https://www.salo.org.za/countries/eswatini/Recent content in Eswatini on Southern African Liaison OfficeHugo -- gohugo.ioen-zaWed, 24 Dec 2025 07:56:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-peace-security-issues-relating-to-zimbabwe-and-swaziland-4-september-2025/Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:51:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-peace-security-issues-relating-to-zimbabwe-and-swaziland-4-september-2025/https://youtu.be/0Y2rdg_3EfMhttps://www.salo.org.za/virtual-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-the-crisis-in-swaziland-nov-28-2024/Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:01:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/virtual-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-the-crisis-in-swaziland-nov-28-2024/https://youtu.be/kmrIY3qJbY4https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-policy-dialogue-on-swaziland-building-bridges-for-change-26-july-2024/Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:55:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-policy-dialogue-on-swaziland-building-bridges-for-change-26-july-2024/Watch here: https://youtu.be/pRnVJOUWUrE In light of the recent events in Swaziland, this dialogue aimed to promote greater solidarity with the people of Swaziland. Two pro-democracy Members of Parliament in Swaziland, Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube have just been collectively sentenced to sixty-eight years in prison for demanding democratic reforms.https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-silindele-ukuza-kukanxele-reflections-on-prospects-of-an-inclusive-national-dialogue-in-eswatini-by-mbuyiseli-lwazi-somya/Sat, 21 May 2022 08:05:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-silindele-ukuza-kukanxele-reflections-on-prospects-of-an-inclusive-national-dialogue-in-eswatini-by-mbuyiseli-lwazi-somya/DIALOGUE-ONLINE-eSwatini-May-2022Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-building-a-diplomatic-response-from-south-africa-and-sadc-on-eswatini-28-april-22/Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:51:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-building-a-diplomatic-response-from-south-africa-and-sadc-on-eswatini-28-april-22/PB-Public-eSwatini-Dialogue-28-04-2022-Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/save-the-date-salo-public-dialogue-the-future-of-eswatini-progress-towards-a-dialogue-process-25-march-2022/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:13:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/save-the-date-salo-public-dialogue-the-future-of-eswatini-progress-towards-a-dialogue-process-25-march-2022/The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO), hosted a public multi-stakeholder dialogue on The Future of eSwatini: Progress towards a Dialogue Process? The dialogue brought together speakers from civil society, the student movement, trade unions and the main opposition political party in eSwatini in order to enhance an understanding in South Africa and the region of the current situation.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-on-the-future-of-eswatini-24-march-2022/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:23:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-on-the-future-of-eswatini-24-march-2022/Progress Towards a Dialogue Process PD-24-03-2022-FinalDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-eswatini/Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:40:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-eswatini/12 Nov 2021, Zoom Platform By Athenkosi Thoba, SALO PB-eSwatini-12-Nov-2021Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/public-dialogue-on-recent-developments-in-eswatini-12-nov-2021/Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:07:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/public-dialogue-on-recent-developments-in-eswatini-12-nov-2021/The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) held a public dialogue discussing recent developments in Eswatini. This dialogue featured voices based in Eswatini and the region. The Southern African People’s Solidarity Network (SAPSN) recently conducted a pastoral visit to Eswatini that met with Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini, and a variety of other stakeholders.https://www.salo.org.za/public-regional-multi-stakeholder-womens-month-dialogue-19-aug-2021/Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:17:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/public-regional-multi-stakeholder-womens-month-dialogue-19-aug-2021/This dialogue brought together women from the region to discuss issues affecting women, including gendered political violence and political exclusion. Recent developments, as well as deep-seated structural problems, will be explored from women’s perspectives and experiences in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Eswatini.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-eswatini-12-08-21/Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:57:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-eswatini-12-08-21/By Resoketswe Tjie POLICY-BRIEF-12-08-2021-Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-eswatini-12-august-2021/Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:56:30 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-eswatini-12-august-2021/The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) held to a public multi-stakeholder dialogue on the pro-democracy protests in Eswatini, bringing a range of political party views from inside the country and South Africa. The dialogue took place via Zoom and was streamed live on facebook where it had 1.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-regional-public-dialogue-south-africa-eswatini-zimbabwe-22-july-2021/Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:22:42 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-regional-public-dialogue-south-africa-eswatini-zimbabwe-22-july-2021/“With events unfolding and new information coming in with the velocity that marks every major social and political crisis, no one has a decisive grasp on the situation. Things are changing by the hour. All information is limited, all attempts to make sense of it provisional.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-dialogue-on-developments-in-eswatini-13-july-2021/Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:20:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-dialogue-on-developments-in-eswatini-13-july-2021/FINAL-Policy-Brief-13-July-2021-Eswatini-002Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/save-the-date-on-the-13th-of-july-at-11am/Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:39:28 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/save-the-date-on-the-13th-of-july-at-11am/SALO hosted a public multi-stakeholder dialogue, which aimed to share credible information and build regional, national and international consensus on the unfolding situation in Swaziland.