Swaziland Loan Deal with South Africa Still Underway
Negotiations by financial authorities of the two countries are still under way for a possible R2.4 billion rescue package loan, the South African government says.
Photo: Nadia Neophytou
Anti-government protests in London (file photo): The Swazi government had approached the South African government to offer financial assistance to its fiscal crisis.
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Not one rand should be given until the king abdicates and the road to a true democracy has really started.
Why should he be bailed out of his scandalous and Improper spending. It was not on schools and technological advances for hospitals and businesses for the people, but on ridiculous nick knacks and extravagant lifestyles of his 300 wives and 700 concubines (Solomon wanna be)..