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Help us help ourselves, say Swaziland’s young single mothers

February 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Women in Swaziland are heavily discriminated against, both by law and by custom. According to the former, women in effect have the status of minors and cannot get a bank loan without the consent of their husbands. According to the … read more »

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Equatorial Guinea to sell crude to Swaziland: report

January 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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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Coca-Cola has been accused of supporting the regime of Swaziland dictator King Mswati III

January 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Coca-Cola has been accused of supporting the regime of Swaziland dictator King Mswati III. The Swaziland Democracy Campaign, an organisation that aims to depose Africa’s last absolute monarch, has called on the multi-billion dollar drinks giant to pull out of … read more »

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Swazi cop in trance blurts out wish

November 30, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – A Swazi police officer has been suspended after she blurted out while in a spiritual trance that she wished for Africa’s last absolute monarchy to end, a church official said on Wednesday. Dumsile Khumalo, a junior police officer … read more »

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Mswati’s 12th wife not expelled

November 21, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – A senior official in the Swazi palace Monday denied reports that King Mswati’s 12th wife Nothando Dube had been banished from the royal household after quarrelling with a guard. The disgraced queen, who has been under house arrest … read more »

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Swazi king’s 12th wife ‘booted out’

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 »

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Mswati’s 12th wife kicked out

November 20, 2011 by benim

THE 12th wife of Swaziland’s King Mswati was kicked out of the royal palace yesterday following an altercation with a security guard. Inkhosikati LaDube was ordered to “immediately leave the palace” by royal governor Timothy Mthethwa, who was accompanied by … read more »

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Swaziland cash crunch “critical”, AIDS spending hit

November 17, 2011 by benim

A budget crunch in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, has reached a “critical stage” with the government struggling to maintain spending on HIV/AIDS, education and the elderly, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. In a damning assessment of the … read more »

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Swazi civil servants get paid on time

November 15, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Cash-strapped Swaziland has pulled together enough loans from local banks and private businesses to pay government workers on time this month, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The announcement came after emergency meetings to raise the $43m reportedly needed … read more »

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S.Africa could suffer if Swaziland collapses

November 6, 2011 by benim

Mbombela – If Swaziland suffers an economic and social collapse, the provinces of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng will be most affected, says South African sociologist Hilda Simelane. Simelane told African Eye News Service that a Swazi collapse would not only … read more »

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God moves Swazi king’s remote control

October 25, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Africa’s last absolute monarch King Mswati III has been hailed “God’s chosen one” after he apparently witnessed a miracle. Some of the evangelical Christians and top government officials who listened to King Mswati preach at a prayer meeting … read more »

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Swazi King Mswati shuffles cabinet

October 18, 2011 by benim

Johannesburg – Swaziland’s King Mswati III announced a major cabinet reshuffle in a move his critics say is aimed at punishing those who do not toe the line. Amongst those fired is Justice Minister David Matse who refused to fire … read more »

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Swazi crisis man-made disaster – Mswati

October 11, 2011 by benim

Mbombela – Africa’s last absolute monarch King Mswati III has labelled Swaziland’s financial crisis a “man-made disaster”. The king made the statement at the University of Swaziland’s 31st graduation ceremony at Kwaluseni Campus in Matsapha over weekend. “Our financial crisis … read more »

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King Mswati of Swaziland fires judge

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 schools close – budget crunch

September 13, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Swaziland school principals on Tuesday shut down many of the nation’s schools on the first day of the new term, demanding that government pay outstanding fees meant to ensure free public education. “The situation is bleak, very bleak. … read more »

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Police crack down on Swazi protesters

September 9, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Swazi police on Friday fired teargas and beat back anti-government protesters with batons in the capital Mbabane, where 1 000 people marched after authorities failed to win a court order to stop them. The protests marked the fifth … read more »

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Thousands march against Swaziland king: activists

September 8, 2011 by benim

Thousands of people marched on Thursday against the appointed government in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, a day after clashes with riot police in which several protesters were arrested and beaten, an activist and local media said. As a week … read more »

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Anti-govt protests swell in Swaziland

September 6, 2011 by benim

Manzini – More than 1 000 people marched on Tuesday through Swaziland’s main city Manzini in one of the largest protests yet against Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III. Scores of riot police stood by as the protesters marched … read more »

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Planned protests against Swaziland Mswati begin

September 5, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – About 300 protesters on Monday danced and sang freedom songs in the streets of Swaziland’s capital Mbabane, at the start of a planned week of protests against Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III. Impoverished Swaziland is teetering … read more »

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Court bid to stop Swazi protests

September 4, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – The Swaziland government has sought a court injunction to block a week of planned pro-democracy protests in a country were political parties are banned. Unions said the demonstrations would go ahead across the country as part of a … read more »

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The seedier side of Swazi Reed Dance

August 31, 2011 by benim

Ezulwini – Swaziland’s annual “Reed Dance”, a ceremony which is meant to be a traditional show of virginity by thousands of maidens, is acquiring a seedier reputation for events off stage. About 60 000 bare-breasted girls from across the landlocked … read more »

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Swazi King demands R400m commission

August 27, 2011 by benim

Johannesburg – Swaziland’s King Mswati III has demanded that R400m be paid to him as commission, for getting the South African government to lend his cash-strapped country money, the Saturday Star reported. Swaziland Solidarity Network spokesperson Lucky Lukhele said he … read more »

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Students protest at Swaziland festival

August 25, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Students in Swaziland protesting against the closure of their university threatened to derail a traditional festival on Wednesday, leading to seven arrests. The demonstrators tried to breach a police cordon in Ezulwini at the start of the annual … read more »

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IMF delegation visits Swaziland: report

August 23, 2011 by benim

An International Monetary Fund delegation began a two-week visit to cash-strapped Swaziland on Monday to see if the African country was doing enough to win its approval to secure foreign loans, SAPA news agency reported. Swaziland was plunged into a … read more »

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Outcry over hearings on Swazi judge

August 23, 2011 by benim

Cape Town – National and international law bodies on Monday strongly criticised the closed-door hearings conducted by Swaziland’s Judicial Service Commission (JSC) against the country’s High Court Judge Thomas Masuku. The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) called on the … read more »

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Swazi students want king to pay

August 16, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Students want King Mswati III to dig into his own pockets to fund the country’s only university which shut down last week due to financial problems, a representative said on Tuesday. Nearly 200 University of Swaziland students marched … read more »

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South African largesse raises alarm for Swaziland’s impoverished

August 15, 2011 by benim

As far as bailouts go, it is small potatoes, but South Africa’s US$375 million rescue package for the tiny kingdom of Swaziland has caused a storm of protest as it props up the playboy despot who runs the country. Swaziland, … read more »

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Swaziland Needs $11 Million to Reopen Only University

August 11, 2011 by benim

Swaziland’s education minister says the country’s only university need Learn more here s $11 million to resume classes. The University of Swaziland was set to begin its academic year this week, but failed to open as the country’s government deals … read more »

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Cash-strapped Swazi university closed

August 8, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Swaziland’s cash-strapped university failed to re-open for the new academic year on Monday, officials said, adding it would remain closed indefinitely. “The registration process is suspended, and the commencement of the first semester lectures is postponed… to a … read more »

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Swaziland to go ahead with civil servant salary cuts

August 7, 2011 by benim

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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