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New Parliament, New Beginnings

The 10th Parliament has been officially opened by His Majesty King Mswati III in Swaziland. The legislators have said they are ready to execute their duties. The question on the minds of analysts, concerned civil society groups...
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Applying Sense to Regional Integration

Regional and market integration has the capacity to unleash untapped potential in Africa especially from an economic point of view. The creation of a unified policy on trade can help remove trade barriers between neighbouring s...
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The Relevance of Youth Leagues, Subsidies and Agencies in South Africa

Recent events in the course of South Africa’s social and political process have led many to pose the question as to whether youth leagues, agencies and subsidies are still useful. And indeed, such a question has been raised w...
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Imagining a ‘new’ Swaziland

The ultimate yardstick for democracy and multi-party politics in Swaziland, once ushered in, will not be the ousting of an undemocratic government. Rather, it will be the strides taken to liberate the people from grinding pover...
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More Than 16 Days

Sexual Violence in and after Conflict

It has been mentioned many times that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This adage also has truth to it when it is applied to conflict situations, especially in Africa. Many women, children and also men su...
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Sticking by a Friend, Swaziland and Taiwan Relations

While the rest of Africa is running helter-skelter in excitement because of investment mainland China is pouring into Africa, Swaziland has continued to stick to her guns, and has continued to be a faithful ally to Taiwan. In f...
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Doing the Democratic Math

When the apartheid state security apparatus unleashed its violence in Sharpeville in 1960, sixty-nine people were left dead. It was a traumatising episode in the struggle for black rights and racial equality in South Africa. Ye...
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The Fight Against Corruption

Corruption. Corruption this, corruption that. It seems to be the ‘it’ word amongst most of our politicians in our beloved African continent. “We will fight against corruption,” they will shout at the top of their vices ...
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Home truths about democracy in Swaziland

The spokesman of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), recently reaffirmed his party’s commitment to democratic reform in Swaziland. At a party conference Mr. Jackson Mthembu said that in princip...
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