Will the 2010 World Cup get red-light status in Swaziland? Andile Nsibande asks a sex worker
Acoustic Africa, a collaboration between three of Africa’s most successful musicians, wowed the crowd at the recent Bushfire Festival in Swaziland.
President Zuma’s relationship with Mswati III could cloud his judgment on rights abuses in Swaziland.
Southern African leaders were on Monday expected to suspend Madagascar from the SADC regional grouping, after its president was forced from office.
Unrest in Madagascar will take centre stage at a summit on Monday where leaders are also set to finalise a reconvery package for Zimbabwe.
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/ 20 February 2009
About 42% of pregnant women in Swaziland are infected with the HI virus, a jump of 3% since last year, according to a report released on Friday.
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/ 17 November 2008
Swaziland opposition leader Mario Masuku was charged on Monday with terrorism and remanded in police custody, court officials said.
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/ 19 October 2008
Swaziland has failed to take advantage of the opportunity to export unlimited quantities of beef to the lucrative European Union market.
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/ 11 October 2008
Swaziland’s Parliament was brought to a temporary halt on Friday when a newly elected lawmaker refused to pledge loyalty to the king’s heirs.
An initiative in Swaziland is improving food security by teaching children how to sustain crops, writes Mantoe Phakathi.
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/ 20 September 2008
Observers monitoring elections in Swaziland expressed concerns on Friday over the exclusion of political parties in Africa’s last absolute monarchy.
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/ 19 September 2008
Swaziland’s banned political groups on Friday condemned the kingdom’s political system as Africa’s last absolute monarchy went to the poll.
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/ 19 September 2008
The legitimacy of Friday’s election is viewed with suspicion by a growing number of citizens.
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/ 19 September 2008
Voters lined up on Friday to cast their ballot in Swaziland to elect lawmakers under a Constitution that still bars political parties.
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/ 18 September 2008
Swaziland police have stopped dozens of demonstrators trying to blockade border posts in protest against elections on Friday.
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/ 18 September 2008
Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, faced protests on Thursday on the eve of much-criticised elections.
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/ 15 September 2008
Mediation between the Swazi government and labour movements and opposition parties is due to start within weeks.
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/ 6 September 2008
Swaziland’s King Mswati III promised better times for his subjects on Saturday at a lavish celebration marking 40 years of independence.
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/ 6 September 2008
Robert Mugabe received a rousing reception in Swaziland on Saturday as he joined King Mswati III for the king’s lavish birthday celebrations.
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/ 4 September 2008
Swaziland and its king are throwing a joint 40th birthday bash this weekend, but the mood is far from celebratory in this land of paupers and princes.
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/ 4 September 2008
What happens to a nation whose people depend on the largesse of international donor agencies for their existence, once support is withdrawn?
Traditional sexual practices including polygamy and promiscuity are driving rampant HIV-Aids in Swaziland where nearly 40% of adults are infected.
Scores of Swazis took to the streets to demonstrate against the king’s wives’ trip abroad while people go hungry.
Swaziland’s King Mswati III on Thursday sent more than 50 000 young women into the fields to cut reeds for an annual ritual next week.
Swazi women have challenged King Mswati III on the monarchy’s lavish lifestyle in the face of abject poverty and disease.
More than 1 500 mostly HIV-positive women staged an unprecedented protest in Swaziland on Thursday against a foreign shopping tour.
Swaziland’s King Mswati III summoned his subjects to the country’s traditional capital for a meeting on Tuesday, amid speculation he was to dissolve Parliament ahead of a national election.
A Cabinet minister is one of 30 Swaziland businessmen who are to be investigated by the country’s main anti-corruption unit over how they amassed their fortunes. Prime Minister Absalom Themba Dlamini told Parliament earlier this week that a Cabinet minister had amassed more than 30-million emalangeni in his bank account.
In Swaziland the mystery of why people refuse to use condoms is slowly being unravelled.
Officially, Swazi opposition leader Gabriel Mkhumane died at the hands of criminals when he was shot dead in Nelspruit at the beginning of this month. But fellow opposition supporters reject the official explanation for his murder and believe that he was assassinated by government operatives.
The government of Swaziland, one of Africa’s poorest and most Aids-ridden countries, has defended plans to spend nearly ,5-million on celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of independence. The opposition has called for the celebrations, which will also mark King Mswati III’s 40th birthday, to be scrapped or scaled down.
A substantial increase in the number of Swazis requiring food aid has raised some questions in this Southern African country. Why the rise, and how long are the higher numbers likely to prevail? More fundamentally, what has caused such widespread and enduring hunger to begin with?