Swaziland News News Swaziland: Swaziland and HIV: Redrawing what it means to be a man
Mahlanya, Swaziland – The 300 or so pictures of “the ideal man” drawn by boys joining a male-mentoring charity in Swaziland are almost always the same. They depict a solitary and solemn figure who ...
News Swaziland: Why music celebrities in Swaziland have day jobs
Few superstars in Swaziland can afford to live off music, despite their growing audiences. Hip hop sensation Zolile Motsa, aka "80 Script," earns his living from car dealing. Few superstars in ...
News Swaziland: Swaziland’s king proclaims his nation will be henceforth known as eSwatini
NAIROBI, Kenya — King Mswati III of Swaziland is an absolute monarch, so what he says goes. But over the course of his 32-year rule, he has mostly gained international attention for how he has spent ...
News Swaziland: Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’
The king of Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarch, has changed the name of his country to the “Kingdom of eSwatini” to mark the 50th anniversary of independence – and to avoid confusion with ...
News Swaziland: Swaziland, a kingdom desperately needing to enter 21st century
I had a home in Africa near the base of the looming Sebibi Rock. The Tropic of Capricorn runs across the Great Escarpment 500km to the north, and our sprawling house on a hillside close to the ...
News Swaziland: Keep Your Eye on Swaziland
Swaziland, a small landlocked country in Southern Africa, has a knack for making the news, and, more often than not, for the wrong reasons. However, a financial crisis in 2011 and the suspension of ...
News Swaziland: How Swaziland's King Mswati Is Out of Step
In the week of Swaziland’s annual Reed Dance, tens of thousands of virgin girls trek across the southern African kingdom to the Queen Mother’s royal residence, Ludzidzini. On the banks of the Little ...
News Swaziland: King of Swaziland has suddenly changed the name of his country to eSwatini
THE king of an African country has abruptly changed his nation’s name — because he said it sounded too much like Switzerland. King Mswati III made the surprise announcement on Wednesday that the ...
News Swaziland: Swaziland's vibrant tourist industry masks a hunger for democracy
Culture and tradition are big selling points for Swaziland. Tourists looking for "the real Africa" are encouraged to see the big five wild animals on safari, visit villages or witness the annual ...
News Swaziland: The King of Swaziland renames the country 'the Kingdom of eSwatini'
At first glance eSwatini reads like the name of a Silicon Valley start-up company. But rather than an overnight success story, eSwatini is the name Africa's King Mswati III will change Swaziland's to ...