Swaziland

‘Hey Google, our breasts aren’t sexual’

Africa Simon Allison - 12 Oct 2017

The multinational’s restrictions on videos of Reed Dancers sexualise cultural practices, say critics

The Swazi and Mozambican migrant scholars of Mpumalanga’s border towns

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Mar 2017

Children rent rooms in South Africa so that they can get an education – and a meal a day.

SA schools boot out Swazi, Moz children over missing IDs

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Mar 2017

Learners who have attended certain Mpumalanga schools for years are now being turned away when they attempt to enter high schools in the province

Swazi parents in matric panic

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Feb 2017

The Swaziland government is trying to mend fences with South Africa instead of mending its education system.

Bad boy sugar does some good

Article Sipho Kings - 7 Feb 2017

Sugar cane has a bad image but a new model that helps smallholders and associations in rural areas to earn a life-changing income may shift this.

Your sweet tooth brings development to Swaziland

Article Sipho Kings - 6 Feb 2017

Mandatory blending regulations, coming into force over the coming decade, could create a whole new market for Swazi sugarcane, in the form of ethanol.

A queer thing is going on in southern Africa’s churches

Article Carl Collison - 7 Dec 2016

Religious leaders are key to addressing the systemic issues that affect LGBTI people.

Swaziland: Promise to respect human rights must move from paper to action

Analysis Shireen Mukadam - 17 Oct 2016

As the new chair of SADC, this is a golden opportunity for the Swazi leadership to show it will uphold the commitments made.

Cites: Everyone wants to stop species being wiped out, but don’t agree on the solution

Article Sipho Kings - 6 Oct 2016

Some say trade will pay for conservation, others argue it will fuel poaching and trafficking.

King Mswati’s grand vision just a hollow shell

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 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 bogdan TagDiv - 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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