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-on-multi-stakeholder-workshop-on-regional-peace-and-security/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:49:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-on-multi-stakeholder-workshop-on-regional-peace-and-security/On 26 November 2018, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) together with the Norwegian Embassy hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop entitled ‘Regional Peace and Security Issues’. The Minister of Small and Medium Business Development and Chair of ANC International Relations Sub-committee, Ambassador Lindiwe Zulu, delivered the keynote address.https://www.salo.org.za/regional-peace-and-security-issues-jhb-multi-stakeholder-workshop/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:53:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/regional-peace-and-security-issues-jhb-multi-stakeholder-workshop/On 26 November 2018, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) together with the Norwegian Embassy hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop entitled ‘Regional Peace and Security Issues’. The Minister of Small and Medium Business Development and Chair of ANC International Relations Sub-committee, Ambassador Lindiwe Zulu, delivered the keynote address.https://www.salo.org.za/eswatini-forced-evictions-expose-flawed-land-laws-as-hundreds-face-homelessness-30-aug-2018/Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:19:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/eswatini-forced-evictions-expose-flawed-land-laws-as-hundreds-face-homelessness-30-aug-2018/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/08/eswatini-forced-evictions-expose-flawed-land-laws-as-hundreds-face-homelessness/ Eswatini: Forced evictions expose flawed land laws as hundreds face homelessness 30 August 2018, 09:58 UTC The Eswatini government must halt forced evictions which have left hundreds of people homeless and pushed them deeper into poverty, Amnesty International said in a new report today.https://www.salo.org.za/memorandum-of-demands-to-the-kingdom-of-swaziland/Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:58:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/memorandum-of-demands-to-the-kingdom-of-swaziland/To: Mswati III Kingdom of Swaziland CC: The High Commissioner, Pretoria From: People’s United Democratic Movement – PUDEMO MEMORANDUM OF DEMANDS TO THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND It is 45 years since Sobhuza II, the father to the current absolute monarch Mswati III, passed the 1973 tinkhundla royal decree and bestowed all legislative, executive and judicial powers upon the monarch.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-19-august-2016/Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:08:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-19-august-2016/Civil platform urges multiparty democracy An umbrella platform of civil groups is calling on Swaziland’s king to re-introduce multiparty democracy in the Southern African kingdom of about 1.2 million people. The call by the Southern African People’s Solidarity Network (SASPN) comes barely two weeks before a heads of state summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) where King Mswati III will assume chairmanship of the regional organization.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-12-august-2016/Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:05:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-12-august-2016/Swaziland to procure 28% power through biomass Surrounded by South Africa, land-locked Swaziland is looking to develop a 35MW biomass power plant, which will commence operation in three years. According to Renewable Energy World, once operational, the plant will supply an estimated 28% of the country’s total electricity demand.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-5-august-2016/Fri, 05 Aug 2016 19:11:36 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-5-august-2016/King to Party While Swazis Go Hungry King Mswati III of Swaziland has collected about E40 million (US$3 million) to host a lavish SADC Heads of State summit at a time when his government could release only E22 million of the E305 million earmarked for drought relief in this year’s national budget.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-july-2016/Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:44:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-july-2016/King of impoverished Swaziland gets millions in budget King Mswati III’s royal budget has been increased to $69.8 million in the current financial year at a time when Swaziland continues to struggle with rising poverty and a sluggish economic growth, official documents reveal.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-22-july-2016/Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:24:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-22-july-2016/Swaziland Rights Group Lashes King Mswati Over Jet Purchase The Swaziland Solidarity Network has lashed out at King Mswati III, questioning his morality and leadership and saying that he deliberately works against getting people out of poverty. This criticism comes after the king purchased a second jet, an Airbus jet that reportedly belonged to China Airlines and has the capacity to carry 350 people.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-8-july-2016/Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:42:09 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-8-july-2016/WFP launches emergency food distribution in Swaziland he World Food Programme has launched emergency food distributions in Swaziland to feed vulnerable people in one of the country’s worst-hit by the recent El Niño weather event, which led to severe droughts. The government of Swaziland has declared a national emergency, as the land-locked southern African nation continues to suffer the effects of a devastating drought.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-24-june-2016/Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:50:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-24-june-2016/High Commissioner to UK Slams Allegations By Maid Swaziland’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Her Excellency Dumisile Sukati has strongly refuted reports that she trafficked her housekeeper Zanele Shongwe to London in 2011. In a full statement to the media on the matter, Sukati said she did not fear investigation into the issue because she was innocent of any alleged wrongdoing.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-17-june-2016/Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:43:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-17-june-2016/Swaziland Prepares for 36th SADC Summit The Kingdom of Swaziland is intensifying preparations for the annual regional summit where southern African countries will review progress towards deepening integration and promoting socio-economic development. The 36th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is scheduled for Mbabane, Swaziland in August.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-3-june-2016/Fri, 03 Jun 2016 21:09:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-3-june-2016/Swaziland King Mswati to Become SADC Chairman in August Swaziland’s King Mswati III is set to become the next chairman of the Southern African Development Community at the regional heads of state and government summit to be held in Swaziland’s capital, Mbabane, in August.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-may-2016/Fri, 27 May 2016 10:51:09 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-may-2016/Opposition calls for the disruption of Swazi elections Voters have begun registering for elections in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, with unions calling for a boycott of a “rubber-stamp” poll. Authorities expect some 600 000 eligible voters – slightly more than half of the 1.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-may-2016/Sat, 21 May 2016 09:48:59 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-may-2016/Mswati’s jet impounded in Canada again A private jet belonging to Swaziland’s King Mswati III has been detained for the second time in Canada due to a debt dispute. BBC reported that the monarch’s McDonnell Douglas DC-9-87 was “impounded” for the second time in as many years as part of a court case between Mswati and Singaporean businessman Shanmuga Rethenam.