Long Read | eSwatini’s history of forced evictions
Companies and the government have been evicting small-scale farmers off the land they have lived on and worked for years. Many have lost homes – and more are on the line.
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eSwatini students stand up to failing institutes
Students at the Southern Africa Nazarene University are the latest to protest against inadequate government funding and poor faculty and facilities. The police reacted with live ammunition.
Health and education collapsing in eSwatini
A government directive preventing departments from hiring or creating new posts is leaving them understaffed and overworked to the point that children aren’t being taught and people are dying.
The eSwatini trio taking comedy to another level
Three comedians performing in isiSwati have a swiftly growing fanbase upwards of 60 000 followers at home and in South Africa. But it is the fans that also keep them humble and grounded.
Making media freedom in eSwatini is more than a dream
Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu, in spite of harassment from King Mswati III and his cronies, is undeterred in his bid to expose the regime’s wrongdoings.