Swaziland police investigate as children reportedly illegally beaten to...
Police in Swaziland / Eswatini are investigating a report that teachers whipped primary school children to make them do better in their exams.Beating is officially banned in schools in the kingdom but...
View ArticleNew drive against corruption in Swaziland leaves out King Mswati, the biggest...
Ambrose Dlamini, the newly unconstitutionally-appointed Prime Minister of Swaziland / Eswatini, said he will have zero tolerance on corruption in the kingdom ruled by absolute monarch King Mswati...
View ArticleFormer newspaper editor questioned by Swaziland police for talking to banned...
Musa Ndlangamandla, a former editor-in-chief of the Swazi Observerand a writer for South Africa’s Mail & Guardiannewspaper, has been questioned by police in Swaziland / Eswatini over articles he...
View ArticleDeath of Swaziland newspaper editor puts spotlight on kingdom’s health crisis
Thulani Thwala the editor of the Swazi Observer died in hospital after collapsing in a toilet. When he was taken to a public hospital there were no doctors immediately available to treat him.The Times...
View ArticleSwaziland King demonstrates how he is an absolute monarch by picks for...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / Eswatini, ignored the kingdom’s constitution across the board as he appointed his Prime Minister, government and members of the House of assembly...
View ArticleTens of millions lost to banking fraud in Swaziland, but outstripped by...
Swaziland / Eswatini lost E30 million from the economy because of fraud during the past year, the kingdom’s national police Deputy Commissioner Mumcy Dlamini said.She told an event for International...
View ArticleRemembering Black Wednesday, the day armed forces invaded the University of...
The fourteenth of November marks the anniversary of the time Swaziland soldiers invaded the University of Swaziland and according to independent witnesses beat students with sickening brutality.It...
View ArticleLGBT Pride film shows what it’s like to live with prejudice and ignorance in...
A ground-breaking documentary on life in Swaziland / Eswatini as an LGBT person has been released. It focusses on the first ever Prideevent that took place in the absolute monarchy in June...
View ArticleLegitimacy and credibility of Swaziland election hampered by political...
The ‘legitimacy and credibility’ of the recent national election in Swaziland / Eswatini was ‘significantly hampered’ because political parties are banned in the kingdom ruled by absolute monarch King...
View ArticleSwaziland King’s newspaper reports ‘assassination attempt’ on Prince Sicelo
A newspaper in Swaziland / Eswatini has reported what it calls an ‘assassination’ attempt against Prince Sicelo, a prominent member of the Swazi Royal Family.The Sunday edition of the Swazi Observer, a...
View ArticleSwaziland students in Taiwan forced to work ‘like slaves’ in frozen chicken...
Students from Swaziland / Eswatini studying in Taiwan are being made to work in a frozen chicken factory for 40 hours a week to pay for tuition and accommodation. If they try to leave their university...
View ArticleCampaign growing for arrest of Swaziland Prince over kidnapping and rape...
A campaign is gaining momentum in Swaziland / Eswatini to have a member of the Royal Family arrested on a rape charge.One newspaper reported the prince whose name has been widely circulated on social...
View ArticleSwaziland has no cash to pay elderly pensions, Prime Minister says he will...
Swaziland / Eswatini is so broke that pensions for the elderly are not being paid. State-controlled radio has been broadcasting the news over the past few days.It is another example of how the kingdom...
View ArticleSwaziland students sell themselves for sex because scholarships have not been...
Students in Swaziland / Eswatini are selling themselves for sex to raise cash for food because the government has not paid their allowances. A trade in young women has developed with businessmen...
View ArticleMan close to death following ‘assault’ by officers at Swaziland police station
A man is reportedly fighting for life in hospital after being allegedly assaulted by two officers at a police station in Swaziland/ Eswatini.He is suffering from severe internal bleeding, heart...
View ArticleCOSATU to help evicted Swaziland sugar cane farmers regain control of land...
Kenworthy News Media, 8 December 2018 SOURCE The President of South African trade federation COSATU met with Swazi sugar cane farmers. She promised to help them regain control of their land from...
View ArticlePoverty in Swaziland getting worse, new survey suggests. More than half...
Poverty in Swaziland / eSwatini got worse over the past three years, according to a survey just published.More than half the people interviewed reported going without enough food and without needed...
View ArticleEducation Ministry reminds Swaziland schools beating of children is banned -...
Teachers in Swaziland / eSwatini have been reminded in a new government policy statement that corporal punishment of children in schools is outlawed.It was banned in 2015, but children continue to be...
View ArticleChurch in Swaziland welcoming LGBTIQ people reopens, but no let-up on...
A church in Swaziland / eSwatini that welcomes and supports LGBTIQ people has reopened.Homosexual acts are illegal in the kingdom and LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer)...
View ArticleSwaziland soldiers on military training in Russia say they face ‘racism’ –...
Soldiers from Swaziland / eSwatini who are receiving military training in Russia want to go home because they are ill-treated and suffer racism.Also, they say, the Swazi Government is slow in sending...
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