PHOTO DISPLAY AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS
Shops in Swaziland have been ordered to stop displaying photos of alleged shoplifters because it infringes their human rights.It has become increasingly common for supermarkets in the kingdom to...
View ArticleANOTHER ASIAN SCARE BY ‘OBSERVER’
The Swaziland newspaper in effect owned by autocratic monarch King Mswati III has launched another bogus scare story against Asians living in the kingdom.This time the newspaper described by the Media...
View ArticleSWAZI POLICE FIRE AT STUDENTS
Police in Swaziland fired warning gunshots as students protested about late payment of their allowances. It is now commonplace for Swazi police to fire at civilian protests, such as student and labour...
View ArticlePOLICE FIRE SHOTS DURING BUS PROTEST
For the second time in a week police in Swaziland fired warning gunshots at civilians during a street protest.Kombi drivers and conductors brought traffic to a standstill at Mvutshini on Tuesday (14...
View ArticleKING’S ROLE IN SCHOOLS CHAOS IGNORED
A command made by Swaziland’s autocratic King Mswati III that schools must not charge parents top-up fees is about to be overturned following years of confusion.And, Swazi Government ministers and the...
View ArticleEU MONEY FLOWS DESPITE RIGHTS RECORD
Despite a campaign at the European Parliament to force Swaziland to improve its human rights record, the European Union (EU) has continued to spend tens ofmillions of euros of taxpayers’ money in the...
View ArticlePOLICE ‘EXTORTION’: 2 IN COURT
Two police officers in Swaziland have appeared in court charged with demanding money from suspects in return for their freedom.They appeared at the Manzini Magistrates Court on 14 February 2017 charged...
View ArticleMINISTER THREATENS SCHOLARSHIPS
Swaziland’s Minister of Labour and Social Security has made a veiled threat to scrap university scholarships in the kingdom if students continue to protest against late payments.Minister of Labour and...
View ArticlePUDEMO WILL NOT FIGHT SWAZI ELECTION
Swaziland’s main opposition political party PUDEMO has refuted media reports that it is ready to contest the national elections in 2018.PUDEMO (the People’s United Democratic Movement) is the...
View ArticleJUDGES APPOINTED UNCONSTITUTIONALLY
King Mswati III, the autocratic ruler of Swaziland appointed seven judges to the Supreme Court in contravention of the kingdom’s Constitution, Amnesty International has reported.As a result, the Law...
View ArticleCONFUSION OVER LANGUAGE RULING
Private as well as public schools in Swaziland are to be forced to conduct lessons in siSwati, the mother tongue of Swazi people, and applicants to universities and tertiary colleges will be made to...
View ArticleSWAZI ACTIVIST FORGOTTEN IN JAIL
Zonke needs help to appeal unfair 15-year sentenceKenworthy News Media, 28 February 2017 SOURCEWhere is the campaign and help for the appeal of Swazi activist Zonke Dlamini, who was tortured and...
View ArticleTERROR ACT CHANGES STALL AT SENATE
The promised amendments to the Swaziland’s Suppression of Terrorism Act have been shelved by the kingdom’s Senate – again.The Act, which bans organisations that advocate democratic reform and imprisons...
View ArticleALL MUST PAY FOR CHRISTIAN LESSONS
Taxpayers of all religions and none in Swaziland will have to help foot a E20 million ($US1.5m) bill to fund the new edict that only Christianity may be taught in schools.The controversial move was...
View ArticleSWAZI MPS REJECT NATIONAL BUDGET
Members of Parliament in Swaziland rejected the entire national budget and called for it to be replaced with one that favoured ordinary people.The unprecedented move came on Wednesday (1 March 2017)...
View ArticlePOLICE BLOCK WORKERS’ PROTEST
Police in Swaziland blocked a workers’ protest against poor labour conditions in the kingdom.Members of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) tried to march to deliver a petition of...
View ArticlePARTIES STILL BANNED FROM ELECTION
The head of Swaziland’s Elections and Boundaries Commission has said members of political parties are welcome to contest the 2018 national election, but poliical parties remain banned.The Swazi...
View ArticleSWAZILAND: MASSIVE ‘SECURITY’ SPENDING
If Swaziland’s contested budget is allowed to go through, the kingdom, ruled by King Mswati III, as an absolute monarch, will increase its spending on security this year and extra money will go to the...
View ArticleNO LET UP IN SWAZI POVERTY
Two thirds of the people in Swaziland continued to live below the poverty line, Amnesty International has reported. The Afrobarometer research network reported that around half the population said they...
View ArticleU.S. SAYS BUDGET LACKS TRANSPARENCY
King Mswati III’s Government has fallen foul of one of its most important aid donors, the United States, because it hides information about how its spends taxpayers’ money from the people.In a review...
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