and EU won’t challenge Swaziland’s monarch
The UK and EU are ignoring Swaziland’s threats to human rights and civic space, refusing to hold the monarchy to account.By: Sunit Bagree, Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)SOURCESwaziland held...
View ArticleSwaziland riot police invade hospital during peaceful nurses’ protest. Latest...
Armed riot police invaded the Hlatikhulu Government Hospital in Swaziland and it ‘almost turned into a battleground’ during a legal protest by nurses.It was another attack by police against workers in...
View ArticleDeceased Swaziland Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini had life embroiled in...
Barnabas Dlamini the former Prime Minister of Swaziland whose funeral was on Saturday (13 October 2018) had a life embroiled in allegations of corruption.While PM he amassed a personal fortune...
View ArticleReported attempt to re-form Swaziland Police Union rekindles memories of...
Police leaders in Swaziland / Eswatini are playing down reports that a trade union for junior officers has been re-formed in the kingdom.The Swazi Observer, a newspaper in effect owned by King Mswati...
View ArticlePolice violence, undemocratic elections, hunger and disease: highlights of...
Police in Swaziland / Eswatini turned the city of Manzini into a warzone when they attacked a legal protest by workers demanding pay improvements. It was one of a number of police attacks on legal...
View ArticleSwaziland King appoints eight of his family to Senate amid reports of...
King Mswati III the absolute monarch of Swaziland / Eswatini has appointed eight members of his Royal Family to the kingdom’s Senate. This is in addition to the six he previously appointed to the House...
View ArticleResults of Swaziland election not published one month after poll questioning...
The results of the House of Assembly election in Swaziland / Eswatini have still not been published one month after the vote took place.It is further evidence that the kingdom ruled by King Mswati III...
View ArticleSwaziland soldiers accused of ‘torturing’ farmers searching for their stray...
Soldiers in Swaziland / Eswatini have been accused of ‘torturing’ farmers who crossed the border with South Africa to retrieve their straying cattle.It is the latest in a long line of reports of...
View ArticleCommunists to launch campaign of ‘maximum defiance’ against Swaziland’s...
Communists in Swaziland / Eswatini are to launch a campaign of opposition to the absolute monarch King Mswati III urging ‘maximum defiance’. It is one of several ongoing campaigns in the kingdom,...
View ArticleSwaziland King says angels told him who to appoint as new Prime Minister, but...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / Eswatini, told a meeting of the kingdom’s ‘People’s Parliament’ he had been visited by angels who told him who he should appoint as the kingdom’s...
View ArticleSwaziland King chooses new PM with no political experience, but together they...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / Eswatini has chosen a businessman with no political experience as his new Prime Minister. Ambrose Dlamini is best known as the chief executive...
View ArticleQatar embassy in Swaziland breifly detains two journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists, 25 October 2018SOURCE Security staff detained two Times of Swaziland journalists for more than an hour at the Qatar Embassy in Swaziland's capital, Mbabane, on October...
View ArticleSwaziland King appoints new Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini in violation of...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland/ Eswatini, chose his new Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini in violation of the kingdom’s Constitution.Section 67 of the Constitution says the King must...
View ArticleFour in ten sex workers in Swaziland ‘raped by uniformed police officers’
Four in ten sex workers in Swaziland / Eswatini say they have been raped by uniformed police officers. They were also raped by soldiers and security officers, the Sex Workers National Indaba was told...
View ArticleExiled editor Zweli Martin Dlamini to return to Swaziland
1 November 2018, Kenworthy News Media SOURCE Editor Zweli Martin Dlamini is set to return to the tiny absolute monarchy of Swaziland. He had fled to neighbouring South Africa in January [2018] after...
View ArticleU.S. Ambassador calls for repeal of decree that makes Swaziland an absolute...
Lisa Peterson, the United States Ambassador to Swaziland (Eswtini), has renewed her call for political parties to be allowed to operate in kingdom.She also called for the 1973 Decree that turned...
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