Latest articles on King Mswati Iii

How eSwatini silences opposition activists

Africa Nimrod Mabuza - 27 Aug 2020

Activists in the Kingdom of eSwatini are routinely arrested on vague and flimsy charges

Swati editors flee to safety in SA

Africa Bill Snaddon - 21 May 2020

Independent media is under threat as authorities harass and threaten journalists

African leaders use anti-terror laws to silence journalists

Article William Gumede - 25 Sep 2019

Reporters in Eswatini, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cameroon have been arrested

Making media freedom in ESwatini is more than a dream

Africa Magnificent Mndebele - 15 Aug 2019

Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu, in spite of harassment from King Mswati and his cronies, is undeterred in his bid to expose the regime’s wrongdoings

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eSwatini says fake polygamy story ‘insult’ to king and country

Africa Agency - 15 May 2019

The story, carried by the Zambian Observer said that Swazi men would have to marry several wives starting from June

Brutal evictions a blot on eSwatini

Africa Shireen Mukadam - 7 Sep 2018

Hundreds of people are homeless and destitute, largely because they don’t have security of tenure

Swaziland’s name change challenged in court

Africa Staff Reporter - 28 Aug 2018

Does King Mswati III have the authority to change the name of his country without consultation?

Swaziland’s leaders must stop eating all the grass

Africa Staff Reporter - 2 Jun 2018

When King Mswati III celebrated his 50th birthday last month, he was apparently wearing a diamond encrusted watch worth an incredible $1.6-million

The life of Lungu: Mystery mansion raises suspicion

Africa Simon Allison - 18 May 2018

The plans for the president's eSwatini estate were leaked on social media earlier this week

The businessman’s murder that rocked the Swazi kingdom

Article Bill Snaddon - 23 Mar 2018

Victor Gamedze was one of the most powerful men in Swaziland. But his death raises more questions than answers

After Mugabe, could King Mswati be the next strongman to fall?

Africa Bill Snaddon - 30 Nov 2017

In the wake of Robert Mugabe’s fall from grace, commentators are rushing to ask: Which long-term African leader is next in line to hit the dust?

King Mswati’s grand vision just a hollow shell

Africa Staff Reporter - 16 Sep 2016

As the Swazi king takes the SADC chair, his vanity projects have come under scrutiny.

SADC puts the focus on Swaziland, an anachronism in an ostensibly democratic region

Analysis Webster Zambara - 24 Aug 2016

Besides being the last absolute monarchy in Africa, its people are desperately poor and money is being wasted on the king’s vanity projects.

Swaziland’s King Mswati III as SADC chair will ‘institutionalise dictatorship’

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Jul 2016

Civil society groups have spoken out against the possible appointment of Swaziland’s King Mswati III as SADC chairperson.

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Latest articles on King Mswati Iii

How eSwatini silences opposition activists

Swati editors flee to safety in SA

African leaders use anti-terror laws to silence journalists

Making media freedom in ESwatini is more than a dream

FREE TO READ: Get this week’s M&G

eSwatini says fake polygamy story ‘insult’ to king and country

Brutal evictions a blot on eSwatini

Swaziland’s name change challenged in court

Swaziland’s leaders must stop eating all the grass

The life of Lungu: Mystery mansion raises suspicion

The businessman’s murder that rocked the Swazi kingdom

After Mugabe, could King Mswati be the next strongman to fall?

King Mswati’s grand vision just a hollow shell

SADC puts the focus on Swaziland, an anachronism in an ostensibly democratic region

Swaziland’s King Mswati III as SADC chair will ‘institutionalise dictatorship’

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