Swazi Media Commentary

A few weeks ago I received an email from a man in the United States of America who was researching into political parties in Swaziland. I ha...

My post on Thursday (10 July 2008) about how the Swazi king was ‘chosen’ to lead the kingdom raised some eyebrows. In particular my referen...

Swaziland’s King Mswati III is back in his home kingdom after an extensive trip to Egypt for the African Union summit and to Uganda for a s...

A lot of people in Swaziland believe that God chose King Mswati III to be king. And because of this divine intervention, the king has speci...

I wrote last week about the research I had undertaken on censorship in the Swazi media. My conclusion that journalists felt that King Mswati...

The Swazi Government has been caught out in a lie in the controversy over a banned march and rally against ritual murders in Swaziland. Last...

Chiefs have branded a ‘Vote for a Woman’ election campaign in Swaziland ‘evil’. The campaign designed to help meet the requirement of the Sw...

News this week that the European Union (EU) will not be coming to ‘observe’ the Swazi elections later this year because Swaziland is not a d...

Four children out of ten in Swaziland are so malnourished that their growth has been permanently stunted. The children are also damaged soci...

Swazi police ‘beat the daylights’ out of PUDEMO supporters at a banned rally on Saturday. Police officers are also said to have kidnapped on...

As expected, the Swazi media almost totally ignored the research published on Friday that said imposed censorship and self-censorship was ri...

This Swaziland blogsite is one year old today. (7 July 2008) Don’t worry I’m not about to launch into a speech about how blogging has change...

Swazi Police unconstitutionally broke up a demonstration by banned political party PUDEMO yesterday. The PUDEMO General Secretary says polic...

Swaziland’s Prime Minister has praised the Swazi media for the support they have given him and his government over the past five years. Them...

On Thursday 4 July 2008 the Prime Minister of Swaziland Themba Dlamini gave a speech to the Swaziland Editors’ Forum breakfast meeting. In i...

Controversy over the Swazi government’s decision to ban a march in protest against ritual murders in Swaziland refuses to die down. The Swaz...

There must be an election coming in Swaziland because state-controlled radio station SBIS is allowing the Swazi Prime Minister to tell outra...

We are about to take part in an interesting experiment about journalism in Swaziland. Today (4 July 2008) in Mbabane I presented the results...

Anger at the Swazi Government’s decision to ban a march to raise awareness about the ritual murders that are hitting the kingdom is growing....

Swaziland’s King Mswati III is set to have a bigger role in trying to solve Zimbabwe’s elections crisis. The king will continue in a ‘peace...