On 1 June Judge Mumcy Dlamini who local media say is a sister-in-law to King Mswati III convicted the MPs of terrorism sedition and murder in connection with the June 2021 anti-government protests in which 70 protesters died in a fusillade of security force bullets (AC Vol 62 No 14 A state of royal denial)...
King Mswati III remains deaf to pleas for reform despite growing pressure on him in the wake of the assassination of democracy activist and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko in his home on 21 January...
Before Geingob, President Cyril Ramaphosa was the one to face the stonewalling King Mswati III...
What started as a student protest against police brutality has morphed into a full-scale crisis with King Mswati III's army killing between 80-100 civilians in clashes with demonstrators...
Angered by the monarch's obduracy a coalition of activists – in political parties churches human rights and pro-democracy groups – is demanding reform and an end to King Mswati III's 35-year reign...
Social movements and trade unions have called for the revocation of the 1973 decree passed by King Mswati III's father Sobhuza II which not only outlawed political parties but placed legislative executive and judicial powers in the hands of the king...
Why regional states stand on the sidelines President Cyril Ramaphosa took time out from the key South African local elections to visit Mbabane for a 'working visit' to King Mswati III on 2 November...
As reports and videos circulate showing dozens of pro-democracy protestors being shot and killed by security forces regional and international pressure on King Mswati III is mounting...
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' The government in Mbabane denies reports that King Mswati III has fled to South Africa which surrounds Eswatini...
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Vol 61 No 17 |
- SOUTHERN AFRICA
King Mswati III's extravagance is legendary: last year he bought 19 new Rolls Royce cars for his wives mother and entourage...
Revelations that the King of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) Mswati III gave the President land in his kingdom on which to build a $4 mn...
The gifts were reportedly in exchange for preference in a lucrative road contract for a company Inyatsi Construction which is ultimately owned by Mswati III according to political insiders in Lusaka...
Vol 55 No 15 |
- MOZAMBIQUE
The guest list is believed to include South African President Jacob Zuma and King Mswati III of Swaziland...
Traditional chiefs loyal to King Mswati III had vetted all the candidates...