Swaziland confirms health services in meltdown as Govt has not paid suppliers
The Ministry of Health in Swaziland / eSwatini has confirmed the extent of the crisis in public hospitals and clinics due to the economic meltdown. Drugs have run out and there are shortages of nurses,...
View ArticleSwaziland college principal reveals role abortions play in lives of his students
The principal of a teacher training college in Swaziland / eSwatini said at least 50 of his students had abortions in the space of a year. Ngwane Teachers CollegePrincipal Dr Amos Mahlalela addressed...
View ArticleBeating banned in Swaziland schools, but ‘no law’ to prosecute teachers who do
There is confusion in Swaziland / eSwatini about whether the use of corporal punishment in schools is illegal even though the government issued a directive banning it.This emerged at Manzini when a...
View ArticleLimkokwing University, Swaziland, asks High Court to force end to class boycott
Limkokwing, the private university in Swaziland / eSwatini favoured by the kingdom’s absolute monarch, has petitioned the High Court to force boycotting students back to class.An urgent application was...
View ArticleNumber of child deaths from diarrhoea in Swaziland rises to 11
The number of children known to have died in the current outbreak of diarrhoea in Swaziland / eSwatini has risen to 11, the charity WaterAid reported.This was revealed at a workshop on hygiene held at...
View ArticleSwaziland university closed indefinitely as student protests continue
The University of Eswatini (formerly University of Swaziland) has closed indefinitely and sent students home after protests across its three campuses.Students are engaged in an ongoing protest over...
View ArticleDisabled women in Swaziland fear nurses trying to force them to be sterilised
Women with disabilities in Swaziland / eSwatini say they fear nurses are trying to force them to be sterilised so they cannot have babies. According to the Swazi Observer,‘health practitioners coerce...
View ArticleAmnesty says Swazi Govt failing to help people forcibly evicted from their...
The Government of Swaziland / eSwatini has failed to help the hundreds of people who were forcibly evicted from their homes a year ago, Amnesty International reported.‘Despite Amnesty International...
View ArticleSwaziland High Court rules married women equal under the law to their husbands
A law in Swaziland / eSwatini that relegates married women to the legal status of minors under the guardianship of their husbands has been ruled unconstitutional by the kingdom’s High Court.The High...
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Swaziland democracy activist finally able to vote
Kenworthy News Media, 9 September 9 2019 SOURCEBheki Dlamini had to flee his native Swaziland because he fought for democracy. Monday he voted for the first time – in Norway, where he lives in exile,...
View ArticleUp to 200 Swaziland teachers ‘die of stress’ as schools meltdown due to...
Close to 200 teachers died of stress-related illness in Swaziland / eSwatini over two years. Four teachers a week were being buried and another 100 were said to presently suffering. This was because of...
View ArticleOxfam names Swaziland most unequal country in Africa on personal income
Oxfam, the international anti-poverty charity, has named Swaziland / eSwatini as the country with most income inequality in Africa.In a report called A Tale of Two Continents: Fighting Inequality in...
View ArticleStriking Swaziland students win victory in dispute with government
University and college students in Swaziland / eSwatini won a victory over government, forcing it to double their personal allowances.All tertiary institutions in the kingdom where King Mswati III...
View ArticleHealth and education collapsing in eSwatini
A government directive preventing departments from hiring or creating new posts is leaving them understaffed and overworked to the point that children aren’t being taught and people are dying.By:...
View ArticleSwaziland LGBTI group cannot be registered because ‘Constitution does not...
The newly-formed group the Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) failed in its attempt to become the first LGBTI group to be officially registered in Swaziland / eSwatini.The group advocates for...
View ArticlePublic servants across Swaziland set to strike over pay
Public servants across Swaziland / eSwatini are set to strike for three days starting Monday (23 September 2019) in a long-running campaign over pay.Workers want a 7.8 percent cost-of-living...
View ArticleSwaziland town running out of burial space as health crisis intensifies
So many people are dying of AIDS-related illness that one town in Swaziland / eSwatini is running out of burial space, an online newspaper reported.The shortage of medicines for many illnesses caused...
View ArticleOnly half the people eligible to vote in Swaziland election did so
Only half of the people eligible to vote at the national election in Swaziland / eSwatini in 2018 did so, official figures reveal.A year after the election the full results of each individual...
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Swaziland police fire rubber bullets and teargas injuring 15 during national...
Police in Swaziland / eSwatini fired rubber bullets and tear gas at striking public service workers, injuring at least 15.It was the latest police violence at public protests in the undemocratic...
View ArticleSwaziland police fire teargas into classroom packed with children
Police in Swaziland /Eswatini fired a caanister of teargas into a primary school classroom packed with children. It happened when police attacked striking workers in Malkerns.Children at St. Andrew’s...
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