Swaziland King embroiled in another press freedom row after website accuses...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government has said it will pursue a newspaper editor using ‘legal channels’ after he wrote and published articles critical of absolute monarch King Mswati III.Zweli Martin...
View ArticleSwaziland police fire teargas to break up coronavirus prayer meeting
Police in Swaziland (eSwatini) fired teargas to break up a group of people who were praying for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.People were also beaten by police officers when they questioned if the...
View ArticleIndependent audit shows ‘Times of eSwatini’ 300,000 daily sales claim is...
The Times of eSwatini newspaper (formerly Times of Swaziland) which for years has claimed to have daily sales of 300,000 copies in fact has fewer than 18,000, an independent audit of its circulation...
View ArticleBus operators defy coronavirus regulations to run fully loaded despite surge...
Bus operators in Swaziland (eSwatini) are defying coronavirus social distancing regulations and running vehicles at full capacity because they say they will go out of business otherwise. It comes as...
View ArticleSwaziland King’s controversial oil storage project rises from the dead and...
The projected cost of building an oil facility in Swaziland (eSwatini), enthusiastically supported by the kingdom’s absolute monarch King Mswati III, has risen to more than E3 billion (US$170 million)...
View ArticleMore Swaziland schools reopen as health expert predicts coronavirus cases...
More schools and colleges in Swaziland (eSwatini) are to reopen from coronavirus lockdown just as the Ministry of Health’s epidemiologist predicted cases of the virus could triple before the end of the...
View ArticleHunger sweeping across Swaziland and is going to get worse, new report suggests
Nearly one in three people in Swaziland (eSwatini) face severe hunger in the coming months and the situation is getting worse.The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is only partly to blame. Before the...
View ArticleSwaziland public transport in chaos as bus workers strike over coronavirus...
Public transport in the Swaziland (eSwatini) city of Manzini was severely disrupted when bus operators stopped work and barricaded the bus rank.The action came amid confusion over how buses – known...
View ArticleNearly half the people with tuberculosis in Swaziland don’t know they have...
Nearly half of the people in Swaziland (eSwatini) who have the disease tuberculosis (TB) do not know it, according to a new report.TB in the kingdom is a prominent threat to public health. The...
View ArticleSwaziland introduces law with 10 year jail term for publishing ‘fake news’
The government in the absolute monarchy of Swaziland (eSwatini) has introduced a law aimed at censoring all forms of media which could lead to a 10-year jail sentence for people publishing ‘fake...
View ArticleHealth expert warns Swaziland women might contract cancer from unregulated...
Women in Swaziland (eSwatini) are using unregulated family planning products that might cause cancer, a leading sexual health expert has warned.Bongani Msibi, Acting Executive Director of Family Life...
View ArticleHunger continues to sweep across Swaziland, one third of population badly hit
Hunger continues to grip Swaziland (eSwatini) and the European Union has donated 1.4 million euros (US$1.6 million) to help feed up to 94,000 families in the coming year.The money will be used to...
View ArticleAs Swaziland marks the anniversary of Independence, what happened to the...
By Richard RooneyAs Swaziland (eSwatini) marks the 52nd anniversary of its independence from Great Britain I can’t help but wonder what happened to all the optimism that was voiced in 1968?In 1968, the...
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Vast amounts of money ‘looted’ from Swaziland independence celebrations as...
By Richard RooneyVast amounts of cash may have been looted from public funds during the double celebration to mark Swaziland’s 50th anniversary of independence from Britain and the absolute monarch’s...
View ArticlePlaces of worship closed in Swaziland as coronavirus lockdown rules ignored
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government has closed five places of worship after police raided them and found they were breaking coronavirus lockdown regulations. The Swazi Ministry of Home Affairs said in...
View ArticleCampaigners criticise UK for allowing arm sales to undemocratic Swaziland
The undemocratic absolute monarchy of Swaziland (eSwatini) is among a list of countries that have received arms from the United Kingdom, the Campaign Against Arms Trade reported. More than £16 billion...
View ArticleFormer Swaziland Govt minister in court on double murder charges
Former Swaziland (eSwatini) Minister of Public Works and Transport Ntuntuko Dlamini has appeared in court on two charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a shooting during a land...
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Swaziland democracy leader and former MP Jan Sithole dies
Jan Sithole, the former Manzini North Member of Parliament and President of the Swaziland Democratic Party (SWADEPA), has died. He was taken ill at home and later died in hospital. He was 67 years...
View ArticleSwaziland coronavirus deaths top 100 as number of tests undertaken falls
The number of deaths from coronavirus in Swaziland (eSwatini) has broken through the 100 barrier to 101. Meanwhile, the number of test results announced by the Ministry of Health is falling.Three new...
View ArticleSwaziland authorities ban march to protest ban on alcohol during coronavirus...
A planned march in Swaziland (eSwatini) to protest the ban of manufacture and sales of alcohol during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic was banned by police and the local municipal authority. The march...
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