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-may-2016/Fri, 13 May 2016 09:22:36 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-may-2016/King Donates to Swazi Drought Relief King Mswati III the absolute monarch in Swaziland has ‘donated’ US$150,000 to help victims of drought in his kingdom. It came weeks after it was revealed the government he handpicked will spend US$13 million on a private jet aircraft for him.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-april-2016/Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:41:41 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-april-2016/Swaziland Groups Kick Against Amendment Bills Civil society and pro-democracy groups have called on parliamentarians in Swaziland to scrap debates on three proposed amendments that they say would further erode the fundamental human rights of citizens in the southern African kingdom.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-22-april-2016/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:09:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-22-april-2016/Zuma in Swaziland for Customs Union talks President Jacob Zuma on Thursday arrived in Swaziland for talks with King Mswati III on matters relating to Southern African Customs Union (SACU). In a statement, the Presidency said Zuma had already had discussions with the Heads of States and Government of Botswana and Namibia on the matter.https://www.salo.org.za/president-jacob-zuma-arrives-in-swaziland/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:23:09 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/president-jacob-zuma-arrives-in-swaziland/*The Presidency, 21 April 2016* President Jacob Zuma has today, 21 April 2016, arrived in the Kingdom of Swaziland for consultation with His Majesty King Mswati III on matters relating to Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The President has already had discussions with Heads of States and Government of Botswana and Namibia on the matter.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-15-april-2016/Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:45:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-15-april-2016/King ‘Steals From Children’ to Buy Jet The best-known of the prodemocracy groups in Swaziland has accused King Mswati III of stealing from children so he could have his own personal jet aircraft. The People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) said the move to buy a A430-300 Airbus for E200,000 (US$13.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-8-april-2016/Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:47:22 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-8-april-2016/MPs Block Swazi King’s New Jet Members of the Swaziland Parliament have blocked a move to pay E96 million (about US$6.4 million at the present ever-fluctuating exchange rate) for a jet plane for the kingdom’s autocratic monarch King Mswati III. The money had been allocated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the kingdom’s annual budget announced in February 2016.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-1-april-2016/Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:07:49 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-1-april-2016/Govt, Unions Agree to Map Work Plan on Salary Review Public sector unions and government have reached an agreement to map out a work plan of activities to lead to the implementation of the salary review report but the unions are not sure if this was good news for civil servants.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-march-2016/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:02:02 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-march-2016/New Germany, Singapore ambassadors for Swaziland Swaziland’s King Mswati III today received letters of credence from Germany and Singapore Ambassadors to Swaziland at the Lozitha Royal Palace, APA reports on Thursday.When meeting Walter Lindner from Germany and Chua Thai-Keong from Singapore, the king expressed hope that the two countries will support Swaziland in its vision to achieve the First World status by 2022.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-11-march-2016/Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:12:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-11-march-2016/Swazi Security Budget Soars Swaziland is to spend US$150 million on security in the coming year, the kingdom’s annual budget reveals. It amounts to 11 percent of the tiny kingdom’s total budget. The money will be spent on the army (USDF), police and correctional services.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-4-march-2016/Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:46:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-4-march-2016/Swaziland Declares National Emergency as Drought Intensifies The government of Swaziland has declared a national emergency as the land-locked southern African nation continues to suffer the effects of a devastating drought. The Prime Minister, Dr B Sibusio Dlamini, said that the draught, which began in 2014 as a result of the El Nino weather event, has “deepened in severity, with a path that has defied regional weather forecasting” and has had “devastating consequences.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-12-february-2016/Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:23:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-12-february-2016/Swaziland gov’t appeals for more donor assistance Donor partners have been urged by the Swaziland government to help bring along more organisations to aid Swaziland in dealing with effects of natural disaster, local media report here Thursday. The appeal was made to delegates, who included the Taiwanese ambassador to Swaziland, United Nations officials as well as government officials gathered at a conference on Effective Development Corporation in Mbabane, the capital, by Economic Planning and Development Minister Prince Hlangusemphi.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-2-february-2016/Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:04:56 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-2-february-2016/Swaziland Workers Demand Release of Government Salary Report Swaziland’s workers unions petitioned the government of King Mswati III, to release of a salary review report that highlights working conditions of public sector workers across the country. Union leaders, backed by pro-democracy and civil society groups, warn that if the government continues to refuse to release the report, they would organize a series of nationwide demonstrations to put pressure on the administration to do so.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-10-november-2015/Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:46:59 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-10-november-2015/LET US GIVE GOOD EDUCATION TO OUR CHILDREN The community should stand together for the children so that Swaziland can be counted as a rich country as well, maybe by 2022 we will have taken great strides. Parents should lead by example when it comes to their children.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-october-2015/Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:47:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-october-2015/King - ‘I’ve No Assets Outside Swaziland’ King Mswati III of Swaziland who was once reported to have a personal net worth of US$200 million has told a court that he has no assets outside of Swaziland. He made his statement in a case where he is personally being sued over a US$3.