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Eswatini: Justice Minister, Judges Face Charges in Court
Swazi Media, 22 April 2015
Two Swaziland High Court judges, the fired Minister of Justice and the High Court Registrar appeared in Mbabane Magistrates Court on Tuesday (21 April 2015) on various charges… Read more »
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Eswatini: Police Arrest Swazi Judges
Swazi Media, 21 April 2015
Swaziland High Court Judge Mpendulo Simelane and Judge Jacobus Annandale were both arrested Monday (20 April 2015) by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and officers from the… Read more »
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Eswatini: Swazi Minister of Justice Arrested
Swazi Media, 20 April 2015
Swaziland's Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Sibusiso Shongwe was arrested on Monday (20 April 2015), days after arrest warrants were issued against the kingdom's… Read more »
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Eswatini: Arrest Warrant for Chief Justice
Swazi Media, 18 April 2015
A warrant for the arrest of Swaziland's Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi on 23 charges including abuse of power has been issued, according to reports in a newspaper owned by King… Read more »
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Eswatini: Chief Justice Not Yet Arrested - Clarification
Swazi Media, 21 April 2015
CLARIFICATION (21 April 2015) Information received from Swaziland indicated that the CJ was still holed up in his house but that Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister… Read more »
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Eswatini: New Justice Minister's Contempt
Swazi Media, 22 April 2015
Edgar Hillary, the former Swaziland Commissioner of Police who was appointed Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on Tuesday (21 April 2015) in the wake of a judicial… Read more »
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Eswatini: Chief Justice Has History of Abuse of Power
Swazi Media, 19 April 2015
An arrest warrant has been issued for Swaziland's Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi on 23 charges, including abuse of power. Read more »
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Eswatini: Swaziland Abandons Rule of Law
OSISA, 29 September 2011
King Mswati III has made his views about the rule of law crystal clear - there is no place for such a concept in his absolute monarchy. Read more »
Swaziland Turns Tables on Chief Justice
Controversial Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi has long been accused of abusing power in flagrant defiance of the law and judicial propriety, both in Swaziland and his native Lesotho. Now he is the one in the dock after Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini fired the justice minister and arrest warrants were issued for Ramodibedi and his judicial allies.
Swazi lawyers protesting outside the High Court against Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi (file photo).
