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Striking workers at a Swazi mine co-owned by ANC-linked investment company Chancellor House and King Mswati III fear "a second Marikana".
What is left in the country’s official reserves will cover only four months of vital imports, says the central bank’s monetary policy committee.
Pliant judges who do King Mswati III’s bidding are wreaking havoc on the kingdom’s legal system, writes Khethiwe Dlamini*.
US singer Erykah Badu has been condemned as a hypocrite for singing "Happy Birthday" to Swaziland’s King Mswati III.
A Swaziland government official has condemned divorce, while telling men to keep their eyes off female colleagues’ cleavages.
The South African Football Association should call off the upcoming soccer match between South Africa and Swaziland, says Cosatu.
An incomplete history of Swaziland gives the royal court too much credit for its own decline.
The great majority of Swazis are living in post-conflict style emergency thanks to the greed of the country’s royal family a new report claims.
Head of Commonwealth observer mission says there are grave concerns about a political system in Swaziland.
Swaziland’s polls offer little hope of change, but some candidates believe they can be agents of change, writes Louise Redvers.
Africa’s last absolute monarch King Mswati III has announced his tiny mountain kingdom has a new political system – a "monarchial democracy".
The Swaziland government has labelled South Africa a "politically immature" state with ignorant MPs, according to Swazi media reports.
Voters have begun registering for elections in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, with unions calling for a boycott of a "rubber-stamp" poll.
Since independence, Swaziland has tried to square the circle by running a modern democracy and an absolute monarchy in parallel.
The king still holds all the power and, despite its 2005 Constitution, democracy is elusive. Louise Redvers reports.
The ANC has called for Swaziland to be "liberated" as part of the outcomes of an International Solidarity Conference the party hosted last week.
The long-running row between MTN Swaziland and the country’s telecommunications operator has grown into what’s been dubbed a "constitutional crisis".
A Swazi court has sentenced a South African man to 85 years in prison for high treason and terrorism over a botched bombing against King Mswati III.
ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga has denied that the ANC in the NCOP endorsed a call on the government to hold back on a loan to Swaziland.
Swaziland’s King Mswati III has closed a forum where his subjects called for democratic reforms, promising "expert" reviews but making no commitments.
Footage obtained by the M&G shows Swaziland’s people, ruled by King Mswati III, are suffering from starvation, displacement, intimidation and violence.
Swaziland’s King Mswati III has sparked renewed criticism as three of his wives prepare to jet off for a holiday in the US gambling mecca Las Vegas.
A complaint to the International Criminal Court has turned the spotlight on King Mswati III’s alleged human rights violations.
Calls for international isolation of Swaziland’s King Mswati III have had little effect as the monarchy remains a pillar of national identity.
Man ‘disappeared’ after recovering R28-million for the Swazi government — but was easy to find
The much delayed international facility in Swaziland has been condemned by activists as a ‘royal vanity project’.
Prior to delivery, the MD-87 passed through firms specialising in ownership subterfuge
The luxury jet given to Swazi King Mswati III as a birthday gift appears to have undergone "aircraft laundering" to conceal its origins.
The origin of the costly "gift" — a DC-9 aircraft — is a mystery, but activists say it was bought for King Mswati III by Swaziland’s government.
Swazi King Mswati III has received a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 twin engine jet for his 44th birthday despite the country’s crippling financial crisis.
Swazi unions blame the low protester turnout on police brutality, but insiders say the opposition is too disorganised.