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-october-2015/Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:08:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-october-2015/Committee Tells Swazi Speaker to Quit The Swaziland House of Assembly Speaker Themba Msibi has been told to resign by a Parliamentary Select Committee. The five-member committee found him guilty of a series of offences, including nepotism and favouritism in the hiring of parliamentary staff; plotting the ousting/removal of the Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini from the Premiership position; abusing the name of the monarchy for his own selfish ends; promoting anarchy and running parliament like a personal fiefdom, and engaging in corrupt practices not being trustworthy and being fraudulent.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-october-2015/Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:38:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-october-2015/Textile Protest - Police Fire Guns Police in Swaziland fired guns and teargas at workers engaged in a legitimate protest against employment conditions. According to different local newspaper reports between 2,000 and 3,000 workers at the Zheng Yong Garment factory in Nhlangano had a confrontation with the company’s security guards.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-30-september-2015/Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:09:02 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-30-september-2015/Call to End Swazi Media Censorship Lawyers in Swaziland and an international human rights group have jointly called for media freedom in the kingdom to be respected. In a submission to the United Nations they also call for an end to media censorship in the kingdom.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-september-2015/Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:34:15 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-september-2015/Swaziland, Zim are Africa’s most unfree Satisfaction with democracy remains elusive, as just 51 percent of citizens surveyed in 28 African countries believed their country was a full democracy, or one with just a few problems, an Afrobarometer survey shows. Of the 51 percent of respondents who expressed satisfaction with the country’s democracy, 18 percent believed they lived in a full democracy, and 34 percent in a democracy with some challenges.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-1-september-2015/Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:46:01 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-1-september-2015/Zuma sends condolences to Swaziland following horror road crash President Jacob Zuma has sent a message of condolences to King Mswati III and the Swaziland government following a horrific road accident in the tiny neighbouring kingdom on Friday that claimed the lives of many young women and left scores others seriously injured.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-25-august-2015/Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:47:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-25-august-2015/Swaziland ‘To Build $3bn Shipping Port’ The Government of Swaziland, an impoverished African nation with no coastline, has backed a plan to build a shipping port which will cost an estimated US$3 billion. The scheme follows the completion of an ‘international’ airport, built in a wilderness that cost an estimated US$250 million to construct.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-19-august-2015/Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:04:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-19-august-2015/‘Stand Up to Swazi King’, Unions Urged Trade unions across the southern African region have been urged to stand up to Swaziland’s autocratic King Mswati III in an attempt to bring democracy to the kingdom. Southern African Development Community (SADC) unions have been told they should put the King ‘on the spot’.https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-burundi-lesotho-madagascar-and-zimbabwe/Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:36:56 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-burundi-lesotho-madagascar-and-zimbabwe/On 06 August 2015 SALO hosted a consensus building dialogue on Burundi, Lesotho, Swaziland and Madagascar. This dialogue focused on these countries within the context of recent multi-lateral interventions in the respective countries. Chair and Welcome Remarks: Ms Molly Dhlamini, Stakeholder Relations Manager, SALOhttps://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-july-2015/Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:55:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-july-2015/King Mswati’s tyranny in Swaziland shows some cracks Swaziland has recently experienced two events with potential significance for the country’s democratisation. The first was the issuing of a warrant of arrest for Chief Justice Michael Romodibedi in April. The second is the release on bail of human rights activists Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu, banned political party People’s United Democratic Movement (Pudemo) leader Mario Masuku and youth leader Maxwell Dlamini.https://www.salo.org.za/king-mswatis-tyranny-in-swaziland-shows-some-cracks-klaus-kristensen-sowetan-21-july-2015/Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:55:15 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/king-mswatis-tyranny-in-swaziland-shows-some-cracks-klaus-kristensen-sowetan-21-july-2015/Read PDF here: Klaus Swaziland 21 Julyhttps://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-july-2015/Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:12:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-july-2015/No Let Up in Call for Democracy The Commonwealth is to continue to pressure Swaziland to democratise and allow political parties to contest elections in the kingdom. It is also urging a review of the kingdom’s constitution to ensure that the country meets international standards of democracy.https://www.salo.org.za/president-of-peoples-united-democratic-movement-mario-masuku-and-youth-leader-maxwell-dlamini-out-on-bail/Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:36:20 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/president-of-peoples-united-democratic-movement-mario-masuku-and-youth-leader-maxwell-dlamini-out-on-bail/15 July 2015, Swaziland Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini were granted bail by the Supreme Court of Swaziland after spending more than a year in prison charged with sedition and terrorism. Acting Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala, Justice Jacobus Annandale and Acting Supreme Court Judge Rob Cloete served on the bench that granted the PUDEMO leader and the youth leader bail on the morning of the 14th of July 2015.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-2-july-2015/Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:57:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-2-july-2015/Swaziland’s Massive Military Spending A new report shows Swaziland spent US$259.8 million on its military in the past three years. In 2014 military spending amounted to 5.9 percent of all government, spending in Swaziland, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its Military Expenditure Database for 2015.https://www.salo.org.za/pudemo-welcomes-the-release-of-thulani-maseko-and-bheki-makhubu-but-still-demands-the-release-of-president-mario-masuku/Thu, 02 Jul 2015 11:39:30 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/pudemo-welcomes-the-release-of-thulani-maseko-and-bheki-makhubu-but-still-demands-the-release-of-president-mario-masuku/PUDEMO STATEMENT – 01 JULY 2015 The Peoples United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) welcomes the release of Human Rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu from prison. Even though their families and friends have suffered untold misery, it gives hope that sanity is beginning to prevail even though such had to be achieved through bitter castigation by local political activists, human rights advocates and the international community.