The Swaziland Government's spokesperson has admitted that it is powerless to stop people in the kingdom setting up their own Internet radio stations.
Swaziland, ruled by King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, has strict controls over the media. Nearly all broadcasting is state-controlled with news and speech programmes heavily censored. The one independent TV station and one independent radio station in Swaziland self-censor so that no criticism of King Mswati and his supporters are allowed on the airwaves.
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