Swaziland: Election - Corruption At Registration
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-17 00:24:12 -0700 | political-news
People are registering more than once ahead of the Swaziland national election due in September. The revelation puts the integrity of the election in the kingdom ruled by the autocratic monarch King Mswati III in doubt. The Elections and Boundaries...
Swaziland: Seeds Beat Drought
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-15 09:10:34 -0700 | green-news
The unfinished structure is where she keeps her harvest for drying, before taking the legumes to the storage containers. An award-winning smallholder farmer who cultivates nothing but legume seeds for planting, Shongwe says the crop is drought tolerant and grows...
Swazi town outlaws public kissing
Source: News 24
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-13 11:55:25 -0700 | sports-news
Kissing in one town in the kingdom of Swaziland could now land you in a bit of trouble. Love birds locked in spasms of romance in the town of Siteki have been forewarned: their amorous embrace may cost them a...
Marikana site to be 'cleansed' by family
Source: Mail and Guardian
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-13 13:44:50 -0700 | political-news
Lonmin's Marikana mine. (Madelene Cronje, M&G) More Coverage The event was expected to be held on Monday afternoon at the hill where miners gathered before the shooting. "Family members of the deceased and those who were injured, from as far...
Swaziland: Three Activists 'Beaten in Jail'
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-10 07:45:25 -0700 | political-news
Swaziland say they have been beaten up while in prison awaiting trial. They say warders beat them at the Sidvwashini Correctional Facility...The accused, described in local media as members of the Swaziland Youth Congress, one of a number of pro-democracy...
Swaziland: King's Airport 'Will Be Unusable'
Source: Africa Headlines
Mbabane :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-10 03:50:47 -0700 | political-news
Swaziland's Sikhuphe Airport, the multi-billion rand vanity project of King Mswati III, has construction flaws and is likely to be unusable, a South African newspaper has claimed . The Mail and Guardian reported it had two confidential technical reports by...
Swaziland: Swazi Election - Sponsored By MTN
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-10 03:50:38 -0700 | political-news
MTN, which has absolute monarch King Mswati III as a major shareholder , and is the sole mobile phone company in Swaziland, has been attacked for sponsoring registration for the kingdom's controversial national election. It comes at a time when...
Swaziland: Swazi Police and the African Despot
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-10 03:50:41 -0700 | political-news
Swaziland is to train more police cadets for the discredited government of Equatorial Guinea...The main opposition party the Convergence for Social Democracy said it completely rejected the results, calling them, 'a real fraud, in total violation of the law'.
Swaziland: Date Set for Election
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-04 23:35:37 -0700 | political-news
Date Set for Controversial Election 4 June 2013 King Mswati III of Swaziland, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, has announced the controversial elections to the House of Assembly in his kingdom will be held on 20 September...In Swaziland political parties...
Swaziland: Supreme Court Orders Eviction of 150 People
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-06-04 04:36:18 -0700 | political-news
Instead, it is used by powerful interests to legitimise oppression and, as in this case, blatant human rights violations. "The Supreme Court in its judgment chose to ignore much of the evidence and showed no concern whatsoever for the consequences...
Swaziland: Police Ban March Against Violence
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-05-30 02:56:34 -0700 | political-news
They told the women they could not march because police and the local chief did not want any noise ahead of the election soon to be held in the kingdom. The march at Siphofaneni was to protest at an incident...
Swaziland: 'Swazis Want Change' - Poll Figures
Source: Africa Headlines
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-05-27 07:22:43 -0700 | political-news
As Swaziland prepares for a national election later this year, a campaign for a boycott is growing. Opponents of the election say that it is undemocratic because political parties are banned from taking part and the parliament that is elected...
Top Swazi judge in dog fight over pup
Source: News 24
Mbabane :: Swaziland | updated 2013-05-25 00:11:06 -0700 | sports-news
A Swaziland high court judge has become entangled in messy battle over custody of a dachshund puppy, which he is accused of dog-napping from a neighbour using a falsified court order. Judge Jacobus Annandale, an avid dog-breeder, allegedly sent police...
Swaziland: Anger As South Africa Colludes With Cops
Source: Africa Headlines
Mbabane :: Swaziland | updated 2013-05-24 03:39:35 -0700 | political-news
The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) has condemned the action by officials at the South African High Commission in Mbabane, Swaziland, for handing the names of eight CPS activists visiting the offices earlier this week to the Swazi security police....
Swazi albinos plead for protection ahead of vote
Source: Daily Nation
Manzini :: Swaziland | updated 2013-05-24 00:16:37 -0700 | political-news
Rating In Summary Mndvoti blamed witchdoctors who mislead people into believing that using human body parts will help them win seats to parliament or prosper in business. Swaziland's albinos have called on the government for protection ahead of elections expected...
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