UNPAID NURSES AND STAFF STRIKE
Nurses and support staff at a major hospital in Swaziland walked off work on Wednesday (26 October 2016) because they had not been paid.It happened at Good Shepherd Hospital in Siteki.Management blamed...
View ArticleKING EXPLOITS SUGAR WORKERS
There’s nothing sweet about the Swazi sugar sectorby Jeff VogtEqual Times, 26 October 2016SOURCEThe government of Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy of Africa, is well known for its human rights...
View ArticleSEX VIOLENCE ‘NATIONAL DISASTER’
One in three females in Swaziland is at risk of sexual violence as a child, an NGO leader reported.Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA) Director Cebile Manzini told media, ‘The fact that one...
View ArticleKING BUYS JET, U.S. FEEDS HUNGRY
The United States is to provide US$6.35m in drought relief. That is just US$1m short of the US$7.3m the Swazi Government is paying as a deposit this year for a private jet for King Mswati III.Swaziland...
View ArticleHUMAN SUFFERING AND SWAZI SUGAR
The bittersweet taste of Swazi sugarKenworthy News Media28 October 2016 SOURCEAccording to a new report from the ITUC about the sugar industry in Swaziland, the country’s absolute monarch uses sugar...
View ArticleSELF-CENSORSHIP AT ‘TIMES’ NEWSPAPER
The Times of Swaziland, the only independent daily newspaper in the kingdom, censored itself heavily in a report about exploitation of sugar workers to deflect criticism away from the absolute monarch...
View ArticleBILLIONS MISSING IN TREASURY BANKS
The Swaziland Government Treasury Department bank accounts have a shortfall of E5.1 billion (US$360 million).Independent auditors fear there may have been fraud, misappropriation and embezzlement.A...
View ArticleSCHOOLGIRLS ‘GIVE SEX FOR FOOD’
Primary schoolgirls in Swaziland are falling pregnant because they are forced to have sex with older men for food.The Swazi Observer newspaper reported on Thursday (17 November 2016), ‘a worrying...
View ArticleCALL TO PROBE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Trade unionists in Swaziland have called for an official inquiry after it was revealed that E5.1billion (US$360 million) was unaccounted for in Treasury Department bank accounts. The Trade Union...
View ArticlePOLITICAL BAR IN SWAZI BROADCAST BILL
People in Swaziland who are affiliated to any political group will not be granted radio or television broadcasting licences in a proposed law. Swaziland is controlled by King Mswati III who is...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICE ‘TERRORISE’ MUSLIMS
Muslim visitors to Swaziland say they were ‘terrorised’ by local police.The Imam of Ezulwini Islamic Centre, Feroz Ismail, said guests had visited the kingdom from across Africa for a graduation and...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICE CHIEF SNUBS ‘UNION’
Swaziland’s National Police Commissioner Isaac Magagula has reacted angrily to a request from the Police Staff Association that its executive committee be recognised.The Association’s executive was...
View ArticleSWAZI DPP CALLS ASIANS ‘TERRORISTS’
Swaziland’s Director of Public Prosecutions Nkosinathi Maseko has said, ‘most nationals of Asian origin were associated with terrorist activities’.The Observer on Saturday (26 November 2016) reported...
View ArticleSWAZILAND’S ‘BLACK WEDNESDAY’
Students at the University of Swaziland did not this year mark the anniversary of the campus invasion by armed soldiers known as ‘Black Wednesday.’ According to the Swazi Observer, a commemoration was...
View ArticlePROBE INTO TEACHING AT ‘KING’S VARSITY’
A Swaziland parliamentary committee has ordered an investigation into the standard of qualifications held by academic staff at the university King Mswati III wants to host his proposed University of...
View ArticleSWAZI STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST STUDENTS
The recent passing of the 26th anniversary of Black Wednesday when troops invaded a campus of the University of Swaziland reminds us that little has changed in the kingdom ruled by King Mswati III,...
View ArticleDO SWAZIS WANT DEMOCRACY?
Kenworthy News Media, 6 December 2016 SOURCENew Afrobarometer-report shows that Africans still cautiously embrace democracy. In the small absolute monarchy of Swaziland, support for democracy is low...
View ArticleSWAZILAND CAN LEARN FROM THE GAMBIA
Kenworthy News Media, 7 December 7 2016 SOURCEAfter a coup and 22 years of authoritarian rule, The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh conceded power in elections on December 1. Swaziland, another of...
View ArticleSWAZILAND LAST ON POLITICAL FREEDOM
Swaziland came a long way last in a survey of 36 African countries looking at political freedom.Of those asked, ‘In this country how free are you to join any political organisation you want?’ only 7...
View ArticleSTRIKE AT SWAZI KING’S SADC UNIVERSITY
Workers at the university in Swaziland that King Mswati III has chosen to spearhead his University of Transformation started a strike on Monday (9 January 2016) protesting about short-term...
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