Deputy PM Announces Date of Election
[Swazi Media]Swaziland’s Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku has announced that the national elections this year will take place in August.
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Deputy PM Misleads On Human Rights
[Swazi Media]Swaziland’s Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku has claimed that human rights and democratic principles are adhered to in the kingdom in a newspaper interview that denies evidence to the contrary amassed over several years.
Deputy PM Misleads On Human Rights Read MoreEconomy Fails, One in Ten Go Hungry
[Swazi Media]One in ten people in Swaziland will go hungry this year as the kingdom struggles to feed its population as the economy remains in the doldrums.
Economy Fails, One in Ten Go Hungry Read MoreGovt Wide Off the Mark On Swaziland
[SACSIS]With the Swazi king planning another round of bogus “royal elections” this year, the Swaziland Democracy Campaign will launch a campaign for democratic elections this weekend. Meanwhile the South African government’s soft diplomacy props up Swa…
Govt Wide Off the Mark On Swaziland Read MoreDispute Over Child Marriage Continues
[IRIN]Mbabane -The relief felt by health officials and activists several months ago at the apparent outlawing of child marriages now appears to have been premature, with Swaziland’s traditional leadership recently declaring that such unions are accepta…
Dispute Over Child Marriage Continues Read MoreElections Predicted To Be ‘A Fraud’
[Fahamu]As Swaziland prepares for elections this year, international expectation is that the process will be a mockery of democracy in the kingdom where King Mswati has the sole say
Elections Predicted To Be ‘A Fraud’ Read MoreU.S. Government Announces USAID and Mothers2mothers (m2m) Partnership to End Pediatric Aids
[U.S. Embassy Pretoria]In a response to the high rate of AIDS deaths and pediatric HIV in Southern and Eastern Africa, the United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and mothers2mothers (m2m) launche…
U.S. Government Announces USAID and Mothers2mothers (m2m) Partnership to End Pediatric Aids Read MoreClothing Has Nothing to Do With ‘Decency’!
[Gender Links]Mbabane -Swazi women may have celebrated too soon when the country ratified the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development in September 2012, a regional instrument that commits all countries in the region to attain gender equality. This foll…
Clothing Has Nothing to Do With ‘Decency’! Read MoreBanned Party Attacks ‘Observer’ Boss
[Swazi Media]The Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC), a banned political party in the kingdom of Swaziland, has spoken out against the managing director of the state-owned Swazi Observer Newspaper Group, Alpheous Nxumalo, for suppressing diverse…
Banned Party Attacks ‘Observer’ Boss Read MoreNo Crime, but Pregnant Woman Jailed
[Swazi Media]A women who is seven months pregnant was jailed in Swaziland, even though there were no allegations of wrongdoing or pending convictions against her, after her mother told a magistrate her daughter needed correcting.
No Crime, but Pregnant Woman Jailed Read MoreSenate President’s Censorship Threat
[Swazi Media]Swaziland Senate president Gelane Zwane has insulted and threatened journalists for turning up to a meeting to which they were invited, according to reports in the Times of Swaziland, the country’s oldest privately-owned newspaper.
Senate President’s Censorship Threat Read MoreMinister Comes Clean on Economy
[Swazi Media]Swaziland’s Finance Minister Majozi Sithole has backtracked on his claim that the kingdom’s economy is no longer in crisis, after international observers proved he was not telling the truth.
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