Swaziland
eSwatini reports first confirmed case of coronavirus
A 33-year-old woman who returned from the United States at the end of last month, and then travelled to Lesotho before going back home to eSwatini, is in...
The Swaziland solidarity network said on Friday that prophet Gcina Mtsetfwa, Sibahle Nkambule, and journalists Musa Ndlangamandla and Zweli Dlamini were facing arrest.
Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg said in February the kingdom was facing an “unprecedented economic crisis".
The Kingdom of eSwatini is looking at cutting cabinet ministers’ housing, travel and entertainment allowances as part of attempts to revive the economy of the southern African country formerly known as Swaziland.
The kingdom, formerly known as Swaziland, imports 80% of its electricity from South Africa’s troubled utility Eskom but is looking to boost its energy independence.
In April, King Mswati III marked 50 years since his country's independence from British colonial rule by announcing that it would now be known as eSwatini ("land of the Swazis").
Taiwan now has only one diplomatic ally left in Africa – the tiny kingdom of Swaziland - and formal relations with just 18 countries.
King Mswati III told a crowd at a stadium in Manzini that eSwatini was the name of the kingdom before it was colonised by the British.
Schools are obliged to submit their religious studies syllabi at the start of each term to show they contain no Islam or Judaism.
Officials have reportedly said that old textbooks are being replaced with new ones that mention only the Bible.
Swaziland has the world’s highest HIV infection rate, with about 28% of people between the ages of 15 and 49 HIV positive.
At least 27 million people may suffer food insecurity as a result of the poor 2015/16 farming season.
The Swaziland Solidarity Network says the money comes directly from state coffers.
King Mswati III’s official plane has been detained for the second time in two years due to a debt dispute.
The operation involves sedating elephant bulls and cows, crating them & hoisting them aboard a cargo plane.
The girls were going to cut reeds ahead of the festival where the King usually selects a new wife.
More than 100 people were killed in separate incidents in the Western & Eastern Cape, KZN & Swaziland.
65 girls were reportedly killed when the truck they were travelling in to Reed Dance Festival crashed.
The Swazi government hasn’t released an official number & Mswati is still expected to choose a new wife today.