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-25-june-2015/Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:26:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-25-june-2015/No Oversight On Swazi King’s Spending There is no oversight on how Swaziland King Mswati III, his fifteen wives and vast royal family spend public money, a United States report has concluded. The US makes annual reviews of the ‘fiscal transparency’ of governments that receive its financial assistance to ensure that American taxpayers’ money is used appropriately.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-june-2015/Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:18:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-june-2015/ILO demands eight reforms in Swaziland Before placing Swaziland in the Special Paragraph at the conclusion of its 104th Conference, the International Labour Organisation outlined at least eight actions it wants the kingdom’s government to implement ‘without further delay’. Observerhttps://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-11-june-2015/Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:38:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-11-june-2015/King Mswati, the mine and the $20m plane Mswati III is a rand billionaire. When his jet was seized for millions in debt, it opened a window into how he makes so much money. As soon as King Mswati III saw his royal jet, “a broad, endless smile” spread across his face.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-3-june-2015/Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:21:03 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-3-june-2015/Unions Call to End Swazi Repression An international delegation of union leaders traveling in Swaziland is calling on the government to guarantee the rights of workers to freely form unions and exercise freedom of speech and assembly, and says repressive legislation used by police against union activities still has not been addressed by Parliament, even as the government continues to imprison human rights activists for exercising their right to freedom of speech, writes Tula Connell at Solidarity Center.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-26-may-2015/Tue, 26 May 2015 12:26:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-26-may-2015/Labour delegation condemns Swaziland A delegation from the International Trade Union Confederation (Ituc) has concluded an inspection tour of Swaziland with a condemnation of the government for repressing workers’ rights and enabling police to crack down on pro-democracy activists. The criticism should dim hopes by the government that the US will readmit the country into the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa) trade scheme.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-24-april-2015/Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:26:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-24-april-2015/Incessant Sick Notes Caused Shongwe’s Dismissal – PM By Musa Simelane MBABANE – Incessant sick notes, not consulting with Cabinet and the neglect of official duties contributed to the dismissal of Sibusiso Shongwe as minister. This was what Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini made Members of Parliament (MPs) to understand during the delivery of his ministerial statement in Parliament yesterday.https://www.salo.org.za/pudemo-secretary-general-question-and-answer-on-the-judicial-crisis-in-swaziland/Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:02:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/pudemo-secretary-general-question-and-answer-on-the-judicial-crisis-in-swaziland/1. Mr Makhanya seemingly you are not joining in the celebrations of the reported arrest of Mpendulo Simelane, (pending) arrest of the Chief Justice Micheal Ramodibedi, Justice Minister Sibusiso Shongwe. Why? Mlungisi Makhanya (MM): Look, PUDEMO welcomes the arrest of anyone involved in criminal activities.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-17-april-2015/Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:14:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-17-april-2015/Swaziland: Swazi King Above the Law, Court Told By Swazi Media Commentary King Mswati III of Swaziland enters into business contracts which he does not honour and it is impossible to get him to do so because he is above the law in his own kingdom.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-suppression-of-terrorism-act-labor-unions-and-political-prisoners/Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:10:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-suppression-of-terrorism-act-labor-unions-and-political-prisoners/Tuesday 31 March 2015, Pretoria Chair: Bishop Rubin Phillip Tanele Thwala, the wife of Thulani Maseko The political situation in Swaziland is continuing to deteriorate with increased suppression of pro-democracy activity. Recently, a meeting of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) was disrupted by police and turned violent.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-march-2015/Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:02:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-march-2015/South Africa: Defend Swaziland Unions - Free Mario Masuku! By The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) The Congress of South African Trade Unions strongly condemns recent violent attacks by Swaziland police on trade union meetings and sends a message of solidarity and support to the Swazi workers struggling for democracy and the right to organise in free and independent trade unions.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-march-2015/Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:21:38 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-march-2015/USA firms still keen to trade with SD By Nomthandazo Nkambule DESPITE the uncertainty of the country’s trade with the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), lots of firms in the United States of America (USA) still want to partner with firms in Swaziland.https://www.salo.org.za/letter-to-swazi-prime-minister-from-kommunal-swedish-municipal-workers-union/Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:42:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/letter-to-swazi-prime-minister-from-kommunal-swedish-municipal-workers-union/Sibusiso Dlamini Office of the Prime Minister Hospital Hill Mbabane Swaziland Prime Minister, On behalf of 515 000 members of Kommunal, the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union, I am writing to express our concern for trade unions rights and to strongly condemn the systematic interference by police in lawful and legitimate trade union activities.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-6-march-2015/Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:59:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-6-march-2015/280 DAYS IN JAIL FOR MARIO, MAXWELL by Nkululeko Gama PEOPLE United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) President Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini made an appearance yesterday before High Court Judge Mpendulo Simelane for a remand, 280 days after their arrest. Dlamini is the Secretary General of the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), a youth wing of PUDEMO.