Swaziland Government goes to court to try to stop public sector workers’ pay...
The Government of the tiny southern African kingdom of Swaziland / eSwatini has applied to the Industrial Court to have a continuing public service unions’ strike for more pay declared illegal.It says...
View ArticlePolice shoot union leader in back as peaceful workers’ protest turns into a...
Police in Swaziland / eSwatini once again attacked striking workers using teargas, water cannon and rubber bullets. One union leader was shot in the back with a live bullet.The kingdom’s main...
View ArticleSwaziland union leader shot by police during strike put his hands up and...
The trade union leader who was shot in the back with a rubber bullet at close range by police in Swaziland /eSwatini during what was until then a peaceful strike has told how he put his hands up and...
View ArticleSwaziland Govt withdraws bid to overturn High Court on married women’s rights
The Government of Swaziland /eSwatini has withdrawn a legal appealto fight a court ruling that allowed married women equal rights to their husbands over assets.The High Court had struck downprovisions...
View ArticlePrincess says Swaziland King can solve mysteries by seeing into the future
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / eSwatini, can solve any mystery because he can see into the future, a newspaper that the King in effect owns reported.Previously, the King had...
View ArticleSwaziland has highest rate of cervical cancer in world
Swaziland / eSwatini has the highest rate of cervical cancer in the world, a new report reveals.The cancer affects the neck of the womb in women. The top 20 countries in the list reported from Global...
View ArticleBroke Swaziland Govt wants to borrow another E1bn to complete unnecessary...
The Government of Swaziland / eSwatini is to seek another E1 billion in loans to complete the building of a conference centre and hotel to house an African Union summit that will not now take...
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Swaziland police brutality under attack from international workers’ group
The International Trade Union Confederation has condemned police brutality during last week’s public sector strike in Swaziland (eSwatini).Previously the ITUC had criticised other police attacks on...
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Norwegians protest against Swaziland police shooting
Kenworthy News Media , 9 October 2019 SOURCEProtestors in Swaziland during the strike. Pictured from FacebookNorwegian union confederation protests police brutality against striking workers in...
View ArticleSwaziland police violence rampant, children die as economy collapses, report...
Police in Swaziland (eSwatini) attacked striking public servants with live ammunition, rubber bullets, teargas and water cannon as a long-running dispute over pay dragged on. The police behaviour has...
View ArticleSwaziland breaks promise to pay off its suppliers to halt public services...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government failed to meet its promise to repay E3billon (US$200 million) its owes to suppliers by the end of September 2019.Public services, especially in heath and schools,...
View ArticleSwaziland police comb social media to track down union activists during legal...
Striking trade unionists in Swaziland (eSwatini) say police are using social media to track them down before taking them in for questioning.Schoolteachers have been especially targeted, according to...
View ArticleAll 20 heads of state invited snub trade event hosted by Swaziland absolute...
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), was snubbed by 20 heads of state who failed to accept his invitation to attend a trade launch.The Swazi Government, which is not elected...
View ArticleReligious zealots imprison two Swaziland women in home for seven years while...
Two women in their thirties, described as ‘virgins’ have been locked away in their remote home in Swaziland (eSwatini) for the past seven years and will remain imprisoned until husbands are found for...
View ArticleCall for Swazi people to share experiences of gender-based violence
A campaign is underway in Swaziland (eSwatini) aimed at getting both women and men to share their experiences of gender-based violence. They are being asked to write their own stories as part of ‘My...
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Swaziland King investigates possible purchase of military arms while at...
The Swazi delegation are impressed with the Kalashnikovs. Picture: QuartzKing Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), and members of his delegation attended a trade fair in Russia to...
View ArticleSwaziland workers to march and petition against police brutality
Workers in Swaziland (eSwatini) are to march in protest against police brutality in the kingdom, ruled by absolute monarch King Mswati III.Police recently used live ammunition, rubber bullets, teargas...
View ArticleDoubts over survey result that suggests attitudes on wife-beating improving...
Only five in 100 people surveyed in Swaziland (eSwatini) said wife-beating was ‘sometimes’ or ‘always justified.’ The results suggest that attitudes are improving in the kingdom where in a 2015 survey...
View ArticleMore than half surveyed in Swaziland against legalising the growing of cannabis
More than half the people surveyed in Swaziland (eSwatini) said they were against legalising the growing of cannabis (known locally as dagga).They also said they would not report a person if they found...
View ArticleSwaziland police ‘beat teenager to death to make him confess to crime he did...
Community police in Swaziland (eSwatini) allegedly beat a teenager to death to make him confess to a crime he had not committed.They used knobkerries and batons on Celumusa Dlamini, aged 17, the Times...
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