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Costs include allowances for the delegation that will be accompanying the king, flying costs for the private jet and spending money for the King and his new 21-year-old wife.
The Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) has slammed the king’s proposed media regulatory bill, which would grant the state control over independent journalism.
King Mswati attended the Presidential Inauguration at the Union Buildings this week.
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Most recently social media users have noticed King Mswati III’s impressive collection of expensive watches.
Ramaphosa’s meeting with King Mswati in Pretoria on Monday follows the April 3 visit to eSwatini by Ramaphosa, where he met King Mswati III in Lozitha, eSwatini.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa has strong relations with Eswatini.
The Swaziland Solidarity Network said the court case by eSwatini government is a continuation of intimidation of journalists, and activists who criticise King Mswati III.
The Swaziland Solidarity Network said the court case by eSwatini government is a continuation of intimidation of journalists, and activists who criticise King Mswati III.
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He alleged that the king had formed 13 private companies in partnership with people like Jacob Mnisi, Edward Ngwenya, Thami Zulu and Mthokozisi Mahlobo and they were illegally siphoning funds from Ingonyama Trust.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has sent a team of observers to monitor the secondary (the final round after nominations and primary elections in royal kraals) elections.
The observation mission will stay in the kingdom until October 5, 2023, but its preliminary report about the elections will be released on October 1 - that is two days after the voting.
Princess Phumzile Buthelezi said that her father felt humiliated and even informed her that the late King Goodwill Zwelithini never addressed him in that manner.
The national dialogue is expected to include all warring sides and those calling for democratic reforms and to map a way forward for the kingdom, after two years of a low-intensity civil war.
“As eSwatini celebrates the anniversary of its freedom from colonial rule, the authorities must free jailed activists Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube without delay. ” - Mandeep Tiwana, CIVICUS’s chief programmes officer.
The Eswatini kingdom fired Mbongwa Dlamini, the president of the Swaziland National Teachers Union (SNAT), one of the labour movements that has been giving King Mswati III sleepless nights for decades.
Although eSwatini is not a member of BRICS, as one of the immediate neighbours, one would have expected the king to attend.
Buthelezi said he does not want to dwell much on the conduct of Prince Africa in a recent video but wants to rather set the record straight.
In his statement which he also shared on his official Facebook and Instagram accounts, he appeared to dispute the version of his traditional prime minister, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
IFP member and Mayor of the Zululand district municipality, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi says the emergence of Prince Africa Zulu as a self-styled spin-doctor of the royal family spells disaster for the Zulu nation.
The fears of poisoning emanated after the death of one of the King’s Induna (headman), Douglas Xaba whom it was feared has been poisoned
The Cape Bar Council said on Friday the murder of Maseko also posed a threat to lawyers in the southern Africa region who criticise their governments and then face murder.
During the king’s coronation, many were taken aback when Makgoba performed the rituals, which involved anointing the king with oil and putting a ring on his finger.
In his first speech as the formally recognised Zulu king after receiving a certificate from President Cyril Ramaphosa in Durban on Saturday, the king announced he would use the trust to champion rural development.