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-february-2015/Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:10:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-february-2015/Swaziland: Jailed Journalists Case Goes to UN Leading international lawyers are asking a United Nations working group to rule whether the jailing of a Swaziland magazine editor and human rights lawyer for publishing articles critical of the kingdom’s judiciary are lawful.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-february-2015/Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:30:14 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-20-february-2015/Swaziland: Jailed Journalists Case Goes to UN By Swazi Media Commentary Leading international lawyers are asking a United Nations working group to rule whether the jailing of a Swaziland magazine editor and human rights lawyer for publishing articles critical of the kingdom’s judiciary are lawful.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-february-2015/Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:16:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-february-2015/Swaziland economy to grow by 2.1 percent in 2015-Official By APA Swaziland’s economy is expected to grow by 2.1 percent in 2015, up from 0.3 percent in 2014, the Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) Governor Majozi Sithole said on Wednesday.Sithole said he was not at all excited that Swaziland’s growth rate was at such a level, adding that so far it was the lowest in the Common Monetary Area (CMA).https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-28-jan-2015/Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:03:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-28-jan-2015/Swaziland Government Critic Dlamini Quits Union Barnes Dlamini, president of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland and a critic of the government of King Mswati III, resigned from the labor organization, the Swazi Observer reported. Dlamini tendered his resignation on Jan.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-jan-2015/Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:51:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-16-jan-2015/EX-MINISTER AGREES TO PAY E598 573 OWED TO SWAZIBANK BY MBONGISENI NDZIMANDZE MBABANE – Former Minister of ICT Nelisiwe Shongwe has agreed to repay the sum of E598 573 she owes to SwaziBank. Shongwe entered into an agreement with lawyers representing the bank where she made an undertaking to repay the amount in monthly instalments of E15 000 with effect from December 31, 2014.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-10-jan-2015/Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:29:33 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-10-jan-2015/Swazi King fell for US$5bn Con-Trick: The controversy surrounding the Swazi Government’s award of a US$90 million contract to build an oil storage facility without going through the legally-required tender process has rekindled memories of the time King Mswati III fell for a US$5 billion con-trick.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-november-2014/Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:36:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-29-november-2014/Swaziland miners and police in ‘Marikana style’ face-off Striking workers at a mine in Swaziland linked to the ANC fear that a strong police presence could lead to a second Marikana. In a scene reminiscent of the Marikana massacre, hundreds of striking miners were on Tuesday engaged in a tense stand off with heavily-armed police at a Swaziland mine owned mostly by the ANC-linked Chancellor House.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-november-2014/Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:37:17 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-november-2014/Bheki Makhubu fighting for freedom INCARCERATED Nation Magazine Editor Bheki Makhubu, who is currently serving a two-year custodial sentence for having authored articles purported to be contemptuous and scandalising the court, has since filed an application at the High Court to be released on bail pending appeal.https://www.salo.org.za/drivetime-11-nov-swazilands-economic-standing-a-delegation-from-swaziland-visited-south-africa-to-discuss-issues-with-parliament-and-southern-african-liaison-office/Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:10:51 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/drivetime-11-nov-swazilands-economic-standing-a-delegation-from-swaziland-visited-south-africa-to-discuss-issues-with-parliament-and-southern-african-liaison-office/Swaziland is economically well off compared to other countries in the African continent equaling Namibia and Morocco in terms of GDP per capita. However, distribution of wealth is very unequal as the significant amount of the budget is used to sustain the Royal family.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-31-oct-2014/Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:11:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-31-oct-2014/Denmark Questions King On Rights Denmark has raised the questions of political freedom, human rights, and the trial of political activists Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini with Swaziland’s government and absolute monarch King Mswati III, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Lidegaard told the Danish Foreign Affairs Committee last Wednesday (22 October 2014), writes Kenworthy News Media.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-oct-2014/Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:37:33 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-oct-2014/Hunger Increases in Swaziland More than three in ten people in Swaziland are undernourished, a new report reveals. And, unlike many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa where hunger has been decreasing, Swaziland is an exception, the Global Hunger Index reveals. Swaziland suffered the biggest increase in a Global Hunger Index score among any African country between 1990 and 2014.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-26-september-2014/Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:01:56 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-26-september-2014/Swaziland: Pudemo President Mario Masuku Refused Legal Representation In what is turning out to be a trend, People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) President Mario Masuku was refused legal representation by His Majesty’s correctional Services which is headed by Commissioner General Mzuthini Ntshangase.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-5-september-2014/Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:33:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-5-september-2014/Cosatu Supports the Fourth Global Week of Action for Democracy in Swaziland COSATU joins its sister federation in Swaziland, TUCOSWA and the rest of the global progressive fraternity in calling for more intense actions around the world during this week of the Global week of action for democracy in Swaziland.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-23-august-2014/Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:48:51 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-23-august-2014/President Mario has fallen terribly ill due to horrible prison conditions The People’s United Democratic Movement’s (PUDEMO) President Mario Masuku has fallen critically ill at His Majesty’s Correctional Services at the Zakhele Remand Centre. He is suffering from pneumonia due to a combination of various horrible conditions he has been exposed to.