Swaziland's public spending is so out of control the kingdom has to rely on income from a customs union to pay public service salaries, but it is not enough, Finance Minister Martin Dlamini told Parliament.
The admission comes as hospitals go short of vital medicines, children go hungry at school and elderly peoples' pensions go unpaid. Meanwhile the budget for King Mswati III who rules Swaziland as sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch increases.
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