Eswatini: No Free Speech Restricts Debating

Prime Minister Dr Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini says the outstanding performance by the Swazi team in the World Schools Debate Championships (WSDC) shows that the country's education standard ranks high in the world," the Swazi government writes on its official website, writes Kenworthy News Media.

The WSDC is an annual debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different English-speaking countries. Swaziland finished runners up to Australia this year in what was the "biggest upset in the world debate circles", according to Waterford Kamhlaba United World College, the college that the Swazi debating team attend.

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