-
Charity Starts Feeding Tens of Thousands of Hungry in Swaziland As Coronavirus Lockdown Grips
May 25, 2020 | 17:58 pm[Swazi Media] Tens of thousands of people under coronavirus lockdown in Swaziland (eSwatini) are to get money to buy food from a charitable foundation. Meanwhile the Swazi Government's scheme to feed more than 300,000 people by 6 May 2020 has[…]
-
One-Year-Old Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Swaziland
May 21, 2020 | 11:41 am[Swazi Media] A one-year-old girl has tested positive for coronavirus in Swaziland (eSwatini) making her one of the youngest victims of the virus in the world.
-
Assessing the Measures At Country Level - Case of Eswatini
May 20, 2020 | 17:30 pm[Democracy Works] The arrival of the novel Coronavirus in Eswatini on 14 March 2020, and the resulting Government lockdown measures, have brought fears of media repression and the violation of citizen rights. Reports of these have circulated in mainstream media[…]
-
Swazi Editor Flees to South Africa, Wanted in False News Investigation
May 15, 2020 | 19:07 pm[CPJ] In the early morning of February 25, 2020, police in the Manzini region of Swaziland raided the home of Zweli Martin Dlamini, the editor of the privately owned news website Swaziland News, and arrested him, according to media reports[…]
-
Swaziland Journalist Critical of King Flees, Hides in Forest Five Days
May 15, 2020 | 19:06 pm[Swazi Media] Eugene Dube, the journalist critical of King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), who was beaten by police and is facing a treason charge hid in a forest for five days as he made his escape.
-
Coronavirus Cases Soar in Swaziland, Public Ignore Govt. Lockdown
May 14, 2020 | 16:22 pm[Swazi Media] Nearly one third of the total 187 cases of coronavirus in Swaziland (eSwatini) were reported in the past seven days. This comes as evidence suggests that the government's partial lockdown of the kingdom is not working.
-
Eswatini - Tackling COVID-19 Amid HIV and TB Epidemics
May 12, 2020 | 10:01 am[MSF] As the number of people with COVID-19 grows daily, Eswatini is now battling yet another health crisis on top of existing epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis (TB)
-
Responding To COVID-19 In A Country Already Fighting A Dual HIV/TB Epidemic
May 8, 2020 | 10:47 am[MSF] eSwatini has the highest percentage of people living with HIV in the world. Almost one-thirds of adults are HIV-positive. The country is also severely affected by a tuberculosis (TB) epidemic and around 70 percent of all TB patients are[…]
-
Swaziland King Shows Double Standards About Keeping Safe From Coronavirus
May 8, 2020 | 10:41 am[Swazi Media] The Swaziland (eSwatini) absolute monarch King Mswati III in a television address on Thursday (7 May 2020) told his people that in order to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) they should wear facemasks. He also said, 'It is also important[…]
-
Chaos As Swaziland Govt. Misses Target to Start Food Aid for Destitute in Coronavirus Lockdown
May 6, 2020 | 17:04 pm[Swazi Media] The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government's plan to feed 300,000 people during the present coronavirus lockdown is in shambles.
-
Domestic Abuse Cases Double in Swaziland During Coronavirus Lockdown
May 6, 2020 | 14:04 pm[Swazi Media] The number of recorded domestic abuse cases in Swaziland (eSwatini) has doubled during the present coronavirus lockdown.
-
Swati Editors in Trouble for King's Health Speculation
May 5, 2020 | 11:39 am[CAJ News] Mbabane -ESWATINI has emerged among the worst violators of press freedom during the COVID-19 crisis in Southern Africa.
-
Teacher Held By Swaziland Police As Free Speech Clampdown Intensifies
May 4, 2020 | 15:09 pm[Swazi Media] A teacher was arrested and threatened by Swaziland (eSwatini) police because of comments he made on social media, in the latest in a continuing clampdown on free speech in the kingdom.
-
Swaziland - No Press Freedom
May 4, 2020 | 13:38 pm[Swazi Media] Today (3 May 2020) is World Press Freedom Day, when we come together to recognise the importance of journalism in a free society. Swaziland (eSwatini) is not free. It is ruled by an absolute monarch King Mswati III,[…]
-
Democracy Leader Charged With Sedition for Criticising Absolute Monarch On News Website
May 4, 2020 | 11:37 am[Swazi Media] Ncamiso Ngcamphalala, President of the Economic Freedom Fighters-Swaziland (EFF), has been charged with sedition for criticisms he made of absolute monarch King Mswati III on the Swati Newsweek website.
-
Police Fine Man Trying to Buy Food for Destitute Children During Coronavirus Lockdown
May 4, 2020 | 10:41 am[Swazi Media] Police in Swaziland (eSwatini) fined a man who was out buying food for destitute children during the coronavirus lockdown.
-
Tenth Anniversary of Death in Police Custody of Swaziland Democracy Activist Sipho Jele
May 1, 2020 | 09:09 am[Swazi Media] It was 10 years ago today (1 May 2020) that democracy activist Sipho Jele was arrested by Swaziland (eSwatini) police and later killed.
-
Swaziland Journalists Harassed, Threatened With Treason Charges Over Reporting On King
May 1, 2020 | 09:09 am[CPJ] New York -Swaziland police should stop intimidating and harassing local journalists for reporting critically about King Mswati III and should allow them to write freely without the threat of treason charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
-
Govt Says It Will Not Feed Towns and Cities During Coronavirus Lockdown
Apr 29, 2020 | 14:59 pm[Swazi Media] The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government will not send food to the starving and destitute in towns and cities during the extreme lockdown that it has imposed in the fight against coronavirus.
-
Army, Police Close Down Swaziland's Main Commercial City in Bid to Halt Coronavirus Spread
Apr 28, 2020 | 11:35 am[Swazi Media] The army and police have closed down Manzini, the main commercial city in Swaziland (eSwatini), setting up road blocks, forcing people to be screened for coronavirus and arresting people on the streets for loitering.
-
Public Need Written Permission to Travel in Swaziland in Big Coronavirus Clampdown
Apr 27, 2020 | 10:46 am[Swazi Media] People in Swaziland (eSwatini) will need written permission to travel between towns and cities as the coronavirus lockdown in the kingdom intensifies. Police and army will mount roadblocks to check drivers.
-
Malnutrition in Swaziland Set to Rise to Hit Quarter of Total Population
Apr 24, 2020 | 15:10 pm[Swazi Media] Malnutrition in Swaziland (eSwatini) is set to rise so that nearly a quarter of the total population will need help getting food, a United Nations' agency reported.
-
Govt. Pledges to Feed 300,000 Facing Hunger in Next Two Weeks As Coronavirus Intensifies
Apr 23, 2020 | 11:48 am[Swazi Media] The Swaziland (eSwatini) Government says it will feed 300,000 people - nearly a quarter of the entire population - over the next two weeks during the present coronavirus crisis. Reports from across the kingdom say people are close[…]
