Eswatini:   Election Fails to Hit Fever Pitch

Swazi Media, 1 July 2013

The election process has started in Swaziland - but it has hardly reached fever pitch. Read more »

Eswatini:   Voters 'Reject' Election Registration

Swazi Media, 21 June 2013

Swaziland's Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) chair Chief Gija Dlamini is making excuses for the low turnout for registration for this year's discredited national election. Read more »

Eswatini:   Low Turnout So Registration Goes On

Swazi Media, 24 June 2013

King Mswati III of Swaziland has ordered election registration in the kingdom to be extended by a week as the number of people signing up has failed to reach targets. Read more »

Eswatini:   Election - Corruption At Registration

Swazi Media, 14 June 2013

People are registering more than once ahead of the Swaziland national election due in September. Read more »

Eswatini:   Armed Police Stop Election Workshop

Swazi Media, 5 June 2013

Armed police stopped a youth group in Swaziland from holding an election workshop at a local church. Read more »

Eswatini:   Election Chaos Starts

Swazi Media, 3 June 2013

The national elections have started in Swaziland amid chaos. As it sets out to register voters, the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) is unsure how many people are eligible… Read more »

Eswatini:  Swazi Voter Registration in Shambles

allAfrica, 14 May 2013

Voter registration is under way in Swaziland amid calls from opposition parties to boycott an electoral process that some have described as a mere formality. Read more »

South Africa:   ANC Calls On the Swazi Government to Unban Political Parties and Initiate Dialogue

ANC, 14 May 2013

The African National Congress (ANC) is deeply concerned about the current political environment in neighbouring Swaziland where a group of unarmed civilians involved in a peaceful… Read more »

Eswatini:   Now, Election Meetings Are 'Seditious'

Swazi Media, 26 April 2013

A youth leader in Swaziland has been charged with sedition because he allegedly tried to organise a meeting to discuss the forthcoming elections in the kingdom. Read more »

Eswatini:   Police 'Torture Political Activists'

Swazi Media, 22 April 2013

Two political activists arrested at an election rally in Swaziland have been tortured by police, the kingdom's Communist Party says. Read more »

Eswatini:   Police Arrest More Activists - Report

Swazi Media, 23 April 2013

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Eswatini:   Police Break Up Election Meeting

Swazi Media, 20 April 2013

Only days after democracy activists accused Swaziland police of being a personal militia for King Mswati III, police broke up a meeting to discuss forthcoming elections because, in… Read more »

Southern Africa:   Swaziland - Forty Years Without Parties in Swaziland

MISA, 12 April 2013

Tomorrow marks 40 years since King Sobhuza II abrogated Swaziland's independence constitution and created an absolute monarchy but Swazis have no reason to celebrate - as they… Read more »

Eswatini:   Swaziland 'Becoming Military State' - Report

Swazi Media, 11 April 2013

Swaziland police and state security forces have been condemned for their 'increasingly violent and abusive behaviour' that is leading to the 'militarization' of the kingdom. Read more »

Eswatini:   Swazi Youth to Rally Against Election

Swazi Media, 14 March 2013

"Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO) calls upon all youth to a national rally at Msunduza, Mbabane on the 6th of April 2013 to launch an anti-Tinkhundla elections campaign - a call… Read more »