Culture and Education: The Social Consequences of Western Schooling in Contemporary Swaziland
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Zimbabwe's unity government pulled back from the brink last night when Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister, called off his boycott of power sharing with president Robert Mugabe. "We have suspended our disengagement from the government with immediate effect," said Tsvangirai after an emergency regional summit in Maputo, Mozambique. But he presented Mugabe with a new ultimatum. "We...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Swaziland not only has the world's highest HIV prevalence rate, it now also has the highest tuberculosis (TB) rate, but health officials warn that not enough is being done to integrate TB and HIV services.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Zodwa Mahlabane meticulously takes out her tablets from small yellow bags and puts them on a white tray. She counts 15 pills in different colours, sizes and shapes and uses a large plastic jug full of water to drink her multi-drug resistant tuberculosis medication. This is how the 29-year-old starts her day and it is how she finishes it. And that's not even counting the pills she takes for her HIV...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Thandi Xaba, 23, an aspiring actress living with HIV, belongs to an itinerant theatrical group in Swaziland who perform plays dealing with HIV/AIDS, often spiced with humour to engage the rural audience who sit beneath trees to watch the shows.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Six Namibian amateur boxers fought their way to victory after they competed against Swaziland in an international boxing tournament in that country last weekend.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
South Africa and Swaziland are to strengthen legal ties through the singing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire Mwamba received Mr Ndumiso Mamba, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of the Kingdom of Swaziland at Marlborough House, the headquarters of Commonwealth Secretariat in London on 16 October 2009.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Two years ago singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof was so excited about biofuels he even became the special advisor to biomass company Helius. At the time, Geldof visited jatropha curcas plantations in Swaziland run by UK biodiesel producer D1 Oils. Geldof was quoted as saying that these plantations had 'life changing potential'. Since then, D1 Oils dropped out and Mr Geldof silenced.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
A public health campaign to rid Swazi school children of potentially fatal parasitic worms has been halted by an inter-ministerial spat over the reasons for hospitalizing hundreds of children.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Amnesty International is appealing to the government of Swaziland to ensure that prison security officers suspected to have used excessive force against political activists and journalists are subjected to disciplinary and criminal investigations.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
The Namibian Bass Angling national team is in Swaziland competing against the best national fishing teams from the SADC region in the Zone Six Bass Angling competition. The competition kicked off this week at the Maguga Dam in the kingdom nation. At 115 metres high, the damwall ranks among the top five in SADC.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Global rights group Amnesty International has denounced the use of excessive force by Swaziland's correctional services officers against journalists and political activists after a demonstration at one of the main country's prisons turned violent.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
ZIMBABWE'S Warriors will begin their campaign for a another dance at the 2011 African Nations Championships finals off against Swaziland in March next year.
www.BackgroundNow.com Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Members of the local branch of Interpol visited the Swaziland Conference of Churches to alert them that there were pastors who are being investigated and monitored by international police. The organisation raised other concerns about pastors that this newspaper has been told stunned the Conference of Churches. Pastors, it seems, are engaged in serious corruption. [...] Add your comments, updates or...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Good Wednesday morning Gambia and welcome to the Dalasi Update. Market Beat was in Swaziland where it was reporting from the capital city of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Mbabane over looking the city suburbs on top of the mountains in the posh neighborhoods of the Beverly Hills.
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