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The Swaziland National Teachers Association (SNAT) staged a demonstration on June 18, demanding that the government address the crisis in the education ...

Another human rights group has criticised the Swaziland/eSwatini state for restricting freedom of association and assembly. Swaziland is ruled by King Mswati III ...

Pupils in Swaziland / eSwatini are being forced to work as groundsmen at their primary school because the government has not paid grants it owes. The children ...

The nurses have threatened to stage a strike if the crisis is not addressed in four weeks. The dire shortage of vital drugs has been termed a “population ...

Public servants in Swaziland / eSwatini are threatening to work only three days a week in the latest move in a two-year-old pay dispute.

Local celeb, Somizi, was super excited to share with his followers that he 'got the land'. The fabulous entertainer and his bae, Mohale, have plans to build on his ...

Swaziland banned witches and sorcerers' competition that the witches can't fly. Who is afraid of witches?

Sandizile Malindiza learnt to make the traditional clothing of her country, formerly known as Swaziland, at 11-years-old.

Nurses in Swaziland/eSwatini have given government four weeks to solve the drugs shortage crisis in the kingdom or they will call a nationwide strike.

More than 200000 people in Swaziland / eSwatini which is one in five of the rural population are experiencing severe food shortages and require urgent ...

MBABANE - Catastrophic! This is the one word that can best describe the damage caused by wildfires that spread throughout the country since Thursday night.

My very first formative encounter with Johnny Clegg was, funnily enough, via another white man here in the United States: I was introduced to the South African ...

Zodwa Wabantu has hit back at a complaint by Eswatini League of African Churches President Bishop Samson Hlatshwayo, who slammed her inclusion at an ...

A tough read for people charmed by cute pics of baby elephants (everyone).

“He [Ngoako Ramatlhodi] was recruited when he was a student in Lesotho to be a spy,” former president Jacob Zuma said on Monday. (Paul Botes/M&G).

Moroka Swallows legend Andries "Chaka Chaka" Mpondo has secured himself a new opportunity in neighbouring Swaziland despire his recent absence from ...

Swaziland became Eswatini last year, but sign makers haven't caught up, it takes time to use up old stationery and the seating arrangement at the U.N. had to be ...

Universal test-and-treat strategies resulted in "modest to no reductions" in new HIV transmissions in three large population-based studies, writes Salim ...

The draw for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers was made in Cairo on Thursday with host nation, Cameroon, included.

Eswatini has a largely rural population living close to venomous snakes that cause an estimated 200 - 400 cases of snakebite envenoming each year.

Dr. Daniel Khumalo, in an exclusive interview with the Alliance for Science, discussed the country's recent success with genetically modified (GM) cotton as he ...

On Thursday, the former Swaziland marks 50 years of independence. To celebrate, King Mswati III renamed the country eSwatini. The move is part of an attempt ...

As it goes global, here is a primer on what exactly is Huanglongbing, a deadly disease affecting citrus trees.

The biggest youth movement in Swaziland, the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), called for democracy at its 12th National Congress held over February ...

Nothando laDube is second wife of the king to die in 11 months - Anadolu Agency.

Namibia has maintained that any proposed changes to the existing Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Revenue Sharing Formula (RSF) will not be in the ...

Last April, Swaziland's King Mswati III made a surprise announcement: the African country would again be known by its indigenous name, eSwatini.

The tiny African nation of eSwatini is officially holding its first set of elections Friday under its new name, which was bestowed by the king in April. Critics say this ...

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has strongly criticised former president Jacob Zuma's spy allegations against high-ranking ANC members made at ...

The government of eSwatini on Tuesday angrily denied viral online reports that King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch who has 14 wives, had ordered ...

Egypt have been pitted against Kenya, Togo and Comoros in the qualification phase for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, lost US$2.09 million due to fraud and corruption in various sectors of the government, the national ...

In a crucial test of the powers of King Mswati III, the Swazi High Court has been asked to strike down the king's unilateral change of Swaziland's name to ...

The UK and EU are ignoring Swaziland's threats to human rights and civic space, refusing to hold the monarchy to account.

