King
Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland, has once again been at the
centre of events in his kingdom. His refusal to recognise there was a drought
crisis and hundreds of thousands of his subjects were at risk of hunger set
back relief efforts by many months.
The
King’s vast wealth was in the spotlight when it was reported he could make
US$65 million with the reopening of a gold mine in his kingdom. The King
supposedly holds mineral royalties ‘in trust for the nation’ but in fact he
uses such monies to finance his personal lavish lifestyle that includes 13
palaces, fleets of Mercedes and BW cars and a private jet.
Elsewhere
it was reported that new rules if they come into force would censor what could
be taught at the University of Swaziland, where King Mswati is Chancellor. The
university was told it should not ‘teach things which could be detrimental to
the wellbeing and image of the country’.
King
Mswati III’s absolute
monarchy in Swaziland ‘ultimately is incompatible with a
society based on the rule of law’, a report into the kingdom’s judicial crisis and
published by the International Commission of Jurists concluded.
These
are some of the stories from the past three months that have been reported by
Swazi Media Commentary. A new compilation called Swaziland Striving for Freedom, vol 21, January to March 2016 is
available free of charge on the Scribd
website.
This
compilation brings together posts that originally appeared on its website.
Swazi
Media Commentary website has no physical base and is completely independent of
any political faction and receives no income from any individual or
organisation. People who contribute ideas or write for it do so as volunteers
and receive no payment.
See
also
SWAZI
KING IN WORLD’S SPOTLIGHT
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