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Hundreds march in Swaziland after forced evicitons leave families destitute
Hundreds marched at Malkerns in Swaziland / eSwatini to protest the forced eviction of peoplelast year who have been left homelss and destitute.It happened on Saturday (18 May 2019) and was jointly...
View ArticleTotal of 430 rape cases reported in Swaziland over seven months after new law...
There were 430 cases of rape reported in Swaziland / eSwatini over seven months, new figures reveal.They were among 2,900 cases brought under the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act (SODV) that...
View ArticleSwaziland police force schoolchildren back to classes after boycott...
Police were called when pupils at Mhubhe High School in Swaziland / eSwatini boycotted classes in support of two of their teachers who had been suspended from duty. The pupils at the school in Ngulwini...
View ArticleUS Ambassador to Swaziland’s optimism over political progress in kingdom...
The confidence Lisa Peterson, US Ambassador to Swaziland /eSwatini, has that the kingdom is honouring the rights enshrined in the constitution and allowing political marches is misplaced. The facts...
View ArticleSwaziland activist who called for prosecution of King for embezzlement...
A political opposition activist in Swaziland / eSwatini has been charged under terrorism and sedition laws for calling on absolute monarch King Mswati III to be prosecuted for embezzlement and human...
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Njabulo Dlamini, democracy activist in Swaziland, dies aged 32
Njabulo Dlamini, one of the best known young democracy activists in Swaziland / eSwatini, has died aged 32. Dlamini, who was known as Njefire, was the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) International...
View ArticleGrants for people with disabilities cut as Swaziland Govt financial crisis...
Grants for people with disabilities in Swaziland / eSwatini are to be cut because the government has run out of money.Now, only 20 people in each political constituency (known locally as tinkhundla)...
View ArticleDoubts over evidence as Swaziland democracy activist Musa Ngubeni jailed...
Musa Ngubeni, the democracy activist in Swaziland / eSwatini, has been jailed for seven years with four of them suspended for possession of explosives.His case took eight years to conclude and the...
View ArticleAttempt to register first LGBTI group in Swaziland as preparations for second...
The second annual LGBTI Pride is due to take place on 22 June 2019 in Swaziland /eSwatini. It comes as a newly-formed group the Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) attempts to become the first...
View ArticleS. African High Court told Swaziland development projects worth billions were...
Frans Whelpton, a former law professor in South Africa, who worked closely with the Swaziland / eSwatini government on projects said to be worth billions of emalangeni that never came to anything is...
View ArticleHIV drugs not available across Swaziland as health crisis deepens
Drugs to treat HIV infection are not available in most hospitals and clinics across Swaziland / eSwatini as the public health systems sinks further into crisis.Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV...
View ArticleTime for Swaziland to follow Botswana’s lead and decriminalise gay sex
Swaziland should follow the example of its near-neighbour Botswana and decriminalise gay sex.The kingdom, also known as eSwatini, has much in common with Botswana. Both were protectorates of Great...
View ArticleSwazi police ‘force boy, 6, to strip and illegally thrash his naked buttocks’
Community police in Swaziland / eSwatini illegally forced a six-year-old boy to strip and then thrashed him on the naked buttocks after he was accused of stealing a cellphone from a schoolteacher.It...
View ArticleSwaziland hospital crisis: govt not paid bills so patients only eat bread
Patients in a public hospital in Swaziland / eSwatini were only fed two slices of bread at meals when food ran out because the government had not paid suppliers. It was reported the bakery would only...
View ArticleSwaziland public service unions call national strike to march on government
Public service unions across Swaziland / eSwatini plan a nationwide strike against government.They intend to march and deliver petitions to a number of government ministries. It is due to take place on...
View ArticleSwaziland health crisis: fearful psychiatric nurses say they might release...
Psychiatric nurses in Swaziland / eSwatini say they might release patients from their clinic because there are no drugs to subdue them after supplies ran out and they fear for their own safety.The drug...
View ArticleNo guarantee of workers’ rights in Swaziland, ITUC reports, and it’s getting...
There is no guarantee of workers’ rights in Swaziland/ eSwatini and it is getting worse, a report from the International Trade Union Confederation(ITUC) concluded.ITUC placed Swaziland, which is ruled...
View ArticleSwaziland nurses give govt one month to solve drugs shortage or they strike
Nurses in Swaziland / eSwatini have given government four weeks to solve the drugs shortage crisisin the kingdom or they will call a nationwide strike.This was stated at a protest march where petitions...
View ArticleSwaziland teacher arrested after boy, 10, beaten for defiance, needed medical...
A schoolteacher in Swaziland / eSwatini has been arrested after allegedly whipping a 10-year-old boy.Corporal punishment was banned in the kingdom in 2015but is still frequently used.In the latest case...
View ArticleSwaziland with world’s worst HIV rate only has four months’ ARV supplies
Swaziland / eSwatini which has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world has only four months stock of life-saving ARV drugs, as the health system in the kingdom continues to disintegrate.The...
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