New screening project aims to improve diabetes care in Swaziland
A new research project has started in Swaziland (eSwatini) aimed at improving care for people with diabetes through strengthening eye and foot screening. The Good Shepherd Hospital Eye Clinic (GSHEC)...
View ArticleSwaziland riot police fire teargas, rubber bullets to break up peaceful...
Armed riot police in Swaziland (eSwatini) used teargas and rubber bullets to break up a peaceful gathering called to ‘clean-up’ a township and arrest its leaders. It happened at KaKhoza in Manzini on...
View ArticleSwaziland rethinks law on ‘fake news’ that could lead to 10 years’ jail time
A committee of members of the Swaziland (eSwatini) parliament have voted to amend a Bill that could impose a E10 million fine or 10 years’ jail time on people publishing ‘fake news’. The section of the...
View ArticleSwaziland students march on government as new protest over scholarships takes...
Students in Swaziland (eSwatini) marched to petition government after more than 1,500 of them were refused scholarships. The students were from the University of eSwatini (formerly University of...
View ArticleSwaziland journalists to be fined by own newspaper if their reports lead to...
Journalists at the newspaper in Swaziland (eSwatini) in effect owned by the kingdom’s absolute monarch King Mwsati III are to be fined by the company if reports they write result in awards for...
View ArticleSwaziland PM warns of tough surveillance measures as people break coronavirus...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government is to step up its surveillance in the kingdom to try to catch people who are breaking coronavirus lockdown regulations. Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini said, ‘We...
View ArticleSwaziland Govt. withdraws controversial Computer Crime Bill, seeks more...
A Bill that set out to impose 10 years’ jail time on people publishing ‘fake news’ has been withdrawn by the Swaziland (eSwatini) Government after protests in the House of Assembly. The Computer Crime...
View ArticleSwaziland’s largest university closed as students protest over unpaid...
The largest university in Swaziland (eSwatini) has stopped in-class teaching and sent students home until further notice after protests against the non-payment of scholarships. The move was confirmed...
View ArticleSwaziland PM tests positive for coronavirus
Ambrose Dlamini the prime Mister of Swaziland (eSwatini) has tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement issued on Sunday (15 November 2020) he said, ‘I am asymptomatic and feeling well but in...
View ArticleSwaziland Govt. wants law to make it illegal to send social media posts that...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government wants to introduce a law making it illegal to post material online that would deliberately cause a victim serious emotional distress. The Harmful Digital...
View ArticleSwaziland teenage pregnancies, gender violence increase during coronavirus...
Teenage pregnancies and gender-based violence in Swaziland (eSwatini) have risen during the present coronavirus lockdown, Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku reported. He said out of 400 schools...
View ArticleSwaziland sex workers want to become legal and pay taxes
Sex workers in Swaziland (eSwatini) want to be formally registered so they can work legally and pay taxes. At present sex workers face fines of up to E100,000 (US$6,500) or up to 20 years’ jail time....
View ArticleNo let up on hunger in Swaziland – World Food Programme
The World Food Programme (WFP) helped feed 109,449 people in a month, about one in ten of the population, in Swaziland (eSwatini) as hunger continues to grip the kingdom. The report from the United...
View ArticleAnger as Swaziland PM gets special medical treatment for coronavirus
Swaziland (eSwatini) Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini who tested positive for coronavirus has been airlifted to neighbouring South Africa for treatment prompting anger from prodemocracy activists in the...
View ArticleLavish lifestyles of Swaziland Royal Family back in spotlight after party...
The lavish lifestyles of members of the Swaziland (eSwatini) Royal Family are once again under the spotlight after video was posted online showing King Mswati III’s son Prince Majaha being showered...
View ArticleSwaziland psychiatric patients escape hospital after ‘riot over food’
Dozens of psychiatric patients at a hospital in Swaziland (eSwatini) escaped the institution after a ‘riot’ over food. The Times of eSwatinireported on Friday (4 December 2020) it happened at the...
View ArticleSwaziland community police illegally whip rape suspect on private parts
Community police officers in Swaziland (eSwatini) illegally stripped a suspected rapist naked and whipped him with a cane on his private parts. This, the latest in a long line of abuses of power by the...
View ArticleMore than 50 pupils test positive for coronavirus at Swaziland school
More than 50 pupils at an industrial school in Swaziland (eSwatini) have tested positive for coronavirus in what might be the largest single outbreak in the kingdom. The exact number of cases at the...
View ArticleControversial business deal set to benefit Swaziland absolute monarch
King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini) is reportedly set to grab more than 90 percent of the shares in some of the kingdom’s prestigious hotels. He will in effect own the Royal...
View ArticleOnly one in ten people in Swaziland will get coronavirus vaccine in coming year
Nine out of ten people in Swaziland (eSwatini) will not be able to get a coronavirus vaccine in 2021, according to a new report. This is because the kingdom is poor and richer nations have made deals...
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