Tag Archives: Swaziland

Swaziland TB Hospital workers continue strike to save their lives

May 5, 2012 no comments

In what can be described as the most disappointing example of media self-censorship in Swaziland, the media has shied away from an indefinite strike at the country’s only TB hospital, situated in Mon...

New strategy for Swazi democratic movement?

April 28, 2012 1 comment

“I would say there is a strong feeling that we need to revisit our strategy.” Swaziland National Union of Students activist Ace Lushaba is speaking of the clamp down on recent protests against king M...

The con wolf who wrote nonsense

April 28, 2012 no comments

There are times when something is stated that is so outrageously far from the truth that one simply lacks the energy to respond to it. One such case is that involving an article in Newstime Africa Im...

The democratic movement that cried wolf

April 26, 2012 no comments

Messages proclaiming the final days of King Mswati’s absolute monarchy in Swaziland, or the revolutionary uprising of thousands of Swazis, have been conveyed many times by individuals and organisatio...

Stop development aid to Swazi monarch,’ says democratic front

April 20, 2012 no comments

It is time for the international community to act in response to the Swazi government’s repeated human rights violations, says Wandile Dludlu, Project Coordinator of the Swaziland United Democratic F...

Swazis vow to continue pro-democracy demonstrations after police crack...

April 14, 2012 1 comment

“As we wind down the day, it would be folly for the government to think we’ve retreated. We’re going to reenergize ourselves, to regroup and to mobilise more so that we come back stronger,” Mary Pais...

Swazis call for democracy on state of emergency anniversary

April 11, 2012 no comments

Last years April 12 protests that called for democratisation of Swaziland’s absolute monarchy, amongst other things by removing the state of emergency that has been in place since April 12 1973, were...

Hunger in Swaziland as people live on a meal a day

March 20, 2012 no comments

MBABANE, Mantoe Phakathi (IPS) – Margaret Gamedze earns a living doing laundry for people in her community in Msunduza Township, which lies about a kilometre outside Swaziland’s capital city of Mbaba...

Swazi students demand justice

March 19, 2012 1 comment

“Life without scholarships is impossible. The socio economic situation in Swaziland dictates that no parent can afford to pay tertiary fees. Denying students scholarships is denying them a future.” P...

Swazi student leader Maxwell: I was tortured

March 5, 2012 no comments

“I was tied to a bench with my face looking upwards and they suffocated me with the black plastic bag with a huge police officer on my stomach. They [Swazi police] asked me where the guns were and wh...

Economic justice and democracy is interdependent, says new Swazi campa...

February 17, 2012 no comments

“At the centre of poverty is the question of power,” Musa Andile Nsibande of the Swaziland Economic Justice Network (SEJUN) tells Africa Contact. “When we tell people to stand up for their rights, th...

Help us help ourselves, say Swaziland’s young single mothers

February 8, 2012 1 comment

Women in Swaziland are heavily discriminated against, both by law and by custom. According to the former, women in effect have the status of minors and cannot get a bank loan without the consent of t...

Student leader Maxwell Dlamini out on bail

February 3, 2012 no comments

President of the Swaziland National Union of Students, Maxwell Dlamini, has been released on bail today [3. February]. The money for the 50,000 Rand bail (€5000) – the largest bail ever in Swazi lega...

Swazi political prisoner nominated for Irish human rights award

January 25, 2012 no comments

President of the Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS), Maxwell Dlamini, has been nominated for the 2012 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The award is presented by...

Swazi student leader’s trial begins with prosecution witness lies

January 19, 2012 no comments

The trial of Swazi student leader and political prisoner, Maxwell Dlamini, finally started last week after having been postponed and delayed since last April, where Maxwell Dlamini was apprehended by...

New railway line set to boost economies of Swaziland and South Africa

January 18, 2012 no comments

MBABANE, (IPS) – The 146-kilometre railway line to be established between South Africa and Swaziland will help reduce the cost of doing business between the two countries. Swazi traders, who import m...