Port Louis — His Excellency Mlondi Solomon Dlamini, the new High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Eswatini with residence in Maputo, Mozambique, presented his Letters of Credence to H.E. Prithvirajsing Roopun, President of the Republic, on 27 March 2024. He also paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Honourable Pravind Jugnauth, and the Minister […]
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Another election has come and gone in Eswatini. A Prime Minister and a Cabinet appointed without the express will of the people. The election happened despite an express call by the Southern Africa Development Community, SADC, for an inclusive national dialogue after the July 2021 political killings and the recent assassination of human rights lawyer […]
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has defended picking less-fancied Eswatini as an international friendly match opponent. South Africa host Sihlangu at FNB Stadium on Friday as they prepare for November’s 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers as well as January’s Africa Cup of Nations finals. With Bafana ranked 65 in the world by Fifa, their neighbours […]
Harare — Tomorrow legislative elections will be held in the Kingdom of Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy in Africa. Political parties are not permitted to run in these elections as the Constitution places a strong focus on “individual merit” as the standard for choosing parliamentarians, who cannot belong to any political party. The 59 members […]
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Eswatini National Day
On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate all Eswatini on 55 years of independence. As you mark this momentous occasion, let us also celebrate the strong friendship between our two nations. We honor our progress on health, climate change adaptation, and addressing a period of unrest. This collaboration has only strengthened the […]
Johannesburg — Ahead of Eswatini’s 55th Independence Day on 6 September, global civil society alliance CIVICUS and the Eswatini rights organisation Foundation for Socio Economic Justice (FSEJ) call on the country’s authorities to immediately release from prison pro-democracy activists Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube. “As Eswatini celebrates the anniversary of its freedom from […]
THE national men’s football team, Brave Warriors got off their Cosafa Cup campaign to a slow start when they played a 1-1 all against host nation South Africa in their opening encounter at King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban on Wednesday. Elmo Kambindu scored Namibia’s goal in the first half before Rowan Human equalised for the […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 29 June 2023, participate at the 8th Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Heads of State and Government Summit in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The President’s working visit at the SACU Heads of State and Government Summit is at the invitation of the current Chair of SACU, His Majesty King […]
Siphiwe Nxumalo, a World Food Programme (WFP) volunteer in Eswatini returned to her home country after completing her studies in neighbouring South Africa to help orphans and vulnerable children, struggling with poverty and neglect. “In this community, many children don’t go to school or pre-school, because they don’t have food. Many others can’t afford the […]
THE wife of slain Eswatini human rights defender Thulani Maseko has sent a solidarity message to Job Sikhala’s spouse as the Zengeza West Member of Parliament nears a year in prison. Tenele Thwala, whose husband was assassinated for allegedly challenging Eswatini ruler King Mswati III, decried the state of unconstitutionality in Zimbabwe and Eswatini. Speaking […]
The Eswatini authorities must ensure the investigation into the unlawful killing of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko is completely independent, impartial, transparent and effective, Amnesty International said today, one month after he was shot by unknown gunmen. Eswatini authorities must reveal what steps they have taken to facilitate an independent investigation into Maseko’s killingVongai Chikwanda, […]
A month has passed since the assassination of Swazi human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko. However, there seems to be little political will in Eswatini or the SADC to investigate the murder and identify his killers. On Friday Amnesty International, which has 10 million members across the world, launched a global letter-writing campaign to demand justice […]
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti (COSPE), Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), Nyasa Rainbow Alliance (NRA), the Rock of Hope (ROH), and Trans Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) under the Out & Proud: LGBTIQ+ Equality and Rights in Southern Africa project, developed the “From the […]
Maputo — The Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Mozambique’s publicly-owned ports and rail company (CFM), Miguel Matabele, has announced the introduction of an express train to South Africa and Eswatini, to facilitate the mobility of people and goods. Matabele made this announcement on Saturday, when the Mozambican Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, was visiting […]
Global civil society alliance CIVICUS calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Eswatini members of parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube ahead of their one-year anniversary in detention. Bacede and Mthandeni were detained on 25 July 2021 following protests demanding political reforms and charged under the Suppression of Terrorism Act and for flouting […]
King Mswati would only attend the Pretoria summit virtually, so the other presidents called it off. Regional efforts to resolve the crisis in Eswatini hit another major stumbling block this week when a second summit intended to discuss a national political dialogue in the troubled kingdom was cancelled at the last moment. Ministers and officials […]
Regional leaders will hold a summit in South Africa, chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa, this month to address the festering crisis in Eswatini by trying to launch a national political dialogue. Eswatini’s King Mswati has finally agreed to attend the extraordinary summit of the security organ of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 21 […]
Police and troops were deployed across Eswatini’s major cities for Wednesday’s anniversary of bloody pro-democracy protests. Security forces patrolled the capital, Mbabane, and the city of Manzini, 40 kilometers (25 miles) away. Helicopters were also reported flying constantly overhead. Eswatini — formerly known as Swaziland — is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies in […]