Swaziland Govt. pledges to feed 300,000 facing hunger in next two weeks as...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government says it will feed 300,000 people – nearly a quarter of the entire population – over the next two weeks during the present coronavirus crisis. Reports from across the...
View ArticleMalnutrition in Swaziland set to rise to hit quarter of total population
Malnutrition in Swaziland (eSwatini) is set to rise so that nearly a quarter of the total population will need help getting food, a United Nations’ agency reported.The Food and Agriculture Organization...
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Swaziland journalist critical of absolute monarch, beaten, arrested, faces...
Eugene Dube, a journalist critical of King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), has been beaten by police, arrested and is facing a treason charge.Dube who published an online...
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Swaziland police set up road blocks, increase patrols to force people to obey...
Police in Swaziland (eSwatini) are to set up road blocks across the kingdom and increase patrols in towns, cities and rural areas to force people to obey the coronavirus lockdown.National Commissioner...
View ArticlePublic need written permission to travel in Swaziland in big coronavirus...
People in Swaziland (eSwatini) will need written permission to travel between towns and cities as the coronavirus lockdown in the kingdom intensifies. Police and army will mount roadblocks to check...
View ArticleArmy, police close down Swaziland’s main commercial city in bid to halt...
The army and police have closed down Manzini, the main commercial city in Swaziland (eSwatini), setting up road blocks, forcing people to be screened for coronavirus and arresting people on the streets...
View ArticleWife of Swaziland King’s critic seeks court order to stop police harassing,...
The wife of Zweli Martin Dlamini, the Swaziland (eSwatini) editor and journalist being hunted by police for writing and publishing articles critical of absolute monarch King Mswati III, has asked...
View ArticleSwaziland Govt. confirms it will not feed the starving in towns and cities...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government will not send food to the starving and destitute in towns and cities during the extreme lockdown that it has imposed in the fight against coronavirus.The decision...
View ArticleSwaziland’s coronavirus lockdown in chaos as motorists beat travel ban
The coronavirus lockdown in Swaziland (eSwatini) has descended into chaos as people ignore the stay at home order and travel ban.Police backed by the army and prison warders have tried to lockdown...
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Tenth anniversary of death in state custody of Swaziland democracy activist...
It was 10 years ago today (1 May 2020) that democracy activist Sipho Jele was arrested by Swaziland (eSwatini) police and later killed.The 35-year-old Jele was arrested and charged under the...
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Teacher held by Swaziland police as free speech clampdown intensifies
A teacher was arrested and threatened by Swaziland (eSwatini) police because of comments he made on social media, in the latest in a continuing clampdownon free speech in the kingdom.Majahembuso...
View ArticleSwaziland: No Press Freedom
Today (3 May 2020) is World Press Freedom Day, when we come together to recognise the importance of journalism in a free society. Swaziland (eSwatini) is not free. It is ruled by an absolute monarch...
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Swaziland police fine man trying to buy food for destitute children during...
Police in Swaziland (eSwatini) fined a man who was out buying food for destitute children during the coronavirus lockdown.He had to use some of the money that had been donated for food to pay the...
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Swaziland democracy leader charged with sedition for criticising absolute...
Ncamiso Ngcamphalala, President of the Economic Freedom Fighters-Swaziland (EFF), has been charged with sedition for criticisms he made of absolute monarch King Mswati III on the Swati Newsweek...
View ArticleCoronavirus lockdown costs thousands of jobs in Swaziland, people evicted...
More than 8,000 people have been laid off from their jobs in Swaziland (eSwatini) because of the coronavirus lockdown presently gripping the kingdom.The figure, released by the Ministry of Labour and...
View ArticleDomestic abuse cases double in Swaziland during coronavirus lockdown
The number of recorded domestic abuse cases in Swaziland (eSwatini) has doubled during the present coronavirus lockdown.The Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA) said at least 40 cases had been...
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Chaos as Swaziland Govt. misses target to start food aid for destitute in...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government’s plan to feed 300,000 people during the present coronavirus lockdown is in shambles. On 22 April 2020, Swazi Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini announced they would be...
View ArticleSwaziland Govt. tries for second time to ease coronavirus lockdown after...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government is once again to ease the coronavirus lockdown in the kingdom. When it tried to do this three weeks ago it reversed its decision within days because it encouraged...
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Swaziland King reappears in public after months to make coronavirus address
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), made his first public appearance on Thursday (7 May 2020) since the start of the coronavirus crisis with a television address from the...
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Swaziland King shows double standards about keeping safe from coronavirus
The Swaziland (eSwatini) absolute monarch King Mswati III in a television address on Thursday (7 May 2020) told his people that in order to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) they should wear facemasks. He...
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