To rebrand an entire country takes more than an announcement and some applause, as eSwatini—or is it still Swaziland?—is finding out. King Mswati III ...

The Kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, has began the procurement process for 40 MW of PV capacity. The projects, which will be assigned by ...

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has suspended its bursar Mr Fortune Nkomo, over allegations of financial misappropriation.

There are not many people in the world who are able to change the name of a nation. But King Mswati can - he is one of the world's few absolute monarchs.

Country formerly known as Swaziland set to hold elections but democracy activists question fairness of poll system.

Mobile money users in Swaziland will be required to declare the source of funds deposited into accounts as part of government attempts to crackdown on money ...

AmaZulu are set to spend two weeks in Swaziland during the FIFA break in order to play friendly matches and engage with supporters in that country.

King Mswati III of Swaziland has changed his country's name to eSwatini. The BBC's Nomsa Maseko asks whether the lives of its citizens will change. Crowds ...

Almost every African nation sent a representative to this week's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, eager for a slice of China's new ...

King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / eSwatini, has appointed seventeen members of his own family to the kingdom's two most influential ...

Eswatini (former Swaziland) has one of the world's highest rates of HIV, with nearly one in three adults living with the disease. However, around 80 per cent of ...

Collin Matiza Sports Editor ONE of Zimbabwe's top junior motocross riders, Emmanuel Bako, tightened his grip at the top of the 2019 Gauteng Regional ...

The story, carried by the Zambian Observer and picked up by several other online publications, said that Swazi men would have to marry several wives starting ...

Former Wits player Papy Faty has died after collapsing during a soccer match in Swaziland.

The Kingdom of Swaziland is a former British protectorate which became independent in 1968. Swaziland is a landlocked country bordered on the north, west ...

One of the world's last absolute monarch's took the decision to rename the country without warning or consultation. At the main campus entrance, a large ...

A human rights activist in Swaziland is challenging King Mswati III's decision to change the tiny southern African nation's name to the Kingdom of eSwatini.

Sunday Times reported that former President Jacob Zuma hid millions belonging to the former Libyan leader Gaddafi at his house in Nkandla and later moved ...

THE King of Swaziland, Mswati III, has a problem. “Whenever we go abroad”, he says, “people refer to us as Switzerland.” So on April 18th, at a celebration ...

On the sidelines of WYD in Panama, 28-year-old Thoba says the reality in Swaziland is that young people are afraid of following their calling, and he ...

You might need to go shopping for a new globe. That's because Mswati III of Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarch, has declared that his nation's official ...

Grants for people with disabilities in Swaziland/eSwatini are to be cut because the government has run out of money.

The world's poorest countries are in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the fact that the Black Continent is rich in natural resources, such as oil, gold, copper, c...

STATEMENT BY THE RT HON PRIME MINISTER AMBROSE MANDVULO DLAMINI AT THE LAUNCH OF GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC ROADMAP 2019 -2023.

By addressing strife in Africa in a roundabout way, “Liyana” breaks free of the heaviness that can weigh down an issue-based documentary. The movie, directed ...

An extravagant prestige project allegedly commissioned by eSwatini's absolute monarch Mswati III for the hosting of 2020's African Union summit has more than ...

Ahmad was recently detained and questioned by French authorities over corruption allegations.

By John Saukira. The Africa Institute for Capacity Development (AICD), Gauteng, South Africa is conducting Total Quality Management in airport security from ...

The Cabinet on Thursday approved the signing of the terms of reference (TOR) for providing tax assistance to Swaziland through the engagement of a ...

The country formerly known as Swaziland offers unusual and affordable safaris and will celebrate 50 years of independence next week. Ella Buchan. Sat 1 Sep ...

Njabulo Dlamini, one of the best known young democracy activists in Swaziland/eSwatini, has died aged 32.

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Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene supports the name eSwatini, but suggests "land of many wives".

Swaziland's government has been evicting farmers from their land to expand the monarchy-controlled sugar industry for decades. After years of empty promises ...

