King Mswati III is due in Pretoria next week to plead directly with President Jacob Zuma for a R10-billion (US$1,47-billion) loan to keep Swaziland from complete collapse.
South Africa is Mswati's last hope. As pressure mounts from pro-democracy formations in Africa's last absolute monarchy, both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have in the past month declined to provide the short-term funds necessary to keep Swaziland going. The country does not have the funds to pay its civil servants at the end of June.
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