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2012-02-08 Cooperatives No Threat to Banks [IPS] Mbabane - Nomsa Tsabedze is one of the many people at the Bunye Betfu, Buhle Betfu Credit and Savings Cooperatives waiting to apply for a loan to pay for her children's school fees. 2012-02-05 Prince Blamed for Loan Delay [Swazi Media] An ill-timed outburst by King Mswati III's advisor and senior member of the royal household, Prince Mahlaba is what has delayed Swaziland's bid to secure a E2.4 billion bailout from neighbouring South Africa, the Nation Magazine in Swaziland reports. 2012-02-07 Memorandum Signed Between Maputo and Mbabane [AIM] Maputo - The Mozambican and Swazi capitals, Maputo and Mbabane, have agreed to cooperate in the areas of youth, education, tourism, investment, arts and culture, sport, urban management, trade, and small and medium enterprises. 2012-02-05 Police Shoot Woman Protester [Swazi Media] A woman protester was shot at close range by Swazi police as she was walking from them. 2012-01-31 Students Clash With Police After University Closes [RNW Africa] Police in Swaziland fired teargas Monday on students protesting their university's failure to open for the semester, injuring several people, a student leader said. 2012-01-27 Customs Revenues Help to Prop Up King [SAR] The R7 billion (US$879 million) Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) payout to Swaziland for the 2012-13 financial year could keep King Mswati III's tottering government afloat for much of this year. 2012-01-26 Govt Still Needs South African Bailout [OSISA] It seems as if South Africa's promised 2.4 billion rand bailout for Swaziland is still on the cards despite King Mswati objecting to some of its conditions. And not just on the cards but desperately needed. 2012-01-24 No Money, No CD4 Tests [PlusNews] Mbabane - Swaziland is still short of lab reagents needed for CD4 count testing, which is used to initiate and monitor patients on antiretroviral treatment, and HIV-positive people are growing increasingly frustrated as the country enters its fourth month without a way to establish the strength of their immune system. 2012-01-24 Sacked Editor Attacks Swazi King [Swazi Media] Musa Ndlangamandla, who last week was sacked as editor-in-chief of King Mswati's Swazi Observer newspaper group, has said he would 'rather eat grass' than work for the King again. 2012-01-25 Electricity Supplies to Swaziland Resumed [AIM] Maputo - The Mozambican electricity company, EDM, resumed power supplies to Swaziland, after repairs to the fifth turbine at the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi were completed on 18 January, according to a press release from the Ministry of Energy. 2012-01-20 Parties Remain Banned for Polls [Swazi Media] King Mswati III of Swaziland is to fly in the face of international opposition and continue his ban on political parties at the national elections next year (2013). 2012-01-20 Swazi Rail Project Set to Take Off [Biz-Community] South Africans and their Swazi counterparts are expected to enjoy various economic spin-offs from the development of a 146km rail line between the two countries. 2012-01-20 Does Mswati Need China More Than Taiwan? [Business Daily] Did King Mswati III of Swaziland host the (in) famous reed dance last year? You may not be very sure. 2012-01-19 New Book Details Nation's Struggle for Democracy [Swazi Media] The End of the Beginning? 2011, a year in the struggle for freedom in Swaziland by Richard Rooney is a new book published today and available free-of-charge online. You can read on screen or download it to your computer to print out. 2012-01-18 King's Paper Sacks Editor-in-Chief [Swazi Media] Musa Ndlangamandla, the editor-in-chief of the Swazi Observer newspaper group, has been sacked. 2012-01-18 Fledgling Environmental Authority Up Against Big Business [IRIN] Mbabane - Recently hundreds of dead fish floated to the surface of a stream which was the only water source for a rural community in Swaziland's drought-prone eastern region. 2012-01-17 New Swazi Railway Line to Boost Economies [IPS] Mbabane - The 146-kilometre railway line to be established between South Africa and Swaziland will help reduce the cost of doing business between the two countries. 2012-01-19 Editor Replies [Swazi Media] Musa Ndlangamandla, who was sacked this week from his job as editor-in-chief of the Swazi Observer newspaper group (the paper in effect owned by King Mswati III) has responded to my blogpost of yesterday (18 January 2012). 2012-01-19 Police Intimidation Rebuffed [Swazi Media] Trade unionists in Swaziland stood their ground and refused to allow police to break up their legitimate meeting. 2012-01-17 Swazi Rail Project Set to Take Off [BuaNews] Mbabane - South Africans and their Swazi counterparts are expected to enjoy various economic spin-offs from the development of a 146 kilometre rail line between the two countries.

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