Tag Archives: Swaziland

Maxwell and Musa case continue in Swaziland

September 23, 2012 no comments

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...

Swazis want independence from absolute monarchy

September 10, 2012 1 comment

44 years ago, Swaziland gained independence from Great Britain. Like many other postcolonial African nations, after the initial excitement Swaziland’s postcolonial years have been disappointing, howe...

Reports: Swazis starve because of corrupt, undemocratic and inefficien...

September 10, 2012 no comments

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...

Global week of action for democracy in Swaziland

August 20, 2012 no comments

Swaziland’s democratic movement will hold its Global Week of Action, which has become the biggest campaign for democracy in Swaziland, between September 3 and 7 – in the wake of the several weeks of ...

Swazi student leader denied scholarship for being politically active?

August 13, 2012 no comments

It would seem that Swazi student leader Maxwell Dlamini is being punished doubly for having actively engaged himself in Swaziland’s democratic movement. Maxwell, a commerce student, was detained and ...

Cheated Swazi Ex-mineworkers link their poverty to corrupt undemocrati...

August 9, 2012 no comments

Imagine having worked a long life deep down in the mines in a foreign country just to make ends meet for you and your family. And then imagine that your pension, or the compensation for your disabili...

South African union gives support to striking Swazi teachers

August 7, 2012 no comments

The South African Public Servants Association (PSA), that represents over 200.000 South African public servants, is calling “for a speedy resolution of the on-going public service unrest in neighbori...

Swazi students to hold conference amidst national crisis

August 7, 2012 no comments

The Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS) – one of the most dynamic organisations in the Swazi democratic movement – is to hold their general conference between October 12 and 14 am...

Strike by Teachers does not necessarily mean political liberation for ...

August 1, 2012 no comments

MBABANE – Mantoe Phakathi - (IPS) - Swazis should not see the ongoing nationwide one-month teachers’ strike as a movement capable of overthrowing the political regime here, despite the fact tha...

Swazi teachers continue strike despite regime intimidation

July 30, 2012 1 comment

“The struggle for the public servants is still on. We had a SNAT [Swaziland National Union of Teachers] mass meeting on Friday and the teachers resolved to press on for yet another week,” Swaziland N...

The sixth wife of Swaziland’s King Mswati III has fled to South ...

July 20, 2012 2 comments

  SundayWorld – A close family source says Angela Dlamini, known as LaGija, sought refuge with South African family members in the upmarket Sun City tourist resort in North West after leav...

Danish Development Minister worried about Swaziland

June 30, 2012 no comments

“I fully share your concern about the human rights situation in Swaziland,” Danish Minister for Development, Christian Friis Bach replied Thursday to a letter from Danish NGO Africa Contact’s chairpe...

Help us end Africa’s last absolute monarchy, banned political movement...

June 30, 2012 1 comment

“The current situation in Swaziland now is that over the past 12-15 years, it has become worse than under colonialism. We have for a long time being fighting a very lone struggle as the international...

Amnesty International annual report criticises “brutal” Swazi regime...

May 24, 2012 no comments

“Arbitrary and secret detentions, political prosecutions and excessive force were used to crush political protests,” Amnesty International writes about Swaziland in their 2012 annual report on the st...

Let them eat cake, Princess Sikhanyiso

May 8, 2012 4 comments

“Most people have the Internet on their phones – I think almost everyone in Swaziland is on Facebook.” Princess Sikhanyiso, the eldest daughter of Swaziland’s absolute monarch, King Mswati III,...

The role of Swazi democrats in the cultural boycott

May 8, 2012 no comments

First let send a public message of encouragement to all members of the Mass democratic Movement in Swaziland and to thank the Swaziland solidarity Network for continuing to support our initiatives to...