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-15-august-2014/Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:00:46 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-15-august-2014/Swaziland Group Demands Answers From Minister Over AGOA The general secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) says members will protest Minister of Labor and Social Security Winnie Magagula’s appearance before parliament on Thursday. Vincent Ncongwane said Swaziland is set to lose about 17,000 jobs after the country was thrown out of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) initiative over the country’s poor human rights record.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-10-august-2014/Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:08:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-10-august-2014/Swazi Prime Minister Tells MPs ‘To Strangle Union Leaders When They Return From the Us’ “Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini has called for the strangulation of workers union leaders who went to Washington under the pretext of going to save AGOA,” reports the Times of Swaziland.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-31-july-2014/Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:20:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-31-july-2014/‘Black Friday for Journalism’ in Swaziland - ‘Explosive’ and ‘Hostile’ Judge Sends Swazi Editor and Lawyer to Jail for 2 Years, Reports Local Media “An explosive and hostile Judge Mpendulo Simelane sentenced The Nation magazine editor Bheki Makhubu and columnist and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko to two years imprisonment without an option of a fine yesterday, sending shock waves to media practitioners locally and internationally,” reports today’s edition of weekly newspaper Observer on Saturday.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-july-2014/Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:41:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-27-july-2014/U.S. Backs Convicted Swazi Journalists The US State Department has joined the growing chorus of outrage at the High Court conviction of an editor and a human rights lawyer in Swaziland for publishing articles critical of the kingdom’s judiciary. In a statement the State Department said, ‘The United States is deeply concerned by the convictions of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu for contempt of court in the Kingdom of Swaziland.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-july-2014/Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:07:51 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-18-july-2014/Court Convicts Editor and Writer Bheki Makhubu, the editor of the Nation magazine in Swaziland, and writer and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko were convicted of contempt of court by the kingdom’s High Court on Thursday (17 July 2014). This followed the writing and publication of articles critical of the Swaziland judiciary and in particular of the Swazi Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-11-july-2014/Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:16:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-11-july-2014/King’s Paper Attacks U.S. Ambassador The Swazi Observer has accused the US Ambassador to Swaziland Makila James of violating diplomatic protocol and the Vienna Convention for supporting pro-democracy voices in the kingdom. The attack by the newspaper which is in effect owned by King Mswati III is unprecedented.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-4-july-2014/Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:45:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-4-july-2014/Swaziland Struggle for Freedom The United States has become the first nation to take action against Swaziland over the kingdom’s disregard for human and civil rights. After a lengthy inquiry the US withdrew Swaziland’s benefits under the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA).https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-26-june-2014/Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:42:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-26-june-2014/Mswati Should Be Ashamed of Himself for Stealing Swazi Gold The Swaziland Solidarity Network [SSN] has been receiving information on illegal mining operations in Swaziland for quite some time now. The Dvokolwako diamond mine, for example, is reportedly being covertly mined by the king and his relatives.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-19-june-2014/Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:22:21 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-19-june-2014/Paper Defies Court Over Sources The Swazi Observer newspaper has refused to disclose to the Swaziland High Court its sources in a report that said the Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi had issued warrants for the arrest of three judges in the kingdom.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-june-2014/Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:32:28 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-13-june-2014/U.N. Experts Denounce Ongoing Detention and Trial of Human Rights Defenders in Swaziland A group of independent United Nations experts today voiced serious concerns at the arrest, detention and prosecution of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and the editor-in-chief of The Nation magazine, Bheki Makhubu, in Swaziland.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-5-june-2014/Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:01:26 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-5-june-2014/South Africa: Swaziland Is in State of Limbo Swaziland continues to remain in a state of judicial limbo due to the manner in which the Swazi judiciary is managed and apportioned. The chief justice hasn’t even tried to seem to be trying to address the issue of a judiciary in deep trouble as shame upon shame keeps permeating through the ever widening cracks of disgrace at the high court.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-judiciary-once-again-in-the-spotlight/Sun, 18 May 2014 11:43:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-judiciary-once-again-in-the-spotlight/swazi From left: Mary Da Silva, Wandile Dludlu and Lomcebo Dlamini of the Swaziland Civil Society spoke to South African media on the Swaziland judiciary at a recent media briefing held in Johannesburg. The Swaziland Civil Society recently held a media briefing in Johannesburg on 11 April to voice their concerns about the Swazi judiciary.https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-and-regional-consensus-on-swaziland-15-may-2014-cape-town/Fri, 16 May 2014 15:07:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-and-regional-consensus-on-swaziland-15-may-2014-cape-town/In the wake of recent arrests of political activists in Swaziland, SALO hosted a workshop with speakers from the pro-democracy movement of Swaziland. Nation Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu and Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko are still in custody along with PUDEMO President Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini, General Secretary of the Swaziland Youth Congress.https://www.salo.org.za/workshop-on-the-rule-of-law-in-swaziland-16-april-2014-pretoria/Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:49:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/workshop-on-the-rule-of-law-in-swaziland-16-april-2014-pretoria/There