Not enough information on Swaziland budget made available to public, U.S....
Swaziland /eSwatini should open up its national budget for greater scrutiny. It is not always clear how money is allocated, the latest review of ‘fiscal transparency’ in the kingdom, published by the...
View ArticleFirst community radio station registered in Swaziland after 19 years trying
Lubombo has become the first community radio station to be registered in Swaziland / eSwatini after 19 years of trying. It still has to apply for and be granted a licence before it can start...
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Swaziland King’s wife LaDube (31) dies, after unhappy life at royal palace
Inkhosikati LaDube (Picture: Facebook)Inkhosikati LaDube, the 12thwife of King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / eSwatini, has died, aged 31.No details of the cause of death have been...
View ArticleDeath penalty available in Swaziland, but no plans to use it, Justice...
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in Swaziland / eSwatini Pholile Shakantu said the kingdom was not ready to use the death penalty, even though it remained lawful to do so.Shakantuwas...
View ArticleBillions unaccounted for in Swaziland Govt finances, Auditor General reports
The finances of the Government of Swaziland / eSwatini are in such a mess that billions of emalangeni cannot be accounted for, the kingdom’s Auditor General (AG) reported.In his annual report for the...
View ArticleSwaziland Govt broke: up to 1,000 prisoners could be freed from jail early
As many as 1,000 prisoners in Swaziland / eSwatini could be released from jail before the end of their sentences because the government cannot afford to keep them locked up.The move follows reports...
View ArticleSwaziland Govt wage bill chaos as Auditor General reveals error and fraud
In his budget speechNeal Rijkenberg the Finance Minister of Swaziland / eSwatini stated that public service salaries had risen by 125 percent in the past 10 years and he threatened to cut the kingdom’s...
View ArticleNot enough Supreme Court judges so Swaziland Terrorism Act appeal postponed
The Supreme Court in Swaziland /eSwatini postponed hearing the government’s appeal against a judgement declaring parts of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act and Suppression of Terrorism Act...
View ArticleSwaziland family treat teenager like a dog because she cannot walk and care...
A report in Swaziland / eSwatini says a teenager with physical challenges was forced by her family to live in a shack like a dog.It demonstrates the extreme difficulties people with disabilities in the...
View ArticleSwaziland High Court rules army assaulted civilian, must pay him damages
The High Court in Swaziland / eSwatini has ruled that the army tortured a civilian and has order it to pay him damages.High Court Principal Judge Qinisile Mabuza also criticised the kingdom’s police...
View ArticleNo let up on poverty in Swaziland as absolute King makes public display of...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / eSwatini and the man who wore a suit studded with diamonds and a watch worth US$1.6 million at his 50th birthday celebration, told a United Nations’...
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Swaziland King prepares for lavish birthday celebrations, despite dire...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / eSwatini, is preparing for another lavish birthday celebration despite the poverty that ravages his kingdom. In past years the equivalent of many...
View ArticleSwaziland people pay E1 billion for absolute King’s upkeep, but it’s kept a...
An independent magazine in Swaziland / eSwatini has reported that absolute monarch King Mswati III and his family were allocated E1 billion for their spending from the national budget in the past year,...
View ArticleSwaziland students hold hostage lecturers accused of rape and sexual assault
University lecturers in Swaziland / eSwatini were reportedly held hostage in their offices amid allegations that they had raped and sexually assaulted students.It happened at the Kwaluseni campus of...
View ArticleGirl, 12, has fingers broken at Swaziland school in latest case of illegal...
A 12-year-old girl in Swaziland / eSwatini had her fingers broken when she was caned 25 times across her hand, in the latest case of illegal corporal punishment used in schools.The girl at Mkhuzweni...
View ArticleDeath of Swaziland schoolgirl after illegal abortion highlights suffering of...
The tragic story of the death of a schoolgirl in Swaziland /eSwatini after she had an illegal abortion highlights the way women suffer because of the law in the kingdom.The Sunday edition of the Swazi...
View ArticleSwaziland Auditor General fears fraud as govt pensions paid to the deceased
It looks as if the way elderly grants are distributed by the government in Swaziland / eSwatini is leading to theft and fraud, the kingdom’s Auditor General reported.The Deputy Prime Minister’s Office...
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‘Forbes’ article praising Swaziland King thought to be April Fool joke was...
An article in the international business magazine Forbes Africa that praised King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of impoverished Swaziland / eSwatini, for his ‘his highest aspirations for the welfare...
View ArticleSenior Prince says those who plot against Swaziland’s unelected Prime...
People who plot against the Swaziland / eSwatini Prime Minister who was not elected to office but personally appointed by absolute monarch King Mswati III will die, the King’s newspaper reported. The...
View ArticleAnniversary of day Swaziland stopped being a democracy and became absolute...
It is approaching 46 years since Swaziland (now known as /eSwatini) stopped being a parliamentary democracy and became an absolute monarchy.On 12 April 1973 King Sobhuza II proclaimed a Royal Decree...
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