Earlier this month, I wrote about the dwindling numbers of non-rugby playing nations in the world, with just a few remaining on each of the continents – and none ...

Minister of International Relations Lindiwe Sisulu has continued to rebut suggestions that money which allegedly belonged ...

The third edition of the environmental fair, IFAT Africa was held in South Africa in synergy with two other events, on the food industry and analysis. A winning ...

Opinion - Swaziland should follow the example of its near-neighbour Botswana and decriminalise gay sex.

On the 50th anniversary, the Swaziland decided to gift a new name eSwatini to its land.

Patients in a public hospital in Swaziland / eSwatini were only fed two slices of bread at meals when food ran out because the government had not paid ...

Opinion - The biggest youth movement in Swaziland, the Swaziland Youth Congress, called for democracy at its 12th national congress last weekend.

Hundreds marched at Malkerns in Swaziland / eSwatini to protest the forced eviction of people last year who have been left homelss and destitute.

Civil servants in Swaziland are set to go on a countrywide strike on January 28, The international organizer for the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS), ...

Public *service* unions across Swaziland / eSwatini plan a nationwide strike against government. They intend to march and deliver petitions to a number of ...

Eswatini - or Swaziland, as it used to be known - is celebrating 50 years of independence today. Mike Unwin picks the highlights of the tiny southern African ...

Opinion - The first budget from the Swaziland / eSwatini Minister of Finance Neal Rijkenberg has been largely welcomed in the media in the kingdom.

A couple in Swaziland/eSwatini might face up to 15 years in jail because they had sex in front of a child. It is thought to be the first case of its kind brought under ...

MBABANE (Reuters) - While China meets African leaders at a major summit in Beijing next week, the king of eSwatini, self-ruled Taiwan's last remaining ally on ...

There is no appetite to investigate human rights abuses or corruption in Swaziland /eSwatini, the latest report from the United States Department of State ...

Analysis - Little news emerges from Eswatini, the tiny monarchy landlocked by South Africa and Mozambique, except lurid stories about the latest shenanigans ...

With the arrival of a new African nation, mapmakers just got a little bit busier. The king of Swaziland surprised foreign powers and compatriots alike when he ...

There is a secret plan in Swaziland / eSwatini to set up a National Intelligence Agency, an investigative website has reported. The new body would report directly ...

There were 430 cases of rape reported in Swaziland / eSwatini over seven months, new figures reveal. They were among 2,900 cases brought under the Sexual ...

One of the 14 wives of Africas last absolute monarch has been buried, the second death among Swazilands queens in less than a year.

Schoolchildren in Swaziland /eSwatini are being taught under trees or in tents instead of classrooms because the government is broke and cannot afford new ...

Back in April, King Msawiti officially renamed Swaziland to “the kingdom of eSwatini” or eSwatini for short. Since then, things have not gone from “strength to ...

Today is Independence Day in Swaziland, marking the 50th anniversary of its independence from the UK on September 6, 1968.

A journalist in Swaziland /eSwatini needed hospital treatment after he was beaten by family members of a prominent bishop in the kingdom. Zwelethu Dlamini ...

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has emerged from a comprehensive investment and production expansion programme ready to meet the ...

More evidence that public health facilities in Swaziland/eSwatini are grinding to a halt emerged over the holiday period with news that the Intensive Care Unit ...

People who plot against the Swaziland / eSwatini Prime Minister who was not elected to office but personally appointed by absolute monarch King Mswati III will ...

Hundreds of people marched down the streets of the capital Mbabane waving rainbow flags and holding signs that read, "Turn hate into love" -- a scene almost ...

King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland /eSwatini, has demanded severe public spending cuts across his impoverished kingdom. But, the King who ...

The plan made by King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland / eSwatini, for his kingdom to build a new 'university of transformation' to take students ...

He said that the vehicle was coming from Swaziland. They found several neatly packaged bags of cannabis that were reportedly destined for the local street ...

Police were called when pupils at Mhubhe High School in Swaziland / eSwatini boycotted classes in support of two of their teachers who had been suspended ...