Swaziland News Journal

Swaziland : Boreholes, Boreholes Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink

[IPS]Mbabane -Every day for the last four years, 52-year-old Tintfombi Msibi has had to walk past the borehole in her village of Ekuphakameni, one of the driest rural villages in southern Swaziland , to a dirty stream two kilometres away to collect drinking water.

Swaziland , South Africa announce initiative to improve diagnosis, treatment of TB/HIV co-infection

"Health ministers from Swaziland and South Africa have agreed to radically change the diagnosis and treatment of the co-epidemic of [tuberculosis (TB)]/HIV in their countries," VOA News reports.

Swaziland sells food donations

Swaziland 's government reportedly sold nearly 12 000 tons of donated food aid from Japan. It pocketed the US$3-million it made despite its citizens going hungry.

Swaziland : Govt 'Sneers At World Bank Report'

[Swazi Media] Swaziland 's Government has dismissed a World Bank report showing how difficult it is to do business in the kingdom with sneering disdain.

Swaziland: Govt 'Sneers At World Bank Report'

[Swazi Media]Swaziland's Government has dismissed a World Bank report showing how difficult it is to do business in the kingdom with sneering disdain.

Swaziland Government Ignores Its Starving People To Sell Donated Food For Cash

The government of Swaziland , a small landlocked nation in Southern Africa and one of the poorest countries on earth that cannot feed itself, sold almost 12,000 metric tons of maize donated by Japan to raise cash. The Swazi Observer newspaper reported last week that the food aid (which never reached any hungry mouths in Swaziland ) generated revenues of about $3 million). The funds were ...

Swaziland : Govt Sells Food Aid Meant for Poor

[IRIN]Mbabane - Swaziland 's government has sold maize donated by the Japanese government to feed hungry Swazis for US$3 million and deposited the money in the Central Bank of Swaziland .

Swazi government sells food aid

Swaziland 's government has sold maize donated by the Japanese government to feed hungry Swazis for US$3 million and deposited the money in the Central Bank of Swaziland .

Swaziland : Pay Costs to Soar at Govt Offices

[Swazi Media]The cost of salaries at the offices of Swaziland government ministers are set to soar from this year - in some cases increasing more than four fold.

Swaziland : Defence Equipment Spending Up 50 Fold?

[Swazi Media]Secrecy surrounds Swaziland Government plans to increase its spending on defence equipment more than 50 fold to E63.19 million (US6.8 million) this year from E1.26 million last year.

Swaziland : Bill Lets King Control Broadcasting

[Swazi Media]King Mswati III of Swaziland will be given the powers to take over all radio and television stations in the kingdom, if a Bill before Parliament becomes law.

Swaziland : Swazi Youth to Rally Against Election

[Swazi Media]" Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO) calls upon all youth to a national rally at Msunduza, Mbabane on the 6th of April 2013 to launch an anti-Tinkhundla elections campaign - a call for multi-party democracy," SWAYOCO said in a press release Wednesday, writes Kenworthy News Media.

Swaziland : Riot Police Force Halt Prayer Meeting

[CISA]Manzini -A 'battalion of police officers' stopped a prayer meeting in Swaziland 's main city Manzini, claiming it was illegal.

Swaziland : Another Prayer Meeting Banned

[Swazi Media]The Swaziland Government has banned a prayer meeting due to take place in the kingdom to mark the first anniversary of the formation of a trade union federation.

Swaziland : Election - Warning Not to Use Facebook

[Swazi Media]People in Swaziland have been warned they cannot use Facebook to campaign in the forthcoming national election, until King Mswati III gives them permission.

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