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Zweli Martin Dlamini

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Zweli Martin Dlamini

Zweli Martin Dlamini is the editor of the Swaziland News, an independent online publication. He has over ten years experience as a journalist and was once attached to AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism for training on investigative journalism. Dlamini has been persecuted several times by the Eswatini government for writing critical articles against King Mswati. He has worked with various international media organisations that include the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a contributor for Eswatini stories

Thulani Maseko, chairperson of the pro-democracy MultiStakeholder Forum, was shot dead at his home in Luyengo, in southeast Eswatini, about 45km from the capital Mbabane. He was 52 years old. (@Follow_SALC/Twitter)
ESWATINI

Eswatini government slams ‘speculation’ over murder of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko

Activist was assassinated because he demanded democratic reforms, say supporters

  • Zweli Martin Dlamini
4 min read
Royal insiders said the queen was receiving medical treatment in South Africa for a different illness, not for her teeth. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
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eSwatini’s King Mswati accused of assaulting yet another wife

The queen’s teeth were allegedly knocked out by the absolute monarch

  • Zweli Martin Dlamini
4 min read
A man walks by the wreckage of a car outside a dealership burned down by protesters during the July unrest in Manzini, on October 29, 2021. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
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Eswatini youth: ‘Nothing to lose’

More than 100 young protesters were killed by the police, sparking outrage against the king

  • Zweli Martin Dlamini
5 min read
Graveyard: Wreckage of cars burned by protesters in Eswatini’s unrest in July. A preliminary inquiry has put the number of people killed at 46 but others say that at least 70 people died. (Michele Spatari/AFP)
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‘Gross human rights abuses’ in Eswatini

Civil society has called for an investigation into King Mswati’s alleged crimes against humanity

  • Zweli Martin Dlamini
5 min read
Citizens have been growing increasingly disgruntled (the image below is from unrest in 2018) at the dictatorial regime of King Mswati. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)
CEBILE SHONGWE

Eswatini cop says ‘not in my name’

A police officer has fled the country after making allegations of human rights abuses

  • Zweli Martin Dlamini
6 min read
Protests started in the constituency of MP Mduduzi Simelane, who is in hiding, fearing for his life, saying it is ‘heartbreaking to be hunted for exercising your constitutional rights’.
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Pro-democracy politicians forced into hiding in Eswatini

King Mswati summons the nation to dialogue but avoids democratic engagement as death toll rises

  • Zweli Martin Dlamini
5 min read
Power of the gun: King Mswati III of Eswatini inspects a Kalashnikov in Russia in 2019. (Donat SorokinTASS via Getty Images)
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Blood on the streets in Eswatini: The stories of those who have lost their lives

For weeks protests in eSwatini have raged, and dozens of people have been killed. But what is life like for those demanding democracy in the monarchy?

  • Zweli Martin Dlamini
7 min read