is mounting concern about the deterioration of the Rule of Law and the human rights situation in Swaziland. An example of this is the recent arrest of human rights lawyers Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu, the Editor-in-Chief of The Nation Magazine for publishing opinion pieces that were critical of the Swazi government.https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-maseko-and-makhubu-finally-released/Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:54:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swaziland-maseko-and-makhubu-finally-released/image from http://www.times.co.sz/news/96436-bheki-thulani-freed.html On the 6th of April Nation Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu and Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko were released after three weeks in detention. As the detention of Makhubu and Maseka is the latest in a long line of attacks on personalities who have openly criticized the Swazi government, the court room was full of pro-democracy activists from the major civil society organisations.https://www.salo.org.za/human-rights-lawyer-thulani-maseko-arrested/Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:50:30 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/human-rights-lawyer-thulani-maseko-arrested/THULANI MASEKO speaking at SALO’s first Policy Dialogue on Swaziland - October 2009 Longtime Human Rights Lawyer, pro-democracy activist and Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) lawyer Thulani Maseko was arrested the 17th of March 2014 outside his Mbabane office.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-workshop-a-review-of-lessons-learnt-from-the-elections-in-southern-and-eastern-africa-in-2013/Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:14:34 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-workshop-a-review-of-lessons-learnt-from-the-elections-in-southern-and-eastern-africa-in-2013/Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Madagascar 6 February 2014, Pretoria Hon. Obed Bapela, Deputy Minister in the Presidency and Head of ANC International Relations, was the keynote speaker. He gave an overview of the elections that had taken place throughout 2013 within the region and Kenya.https://www.salo.org.za/cosatu-press-conference-on-swaziland-september-2013/Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:41:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/cosatu-press-conference-on-swaziland-september-2013/Rebone Tau with Cde Jay Naidoo after he was released in Swazilandhttps://www.salo.org.za/rebone-tau-presenting-on-swaziland-in-mpumalanga-with-cde-ebrahim-september-2012/Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:30:49 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/rebone-tau-presenting-on-swaziland-in-mpumalanga-with-cde-ebrahim-september-2012/https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-consensus-on-swaziland-zimbabwe-and-the-drc-october-2012-burgers-park-hotel-pretoria/Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:28:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-consensus-on-swaziland-zimbabwe-and-the-drc-october-2012-burgers-park-hotel-pretoria/Participants at the Swaziland, Zimbabwe and DRC workshop H.E. Rosalind Marsden, EU’s Special Representative for Sudan/South Sudan. She was the keynote speaker at SALO’s first Building International Consensus workshop on Sudan/South Sudan, 27th July 2012,Burgers Park, Pretoria Bishop Rubin Philip, Dean of the Province of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa and Chairperson of the SALO Board.https://www.salo.org.za/is-there-democracy-in-swaziland-by-rebone-tau-ramphomane/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/is-there-democracy-in-swaziland-by-rebone-tau-ramphomane/To download click on the link below: “Is There Democracy in Swaziland” by Rebone Tau, edited by Mr. Zacks (Photo: Rebone Tau, author of “Is There Democracy in Swaziland”, at her book launch as part of a SALO regional youth conference on the sidelines of the World Youth Festival held in Pretoria in December 2010.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-swaziland/Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:08:56 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-swaziland/SALO’s Building International, Regional and National Consensus policy dialogue sessions bring together national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society, policymakers and diplomats, to encourage greater North/ South policy dialogue and to discuss ways they can engage moving forward on issues of importance in Southern Africa in particular.https://www.salo.org.za/swazi-delegation-of-pro-democracy-activists-meets-cape-town-chapter-of-the-swaziland-democracy-campaign-sdc-after-the-swazi-delegation-had-briefed-senior-south-african-parliamentary-and-government/Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:21:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/swazi-delegation-of-pro-democracy-activists-meets-cape-town-chapter-of-the-swaziland-democracy-campaign-sdc-after-the-swazi-delegation-had-briefed-senior-south-african-parliamentary-and-government/The Swazi delegation, which was led by Osisa’s Swaziland Programme Manager, Muzi Masuku, included: Mrs Khangezile Dlamini-General Secretary, Council of Swaziland Churches, Mr. Mandla Hlatshwayo- Swazi in the Diaspora, Dr Sikelela Dlamini-Coordinator, Swaziland United Democratic Front (SUDF), Dr. Alvit Dlamini- President Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC), SDC Cape Town member, Mr.https://www.salo.org.za/pudemo-leader-to-meet-diplomats-2/Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:36:17 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/pudemo-leader-to-meet-diplomats-2/27 September 2011: The president of PUDEMO Mario Masuku will be addressing diplomats in Pretoria on Thursday (29 September 2011). The president was invited to make the keynote input on the situation in Swaziland and what can be done. In his address the president will touch on a number of issues including the continued violation of human rights in Swaziland by the current regime (including the shooting of students and protesters by the Swazi armed forces); the breakdown of the judicial system which has seen lawyers of the country boycotting the courts for eight weeks now; the education crisis which has seen the university and schools delaying opening due to lack of funds; the embarrassing health system which has caught international media, where in the main people living with HIV and AIDS eat cow dung due to lack of food; the rampant corruption in the state which costs the country at least E80m (R80m) per month and what the democratic forces led by PUDEMO are doing to fight and intensify the struggle for democracy.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-in-orange-farm-gauteng-raising-awareness-on-swaziland-february-2011/Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:55:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-in-orange-farm-gauteng-raising-awareness-on-swaziland-february-2011/Pius Vilakati, who is in exile from Swaziland, is the former president of the Swaziland tertiary students’ union. Pius addresses the community (pictured below) in February 2011. Looking on are Rebone Tau (in the chair) and Lucian Segami from SALO.https://www.salo.org.za/690/Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:34:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/690/PUDEMO President Mario Masuku speaks at SALO’s first Building International Consensus on Swaziland workshop in Pretoria shortly after his release from a year’s detention. (October 2009)