Swaziland Parliament forces Education Minister to drop school fees during...
Members of the Swaziland (eSwatini) House of Assembly forced the Minister of Education and Training, Lady Mabuza, to halt plans to make parents pay school fees even though classes had been stopped for...
View ArticleSwaziland remains ‘not free,’ human rights group Freedom House reports
Freedom House, the global group that works to defend human rights and promote democratic change, has once again declared that Swaziland (eSwatini) is ‘not free’. In its annual report on human rights in...
View ArticleNearly 60,00 people in Swaziland face looming starvation and death: Save The...
Nearly 60,000 people in Swaziland (eSwatini) face starvation or death without immediate action, Save The Children reported. They are among more than 347,000 people in the kingdom who face acute food...
View Article‘Drastic deterioration’ in Swaziland human rights, United Nations’...
There has been a ‘drastic deterioration’ in human rights in Swaziland (eSwatini), a United Nations group investigating the kingdom, ruled by absolute monarch King Mswati III, was told. Human Rights...
View ArticleStigma against women with HIV in Swaziland rife, human rights review told
The stigma faced by people with HIV in Swaziland (eSwatini) continues to be widespread with a particularly damning effect upon women and girls, according to a submission to a United Nations group’s...
View ArticleConfusion as Swaziland schools try to reopen after coronavirus shutdown
There was confusion across Swaziland (eSwatini) as schools attempted to reopen after an almost one-year closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Health and Training had issued a...
View ArticleMove to hire 900 teachers to reopen Swaziland schools after coronavirus...
Swaziland (eSwatini) might get 900 additional teachers to help schools as they reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.Minster of Education and Training Lady Howard Mabuza said she expected the Swazi...
View ArticleSwaziland police fire shots to break up drinkers outside bar
Police in Swaziland (eSwatini) fired gunshots to break up a group of people who were drinking alcohol in the street. It happened outside a bar called Mdzimba View in Ezulwini on Thursday night (1 April...
View ArticleSwaziland running out of coronavirus vaccines, no firm date to receive more
Swaziland (eSwatini) is fast running out of coronavirus vaccine and might not get more until the end of June 2021. The kingdom only received 32,000 doses of the AstraZeneca jab for a population of 1.1...
View ArticleChaos as Swaziland halts coronavirus vaccination of elderly
The vaccination of elderly people against coronavirus in Swaziland (eSwatini) has been thrown into chaos and temporarily halted. A timetable for jabs was issued by the Ministry of Health but was...
View ArticleSwazi Government looks to cut 3,000 public service jobs
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government is looking to cut 3,000 public service jobs and there could be no salary review this year, as the kingdom’s economy continues in free-fall. At present the public...
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Remembering the Swaziland ‘uprising’ of 2011
It is 10 years since the attempted ‘uprising’by pro-democracy campaigners against the Swaziland state and absolute monarch King Mswati III. It started on 12 April 2011, organised through the Internet...
View ArticleSwaziland elites take first share of coronavirus vaccines, leaving the poor...
Swaziland – like most of the world – is in the grip of a coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. As usual in the kingdom ruled by absolute monarch King Mswati III, those close to power have received...
View ArticleSwaziland girls, 15, sell selves for sex to feed families impoverished by...
Schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 in Swaziland (eSwatini) sold themselves for sex to feed their families while schools were closed during the coronavirus pandemic. They said they were not attending schools...
View ArticleNumber of coronavirus cases in Swaziland underestimated, Ministry of Health...
The Swaziland (eSwatini) Ministry of Health has revealed that it has underestimated the number of people who tested positive with coronavirus in the kingdom. Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi said there...
View ArticleSwaziland police ‘inflict torture’ on suspects: U.S. Govt. human rights report
There have been ‘occasional reports’ in Swaziland (eSwatini) that police have inflicted ‘torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment’, according to a report from the United...
View ArticleSwaziland runs out of coronavirus vaccines, only 35,000 people treated
Only 35,000 of Swaziland’s 1.2 million population have received their first vaccination against coronavirus and the kingdom has run out. The Acting Prime Minister Themba Masuku said more were expected....
View ArticleSwaziland human rights abuses attacked in third global report this year
Swaziland (eSwatini) suffers ‘significant’ human rights abuses including ‘cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the government; political prisoners or detainees; serious...
View ArticleTotal 86 health workers die from coronavirus at single Swaziland hospital
A total of 86 health workers, including doctors, nurses and paramedics, died of coronavirus at a single hospital in Swaziland (eSwatini). It happened at Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM), Manzini. The...
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Swaziland police ‘assault man’ during protest against police harassment
Three police officers in Swaziland (eSwatini) were captured on video assaulting a man who was part of a protest against police harassment. Police were caught on video slapping and kicking a protestor....
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