Opinion
MPs GROUNDED AS SPEAKER ORDERS RECOUNT IN SHISELWENI WOMEN MP NOMINATIONS
Speaker of the House of Assembly Jabulani ‘Buy Cash’ Mabuza ordered a recount of nominations for Women Regional MPs in...
NEW PARLIAMENT CRITICIZED FOR LACK OF PUBLIC INTEREST AS MPs TO POCKET R240 MILLION IN FIVE YEARS
Sivumelwano Nyembe, Spokesperson for the pro-democracy MultiStakeholder Forum (MSF), has dismissed the new Parliament as ineffective and unlikely to serve...
KING MSWATI DENIES ORDERING ASSAULT ON INCARCERATED MP BACENE MABUZA
King Mswati’s Spokesperson Percy Simelane has denied allegations that the monarch ordered the assault of pro-democracy Member of Parliament (MP)...
GOVERNMENT DISMISSES CLAIMS OF DRUG SHORTAGES AS “POLITICAL STUNT” AMID CRITICISM
The Eswatini government has responded to allegations of ongoing drug shortages in public hospitals, dismissing them as politically motivated claims....
BRIBERY SCANDAL ROCKS SENATE ELECTIONS AS FORMER MINISTER LOSES AMID ALLEGATIONS OF MISUSED FUNDS
Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane, the former Minister of Health, has reportedly lost her bid for a Senate seat amid allegations of bribery...
KING MSWATI APPOINTS ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALLIES TO PARLIAMENT
King Mswati III, Eswatini’s absolute monarch, has appointed his son, Prince Lindani, as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the...
GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON CHALLENGES SWALIMO PRESIDENT ON DOUBLE STANDARDS DURING LIVE DEBATE
Alpheous Nxumalo, Eswatini's Government Spokesperson, confronted Mduduzi Magawugawu Simelane, President of the Swaziland Liberation Movement (SWALIMO), during a live panel...
ESWATINI’S HISTORY OF OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE: FROM SOBHUZA’S DECREE TO MODERN-DAY CRACKDOWNS
The 1973 decree issued by King Sobhuza II marked the start of a dictatorship characterized by systematic persecution and killing...
MONARCHICAL EXTRAVAGANCE VS. PUBLIC POVERTY: THE GREAT DIVIDE IN ESWATINI
In Eswatini, the stark contrast between the lavish lifestyle of the monarchy and the severe poverty experienced by the majority...
