Labour unions are planning a series of further strikes to voice their feelings about proposed wage cuts and to lobby the government to resign.
Negotiations are under way to set in motion a long-term plan to boost trade among 26 countries around Africa, but analysts are sceptical about it.
Angola’s long standing ‘unelected’ leader José dos Santos may not stand in next year’s election.
Swazi democracy campaigners have called off their planned boycott of the Bushfire Festival, due to take place at the end of this month.
Swazi democracy activists are calling for artists and fans to boycott the country’s world-renowned Bushfire Festival later this month.
Swaziland’s trade unions have vowed to continue peaceful protest aimed at pressuring the government to step down.
The Swazi government’s heavy-handed reaction to this week’s protest marches could lead to international trade sanctions.
Pro-democracy flames have been fanned and may be increasingly hard to extinguish.
Cash-strapped Swaziland is on course for an African Development Bank loan worth $145-million to help plug its widening budget deficit.
War and chaotic infrastructure planning have left the river-rich country with a dire sanitation system.