Swazi Media Commentary

Can we believe what we read in the newspapers? Journalists on newspapers (and also radio and television) have a responsibility to put before...

I wrote last week about how the foreign media was taking a different point of view to the Swazi press on the two day general strike. The Sw...

It is about time Swazi journalists realised that women are not sex objects and cannot be violently attacked at will. The Times Sunday this...

Hot on the heels of my post yesterday about all the news reports about Europeans coming to Swaziland to save the poor Africans, here’s news ...

Orphans in need of saving; a sick teenager; school students who have to chop pencils in three parts so they can all have something to write ...

In a few weeks time we shall see the annual ‘ Reed Dance’ ceremony at which maidens from all over Swaziland perform before the king. This ce...

How many trade unionists and their supporters marched through Manzini on Wednesday on the first day of the two-day national strike? ‘thousan...

The way the story of the first day of Swaziland’s two-day national strike is being told in the news media is deeply divided. The Swazi newsp...

The two day ‘stay away’ strike undertaken by workers in Swaziland attracted attention in the international news media. Here is what the Voic...

A campaign to democratise broadcasting in Swaziland is gathering ground. Media freedom advocates are taking encouragement from six draft gov...

Last week a lecturer from the University of Swaziland was summoned to the Swazi Parliament to talk to the committee that’s been set up to in...

As I surf around the Internet I am continually surprised by how much information there is about Swaziland and also by the fact that people i...

How much of what you read in the newspapers can you really trust? Article 1 of the SNAJ Code of Conduct states that ‘the duty of every journ...

We often hear complaints (especially from journalists) in Swaziland that the kingdom doesn’t get a good press in overseas' media. In my ...

Regular readers of the Swazi Observer won’t be the least surprised that the newspapers is against the proposed two day ‘stay away’ being or...

Hate speech is rife in the Swazi press. Hardly a week goes by without some disparaging reference to religious, ethnic or sexual minorities. ...

A new feature length documentary about Swaziland is presently doing the rounds of film festivals. The 84-minute documentary, which was direc...

An attempt to give voices to the poor, disabled and the generally disadvantaged in Swaziland is gaining momentum. Advocates for community me...

The news media in Swaziland have been criticized for spending too much time reporting from cities and towns, while ignoring people who live ...

The Swazi media are all too ready to toe the line when it comes to their relationship with government. This observation is contained in the ...