Swazi Media Commentary

Children attending Swaziland’s Reed Dance next week are to be ordered to sing a song vilifying political parties as part of a clampd...

The temperature in the dispute between traditional authorities in Swaziland and the official government has been raised by the Chairman ...

Protesting students have forced the closure of Swaziland’s only state university after they refused to attend classes in a dispute ove...

Stiffkitten blog August 19, 2012 SOURCE  Global week of action for democracy in Swaziland Swaziland’s democratic moveme...

Swaziland’s Prime Minister has confirmed that King Mswati III is an absolute monarch whose word has to be obeyed to the letter. ...

Three university students in Swaziland were shot by police – two in the head – while security forces stopped a protest march against sch...

Heavily-armed state forces stopped students in Swaziland from marching on government to protest about the non-payment of tuition fees and ...

Swaziland’s Queen Mother the Indovukazi has turned up the heat in a dispute between King Mswati III and his government over sacked teacher...

Swaziland’s government could be on a collision course with King Mswati III over the sacking of striking teachers. King Mswati pronounc...

Students at the University of Swaziland are boycotting classes after government officials refused to meet their leaders to discuss the cri...

If anyone is in doubt that King Mswati III is the absolute ruler of Swaziland and his word cannot be challenged look at the events this we...

Swazi student leader denied scholarship for being politically active? Stiffkitten blog August 12, 2012 It would seem that Sw...

Stiffkitten blog August 9, 2012 Cheated Swazi Ex-mineworkers link their poverty to corrupt undemocratic regime SOURCE  Im...

Swaziland’s Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini was not telling the truth when he told Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Shama in a sp...

Stiffkitten blog 7 August 2012 SOURCE  Swazi students to hold conference amidst national crisis The Swaziland National U...

The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) reports King Mswati opened the national sibaya today (6 August 2012) and blame...

Teachers in Swaziland are marching in the streets of the capital Mbabane today (3 August 2012) following their successful court action...

NEWS FLASH: Teachers win their court case against dismissals by government. Government interdicted from firing teachers for strike – the S...

Radio in Swaziland is to be banned from broadcasting news and information that does not support the government’s own agenda. All r...

The President of the Swaziland Association of Teachers (SNAT) Sibongile Mazibuko has been fired by the Swaziland Government. Mazibuko ...