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Protest at Swaziland border calls for isolation of absolute monarch
Members of a dozen organisations picketed the South African side of the Swaziland border to call for the kingdom’s absolute monarch King Mswati III to be isolated.They want democracy in Swaziland where...
View ArticleSwaziland Communists say they are developing a campaign of ‘armed struggle’...
The Communist Party in Swaziland is launching a campaign including sabotage and armed struggle to topple the absolute monarch King Mswati III. It said, ‘At an appropriate time, the regime and media in...
View ArticleSwaziland falls short on eliminating human trafficking, but is making...
The Government of Swaziland / eSwatini does not does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of people trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, according to the latest...
View ArticleSwaziland MP accuses phone company of bugging callers
A member of parliament in Swaziland / eSwatini has accused mobile phone company MTN of listening in on customers.It is not the first time the company has been accused of doing this.Robert Magongo, the...
View ArticleMan dies after ‘heavy assault’ by Swaziland police
A man in Swaziland / eSwatini has died in hospital nearly two months after allegedly being heavily assaulted by police. It is the latest report among many of police assault in the kingdom.Sebenele...
View ArticleWorkers in Swaziland locked into their factory and ‘forced to work into the...
A member of parliament in Swaziland / eSwatini has called for an investigation after workers were locked into their factory by their bosses and forced to work into the night.It happened at Africa...
View ArticleSwaziland Deputy Prime Minister tells poor people stop having children
The Deputy Prime Minister of Swaziland / eSwatini Themba Masuku has said poor people should stop having children because the kingdom cannot afford to support them.The DPM’s office is responsible for...
View ArticleVictims of human trafficking in Swaziland on hunger strike as protest against...
Three victims of human trafficking in Swaziland / eSwatini who are being kept against their will at a police station in Mbabane have started a hunger strike demanding they be released.Earlier, they had...
View ArticleSwaziland Industrial Court paves way for public servants to strike legally
The Industrial Court in Swaziland has ruled that public service workers must make a new application before they can legally strike.Unions have been in dispute with government over cost of living salary...
View ArticleSwaziland schoolteacher beats mothers for their children’s misbehaviour
When pupils at a school in Swaziland / eSwatini failed to show up to receive a caning a teacher beat their mothers instead.It happened at the small rural community of Mavalela, near Big Bend.A...
View ArticleSix children die as diarrhoea once again strikes Swaziland
Six children died from diarrhoea in four days in Swaziland / eSwatini and about another 1,000 others have been treated for the infection caused by the rota virus, a senior official said on Monday....
View ArticleLGBTI discrimination in Swaziland leads to big mental health issues, report...
LGBTI people in Swaziland / eSwatini suffer mental health issues and many have attempted suicide because of the way they are discriminated against in the kingdom.This has prompted the authors of the...
View ArticleSwaziland public servants set new strike date in long-running pay dispute
Public service unions in Swaziland / eSwatini are set to strike on 16 September 2019, if they can get permission of the courts to do so.Swaziland is ruled by absolute monarch King Mswati III and is not...
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Call to declare murders of women and children in Swaziland a national emergency
Campaigners in Swaziland / eSwatini want the increase in murders of women and children to be declared a national emergency.The number of victims is increasing and ‘has reached alarming proportions’,...
View ArticleSwaziland MP calls for arrest of pregnant teenagers so they can be ‘corrected’
A member of parliament in Swaziland / eSwatini Michael Masuku called for teenagers who become pregnant to be arrested so they can be corrected and learn from their mistakes.The Deputy Prime Minister...
View ArticleSwaziland Chief Justice says kingdom under siege by ‘treasonous’ political...
The Chief Justice of Swaziland / eSwatini Bheki Maphalala said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was under siege from a political elite that he called ‘treasonous’.He said it was so powerful it had...
View ArticleSpotlight on absence of rule of law in Swaziland
Bheki Maphalala, the Chief Justice of Swaziland / eSwatini, has accused a group he calls a ‘political elite’ of undermining the kingdom’s judges. He has not named these people but has called them...
View ArticleSwaziland State wants activist who tried to prosecute absolute monarch to...
State prosecutors in Swaziland / eSwatini want to have a political activist who tried to have absolute monarch King Mswati III prosecuted by the High Court on embezzlement and other alleged crimes...
View ArticleSwaziland police hold and ‘torture’ students after protest march on Govt...
Student leaders in Swaziland / eSwatini say police detained and tortured seven students after a protest march in the capital, Mbabane. Three others were injured and needed hospital treatment.The march...
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Making media freedom in Swaziland is more than a dream
Words: Magnificent MndebelePhoto: Ihsaan HaffejeeNew FrameMagazine editor Bheki Makhubu, in spite of harassment from King Mswati III and his cronies, is undeterred in his bid to expose the regime’s...
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