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Mbabane – A public poll in Swaziland showed that 43% of the population disapproved of Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati’s III, earning a sharp rebuke from the government on Monday. The poll by the US-based Gallup ranked Mswati among … read more »
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Mbabane – The United States is expressing concern about a crackdown on anti-monarchy demonstrations in Swaziland. A statement released on Wednesday by the US Embassy in Mbabane criticised security forces in the southern African nation for preventing peaceful gatherings and … read more »
By Peter Kenworthy, Africa Contact Last years April 12 protests that called for democratisation of Swaziland’s absolute monarchy, amongst other things by removing the state of emergency that has been in place since April 12 1973, were thwarted by countless … read more »
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Mbabane – One in four households in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, were hit by the rising cost of food and even forced to skip meals, Unicef said in a report on Friday. “The report showed that households with family … read more »
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Mbabane – Swaziland on Friday lashed out at the African National Congress, and the youth league in particular, over its pressure for democratic reforms in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Government spokesperson Percy Simelane accused the ANC of forgetting the role … read more »
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By Peter Kenworthy, Africa Contact President of the Swaziland National Union of Students, Maxwell Dlamini, has been released on bail today [3. February]. The money for the 50,000 Rand bail (€5000) – the largest bail ever in Swazi legal history … read more »
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By Peter Kenworthy, Africa Contact The trial of Swazi student leader and political prisoner, Maxwell Dlamini, finally started last week after having been postponed and delayed since last April, where Maxwell Dlamini was apprehended by police and allegedly tortured and … read more »
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Equatorial Guinea has agreed to supply Swaziland with crude oil, but the product will first need to be refined in neighbouring South Africa, the Business Report said on Friday. Swaziland, which currently sources all of its fuel products from South … read more »
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November 21, 2011 by benim
Cape Town – The 12th wife of King Mswati III has accused Africa’s last absolute monarch of throwing her out of Swaziland’s royal household after imprisoning her for a year over an alleged affair with a government minister Ndumiso Mamba, … read more »
September 29, 2011 by benim
Mbabane – Swaziland’s King Mswati III has fired a judge seen as one of the only critical voices in the southern African kingdom’s judiciary, a royal official said on Wednesday. Judge Thomas Masuku had already been suspended from the bench … read more »
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Swaziland’s government will go ahead with planned salary cuts of civil servants despite receiving a $355-million bailout loan from neighbouring South Africa, a document obtained by AFP Sunday revealed. The document which details salary cuts as part of the government … read more »
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South Africa has agreed to a 2.4 billion rand bailout for Swaziland to help the impoverished southern African nation through a chronic cash crisis, the Times of Swaziland said on Wednesday. The paper cited King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute … read more »
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Mbabane – Talks on democratic reforms in Africa’s last absolute monarchy stumbled Saturday as the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, the country’s largest labour group, walked out of a civil society meeting. The “national convention”, which opened on Friday, aimed … read more »
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Mbabane – Thousands of people are participating in a second day of demonstrations in the small kingdom of Swaziland over the king’s handling of an economic crisis. More than 3 000 demonstrators gathered across the country on Thursday, accompanied by … read more »
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Johannesburg – Catholic bishops are urging reforms in Swaziland, calling sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarchy a police state that’s “tearing itself apart.” A statement issued on Thursday after a Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference visit to Swaziland says the king … read more »
Mbabane – The prime minister of sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarchy says Swaziland will resist pressure from the West over democratic reforms. Asked about reports that the US has developed a road map to democracy for the southern African country, … read more »
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Swaziland – a bewitching, verdant and mountainous little kingdom in southern Africa – has lately been more troubled than usual. Last week, trade unions and activists banded together to challenge the absolute monarchy here. King Mswati III has responded to … read more »
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November 6, 2010 by benim
The kingdom of Swaziland is one of the world’s last remaining absolute monarchies. Its king rules by decree over his million subjects, most of whom live in the countryside and follow traditional ways of life. The power of the throne, … read more »
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October 26, 2010 by benim
In the strange landlocked African kingdom of Swaziland, subjects must ensure they do not dishonour their monarch. That rule goes for King Mswati III’s 13 wives as well. And, despite shunning monogamy himself, he was in no mood to tolerate … read more »
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