Swaziland court threatens jail to man who wore his shorts in ‘sagging’ style
A court in Swaziland / eSwatini sentenced a man to five months in jail with the option of a fine because he allowed his shorts to slip down over his buttocks and expose his underwear in the fashion...
View ArticleSwaziland teachers claim victimisation as govt hits union president with...
The Swaziland Government is set to start disciplinary action against the president of the kingdom’s teachers’ union in a move that is being seen as victimisation. It came as teachers across Swaziland /...
View ArticleSwaziland declared ‘not free’ in latest global review of human rights
Swaziland / eSwatini has once again been declared ‘not free’ in Freedom House’s annual Freedom of the World Index.The 2019 report just published scores Swaziland 16 out of a possible total of 100. For...
View ArticleAnother hospital in Swaziland runs out of food for patients as Govt bills go...
Another public hospital in Swaziland / eSwatini has run out of food and patients have been left hungry because bills to suppliers have not been paid. The Swazi Government is in financial meltdown and...
View ArticleSchools across Swaziland close classes as Govt fails to provide funding
Primary schools across Swaziland / eSwatini have closed classes at the start of the new term because the government has not given them funding. This means materials including paper and chalk are not...
View ArticleSwaziland absolute king calls for stiff public spending cuts but is not...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland /eSwatini, has demanded severe public spending cuts across his impoverished kingdom.But, the King who wore a watch worth US$1.6 million and a suit of...
View ArticleSwaziland absolute king declares national election ‘success’ but full results...
King Mswati III, the absolute king of Swaziland / eSwatini, has declared last September’s national election in his kingdom a ‘success’, even though the full results have never been published.The King...
View ArticleSwaziland’s national economic recovery plan is nothing but a wish list
The Government of Swaziland / eSwatini is working on a five-year strategic plan to save the kingdom’s economy, but the details recently unofficially circulated on social media show it is no more than a...
View ArticleSwaziland health crisis getting worse as budgets cut. Rural areas worse affected
The Government of Swaziland / eSwatini has cut budgets for public health services across the kingdom and rural areas in particular are suffering, according to the latest report from the World Health...
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Apartheid South Africa financed Swaziland kings through secret political fund
The government of South Africa financed Swaziland’s then King Sobhuza II through a secret fund during the apartheid years. After the king died it continued to make secret payments to his successor and...
View Article‘Secret plan’ to create National Intelligence Agency in Swaziland
There is a secret plan in Swaziland / eSwatini to set up aNational Intelligence Agency, an investigative website has reported.The new body would report directly to King Mswati III, the kingdom’s...
View ArticleSwaziland youth calls for democracy at National Congress
Kenworthy News Media, 18 February 2019 SOURCEThe biggest youth movement in Swaziland, the Swaziland Youth Congress, called for democracy at its 12thNational Congress last weekend. The congress was held...
View ArticleMuslims in Swaziland fear xenophobia as plan to build mosque rejected
Muslims in Swaziland / eSwatini have accused local government councillors of being ‘xenophobic’ because they refused to allow a mosque to be built in Matsapha, one of the kingdom’s major industrial...
View ArticleSwaziland’s absolute king misses out on AU Chair because his kingdom is broke
King Mswati III, the autocratic ruler of Swaziland / eSwatini, has lost the chance to be chair of the African Union in 2020 because his kingdom is broke.The honour will now go to the head of state of...
View ArticleSwaziland King’s plan for SADC-wide university of transformation quietly shelved
The plan made by King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / eSwatini, for his kingdom to build a new ‘university of transformation’ to take students from across the Southern Africa...
View ArticleGap between rich and poor in Swaziland continues to grow, Finance Minister...
Swaziland / eSwatini is broke and ‘is facing an unprecedented economic crisis’, Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg said on Wednesday (27 February 2019) when delivering the kingdom’s national budget.The...
View ArticleSwaziland ‘not free’ as King keeps grip on power, Freedom House reports
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland /eSwatini, continues to hold a tight grip on power and all aspects of life in the kingdom, a review of human rights has concluded.Freedom House scored...
View ArticleSwaziland Finance Minister threatens public sector job cuts if workers don’t...
The Finance Minister of Swaziland / eSwatini Neal Rijkenberg threatened to cut public service jobs if the kingdom did not fall into line and accept his programme to cut debts. In his budget speech on...
View ArticleSwaziland budget repeats failed economic policies of the past
The first budget from the Swaziland / eSwatini Minister of Finance Neal Rijkenberg has been largely welcomed in the media in the kingdom. But memories are short. Commentators have failed to notice the...
View Article‘Bisexual’ pastor suspended by Swaziland church in latest example of LGBTI...
A pastor in Swaziland / eSwatini has been suspended from his church after being accused of being a bisexual. The Times of Swaziland newspaper on Monday (4 March 2019) published details of an audio...
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