King Mswati III

Inspired by a vision from God King Mswati III has declared his country a ‘monarchical democracy'...

The arrival of a new private jet for King Mswati III has brought fresh turbulence to the virtually bankrupt country...

In Swaziland King Mswati III owns 51% of Swazi MTN...

In Swaziland King Mswati III presented Ma with a leopard’s head upon a platter...

Since the government can't get money from official lenders it has gone to friends such as Kuwait and Qatar into whose royal families King Mswati III married some of his daughters – but with no luck so far...

AA's South African-based boss Tony da Costa has categorically denied providing the money but the company's Chief Executive Officer S'thofeni Ginindza is a close business associate of Mswati III and also former Chairman of the Board of the Swaziland Electricity Company another parastatal named in connection with the bailout...

' Ginindza is also a personal shareholder in Swaziland Empowerment Limited which holds 19% of mobile telephone operator Swazi MTN in which Mswati III also holds shares...

As well as helping the Swazi opposition behind the scenes Cosatu and the SACP also hope we hear to embarrass SA President Jacob Zuma who is close to King Mswati III...

King Mswati III has absolute power in a country of extreme poverty where political parties are banned and human rights activists are labelled ‘terrorists’ (AC Vol 46 No 9)...

Sobhuza II's son and successor Mswati III was crowned in 1986 at the age of 18 and has followed the same path...

SWAZILAND: Tradition reigns There is no prospect in the short term of King Mswati III 40 reversing Swaziland’s economic decline or trying to resolve the country’s increasingly bitter politics...

Now it seems that these issues may not even be raised ahead of the elections and it may fall to the unions again to lead opposition to King Mswati III...