Lai had been due to leave on Wednesday for celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of King Mswati III's accession...

3 million towards Eswatini's joint celebrations of 50 years of independence and King Mswati III's 50th birthday and later provided $30m for the king's latest royal jet...

EswatiniAlthough the direct political pressure of Eswatini's King Mswati III may have ebbed a little since its high point in 2023 the economic downturn and 58% youth unemployment rate are militating against political stability in 2026...

King Mswati III's government in Eswatini the last country in Africa to maintain recognition of Taiwan sees a wider advantages in courting the west such as boosting its sugar exports to the US...

On 1 June Judge Mumcy Dlamini who local media say is a sister-in-law to King Mswati III convicted the MPs of terrorism sedition and murder in connection with the June 2021 anti-government protests in which 70 protesters died in a fusillade of security force bullets (AC Vol 62 No 14 A state of royal denial)...

King Mswati III remains deaf to pleas for reform despite growing pressure on him in the wake of the assassination of democracy activist and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko in his home on 21 January...

Before Geingob, President Cyril Ramaphosa was the one to face the stonewalling King Mswati III...

What started as a student protest against police brutality has morphed into a full-scale crisis with King Mswati III's army killing between 80-100 civilians in clashes with demonstrators...

Angered by the monarch's obduracy a coalition of activists – in political parties churches human rights and pro-democracy groups – is demanding reform and an end to King Mswati III's 35-year reign...

Social movements and trade unions have called for the revocation of the 1973 decree passed by King Mswati III's father Sobhuza II which not only outlawed political parties but placed legislative executive and judicial powers in the hands of the king...

Why regional states stand on the sidelines President Cyril Ramaphosa took time out from the key South African local elections to visit Mbabane for a 'working visit' to King Mswati III on 2 November...

As reports and videos circulate showing dozens of pro-democracy protestors being shot and killed by security forces regional and international pressure on King Mswati III is mounting...

King Mswati III's extravagance is legendary: last year he bought 19 new Rolls Royce cars for his wives mother and entourage...