Wonder Mkhonza granted bail
According to a statement today from PUDEMO national spokesperson, Zakhele Mabuza, Wonder Mkhonza has been granted a bail of 15 000 emalangeni, approximately 1650 US$. Wonder Mkhonza was arrested on A...
Category Archives: Swaziland
”Incompetent” and “catastrophic” Swazi regime ignores Swazi people...
”The results of Mswati’s absolute rule for the Swazi people have been catastrophic,” independent watchdog organisation Freedom House writes in the excecutive summary of their new report on Swaz...
Swazi regime detain PUDEMO member for handling pamphlets on state of e...
Wonder Mkhonza, National Organising Secretary of the banned Swazi political party the People’s United Democratic Movement and Secretary General of the Swaziland Processing Allied Workers Union ...
Swazi civil society warns diplomats of government clamp down
During meetings with diplomats from the embassies of several Western countries, held in Pretoria last week, representatives from Swaziland’s civil society warned that Swaziland’s governme...
Swazi women rally against “abuse and inequality”
We are against “all forms of abuse, inequality, inadequate justice system and the clashes between traditional laws and constitutional laws,” a press release issued by the Swaziland Rural Women Associ...
Swazi students elect new leadership during vibrant congress
“The congress was characterised by vigorous and vibrant debate which saw the students of Swaziland declaring the year 2013 as a year of action, turning each and every institution into a site of strug...
Optimistic Swazi Finance Minister’s budget speech is symptomatic treat...
“It is a bold budget that will boost growth and support the vulnerable … the financial system in Swaziland is generally sound … We remain cautiously optimistic,” Swaziland’s Minister of Finance Majoz...
Swazi youth congress demands release of political prisoners
The Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO) is to launch a campaign for the unconditional release of its President, Bheki Dlamini and other political prisoners on February 16. Bheki Dlamini is charged und...
Maxwell: boycott undemocratic Swazi elections
“We will not partake in these undemocratic elections in Swaziland unless political parties are unbanned. We seek to intensify our boycott,” Swaziland Nationals Union of Students (SNUS) President Maxw...
Maxwell harassed by police again
“The external region of SWAYOCO [Swaziland Youth Congress] is disgusted and disturbed by reports that [Swazi] student leader Maxwell Dlamini was arrested [on Friday] for allegedly not abiding by his ...
SUDF to mobilise against undemocratic Swazi elections
In a New Year’s statement issued by Swaziland United Democratic Front (SUDF) Coordinator, Wandile Dludlu, the SUDF says it will mobilise the population against Swaziland’s non-party elections that th...
Danish party to support PUDEMO’s struggle for democracy in Swaziland...
Representatives of the Danish party, the Red-Green Alliance, met with the leadership and other representatives of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) in November. The Danes met with PUDE...
No legal representation for Swazi student leaders in court case
“Once again the student activists, Maxwell Dlamini and Musa Ngubeni appeared before Magistrate Gumedze without any legal representation,” Foundation for Socio-Economic Justice (FSEJ) wrote in a press...
Swaziland’s King Mswati III faces constitutional crisis – ...
MBABANE, Mantoe Phakathi - (IPS) - Swaziland’s King Mswati III is under immense pressure following the constitutional crisis that has resulted from his cabinet’s refusal to resign after the House of ...
Maxwell and Musa case continue in Swaziland
The case against student leaders Maxwell Dlamini and Musa Ngubeni continued today at Sigodvweni Police Station in Matsapha, Swaziland. “Today the case progressed with two state witnesses giving evid...
Reports: Swazis starve because of corrupt, undemocratic and inefficien...
The Swazi government is largely to blame for the economic recession and subsequent increasing amount of Swazis who have to skip meals due to the financial mismanagement of the Swazi government, accor...