The country's growing fiscal crisis that began in 2010 has led to job losses and high food prices in the already troubled country.
Swazi Economy Set to Hit Rocks?
There is little hope of reviving the economy, despite expected talks with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank later this week, after the IMF decided to withdraw support for the kingdom's financial recovery plan.
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Eswatini: Economy Set to Hit Rocks
Swazi Media, 14 April 2012
Swaziland's economy is heading for a shipwreck of Titanic proportions after news that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn support for the kingdom's financial… Read more »
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Eswatini: Living On a Meal a Day
IPS, 18 March 2012
Margaret Gamedze earns a living doing laundry for people in her community in Msunduza Township, which lies about a kilometre outside Swaziland's capital city of Mbabane. But since… Read more »
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Eswatini: Crisis Hits Poorest Hardest
OSISA, 16 March 2012
For months, analysts have been talking about the impact of Swaziland's financial and economic crisis on the country's poorest, assuming that they must be suffering the most. Read more »
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Eswatini: Diets Downsized By Financial Crisis
UNIRIN, 16 March 2012
It is 6am in rural Mliba in central Swaziland, and Melody Thwala and her seven-year-old granddaughter Thandi are busy with their daily task of harvesting wild 'umbhidvo' weeds… Read more »
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Eswatini: Govt Faces Financial Crisis
UNIRIN, 12 January 2011
While Swaziland's government considers recommendations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at staving off economic disaster, the impacts of a growing financial crisis… Read more »
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Eswatini: A Poorer Government Means More Poor People
UNIRIN, 7 December 2010
Swaziland's declining revenue and a refusal to shelve prestige projects in the face of growing unemployment is exerting pressure on public health services and food production. Read more »
InFocus
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Democracy campaigners have called for a boycott against King Mswati III's request for citizens to supply him with cattle to slaughter for a birthday feast. Read more »
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Despite refusing to reduce his personal expenditure, King Mswati III has cut public servants' salaries in order to fix his kingdom's economic crisis.
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