The Cosatu Swaziland Democracy Campaign march at the South Africa / Swaziland border at Oshoek. (file photo)
'Brutal' Crackdown on Swaziland Protesters - Reports
The "Global Week of Action for Swaziland" has entered its third day in the capital of Mbabane. The protests come against a backdrop of intense pressure on the Swazi government, grappling with a fiscal crisis that has severely affected the country's economic governance and service delivery systems.
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Eswatini: Police Teargas Protesters
Swazi Media, 7 September 2011
Reports coming out of Swaziland are that protestors and by-standers have been injured by police teargas as the Global Week of Action entered day three today. Read more »
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Eswatini: Unions Condemn Crackdown by Security Forces
COSATU, 7 September 2011
COSATU condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal crackdown on peaceful protests in Swaziland. The dictatorial Swazi regime unleashed violence on peaceful protests marking… Read more »
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Eswatini: Activists Launch New Pro-Democracy Protests
ISS, 6 September 2011
The "Global Week of Action for Swaziland" planned by the Swaziland Mass Democracy Movement to intensify its pro-democracy campaign commenced yesterday in the Swaziland capital of… Read more »
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Eswatini: Thousands March Against King
Swazi Media, 6 September 2011
"The walls of Mbabane were vibrating with the shouts of Viva Pudemo [banned political party], viva Swayoco [youth wing of Pudemo]," says Secretary General of Swaziland Federation… Read more »
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Eswatini: Mobile Phones Cut As Protest Begins, Group Reports
Swazi Media, 5 September 2011
The People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) in Swaziland is reporting today (5 September 2011) that mobile phone communications in the capital Mbabane have been cut on the… Read more »
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Eswatini: South African Unions Join Democracy Protests
SAPA, 6 September 2011
Cosatu has sent a delegation to Swaziland to take part in a week of pro-democracy protests. Read more »
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Eswatini: '5,000 On the March'
Swazi Media, 5 September 2011
5,000 protestors converged on Gwamile Street in the centre of the Swazi capital Mbabane today on the first day of the Global Week of Action for Swaziland. Read more »
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South Africa: COSATU's Statement on the Occupied Streets of Swaziland
COSATU, 6 September 2011
A COSATU delegation led by its Deputy President, Zingiswa Losi is in Swaziland in response to an invitation by Swazi unions to join the marches for the Global week of action which… Read more »
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King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, and Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini are casting around for alternative cash to alleviate the country's dire fiscal straits to avoid ... Read more »
