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Swazi parents in matric panic

Article Staff Reporter - 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.

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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.

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Article Carl Collison - 7 Dec 2016

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

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

Nkandla ruling is a short, sharp lesson in democracy

Analysis Staff Reporter - 6 May 2016

The Constitutional Court’s judgment on Jacob Zuma's Nkandla demonstrates the difficulties facing the continent, argues Bheki Makhubu.

Amos Mbedzi was wrongly convicted

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Apr 2016

Bheki Makhubu argues that Amos Mbedzi was wrongly convicted of the deaths of his two co-conspirators because of a misapplication of dolus eventualis.

Attorney general: Women will destroy Swazi chieftainship

Analysis Staff Reporter - 10 Feb 2016

Swaziland’s chief legal adviser has his knickers in a knot over a ‘threat’ posed to the patriarchal kingdom.

Confusing visa laws have a ripple effect on SA’s neighbours

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Dec 2015

South Africa is like the migrant worker who has found himself a new lover and forgot about his family.

Lies, public money and a redone DC-9 in Swaziland

Article Amabhungane - 12 Nov 2015

King Mswati III actually bought the jet claimed to be the gift of anonymous benefactors – twice.

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Cash splash for Swazi king’s wings

Article Amabhungane - 29 Oct 2015

Swaziland is again facing a financial crisis – yet MPs have okayed a new aircraft for Mswati III.

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