Eswatini: Internet Radio Legal in Swaziland

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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