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A member of the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) raises his baton as he speaks with affiliates of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) as gather in central Manzini, during a pro-democracy protest part of a national shutdown organised by union members and civil servants in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

King Mswati’s son drags investigative journalist to South African court after damining exposés

Urgent interdict ‘not so urgent’ in Eswatini prince’s bid to gag investigative journalist and editor following reports of alleged royal plot to procure guns in South Africa for…

  • Tunicia Phillips
5 min read
The acting prime minister of eSwatini, Themba Masuku, will this week call on King Mswati III to open negotiations with opposition parties who have been outlawed since 1973. (Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS/Getty Images)
COVID 19

The media is dead, long live the king

The state of King Mswati’s health is just one of many contentious issues that cannot be reported on in eSwatini

  • Vuyisile Hlatshwayo
7 min read