Swaziland community police officers in court charged with murdering crime...
Three community policemen in Swaziland appeared in court charged with murdering a suspect they were holding.Sibusiso Mhlanga, aged 32, had been captured by members of the Maliyaduma community police...
View Article‘Attempt made to poison journalist critic of Swaziland’s absolute monarch,’...
The Swaziland News, an online newspaper, has called for an investigation following a report that a former government minister and members of an elite group linked to the Swazi Royal Family attempted to...
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U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland renews criticism of King’s lavish spending while...
US Ambassador to Swaziland (eSwatini) Lisa Peterson has renewed her criticism of absolute monarch King Mswati III’s decision to buy his family a fleet of Rolls-Royce cars.Reports on the number...
View ArticleDemocracy leaders detained by Swaziland police as illegal march halted
Three democracy leaders in Swaziland (eSwatini) were detained by police when protesters tried to march through the industrial town of Matsapha.The march was halted after it had been banned by the...
View ArticleSwaziland political leader questioned by police amid fears of treason charge
The chairman of the Swaziland (eSwatini) political party Sive Siyinqabawas questioned by police amid a fear he might be charged with sedition or terrorism.Musa Nkambule, who is also a former...
View ArticleSwaziland police in mass raids on homes of democracy activists, some detained
Police across the absolute monarchy of Swaziland (eSwatini) raided the homes of a number of prodemocracy activists in the early hours of Friday (20 December 2019).Some were detained by police for...
View ArticleSwaziland police say they raided democracy activists’ homes for ‘state security’
A newspaper in Swaziland (eSwatini) in effect owned by the absolute monarch King Mswati III has confirmed that police raids on homes across the kingdom were to seek out political activists.The Observer...
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Swaziland police hunt activists behind banner saying absolute king ‘must fall’
Police in Swaziland (eSwatini) are hunting for the people who were involved in carrying a banner during a protest that said absolute monarch King Mswati III ‘must fall.’It happened during a...
View ArticleSwaziland democracy leaders call on absolute monarch to arrange talks for...
Prodemocracy leaders in Swaziland (eSwatini) who had their homes raided by police are calling on the absolute monarch King Mswati III to allow people to talk openly about the political future of the...
View ArticleNew political grouping in Swaziland dominates human rights agenda
Campaigning against Swaziland’s absolute monarch King Mswati III with renewed calls for democratic reform dominated the final three months of 2019. A new grouping of political parties – some banned in...
View ArticleDemocracy leader detained by Swaziland police for not taking cap off in front...
Mbongwa Dlamini, President of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), was detained by the police for standing in front of a picture of the absolute monarch King Mswati III while wearing...
View ArticleSwaziland police shoot, kill epileptic man after family ask for help getting...
Swaziland (eSwatini) police officers shot a man with epilepsy in the neck at close range, killing him. His family had called police to help transport him to hospital for treatment. The killing happened...
View ArticleSwaziland Government blocks funds to primary schools in row over pupil numbers
The Government in Swaziland (eSwatini) is refusing to release funds to some primary schools again this year as a row continues about how pupils are registered.It will mean money will not be available...
View ArticleUniversity lecturers ‘forced to weed fields of Swaziland absolute monarch’
University lecturers in Swaziland (eSwatini) say they have been forced to abandon duties to work unpaid in the fields of absolute monarch King Mswati III.In the past the King has been criticised by...
View ArticleSwaziland democracy activists tell High Court police raids on their homes...
Four democracy campaigners in Swaziland (eSwatini) whose homes were raided by police and had phones and other gadgets confiscated appeared in the High Court to argue that the raids were illegal.They...
View ArticleSwaziland Government breaks promise to pay overdue student allowances
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government has broken its promise to pay tertiary student their living allowances. It is the latest in a string of broken promises.Students who boycotted classes in protest...
View ArticleSix in ten school support staff in Swaziland not paid for three months as...
Six in ten people working as support staff in schools across Swaziland (eSwatini) have not been paid for the past three months, a trade union reported.Phumelele Zulu of the Swaziland Union in Learning...
View ArticleNo let-up in restrictions of freedom of association and assembly in...
Restrictions on freedom of association and assembly in Swaziland (eSwatini) continued in the past year, a new report from Human Rights Watch said.The new Police Service Act of 2018 limited police...
View ArticleSwaziland refuses to register LGBTIQ human rights group because it is ‘annoying’
An LGBTIQ rights group in Swaziland (eSwatini) has been denied permission to register because its objectives are deemed ‘annoying’.The Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorites (ESGM) was also told the...
View ArticleSwaziland court bans public sector pay strike
The Industrial Court in the absolute monarchy of Swaziland (eSwatini) has banned a strike by public servants over pay because it is against ‘the national interest’.Trade unions have been calling over...
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