Swaziland News

Swaziland's Sikhuphe Airport, now called the King Mswati III Airport, has yet to be granted an operating licence by the International Air Transport Association and no airlines are expected to make use of the airport for years to come, a global news agency has reported .

Swazi King Mswati III seems oblivious to descriptions of his new R3 billion airport as a "vanity project".

Swaziland's ruler and sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III, officially opened the impoverished country's expensive new airport costing R3 billion on Friday night and decreed that it would be called the King Mswati III International Airport.

The Danish government has reportedly blamed Zimbabwe's failing economy on the under-utilisation of huge tracts of land by the beneficiaries of the country's land reform programme.

Many students and officials have attributed the high number of Tufts volunteers to the focus on service work that is embedded in the university's values.

A mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Mr. Jiro Honda visited the Kingdom of Swaziland during January 13‒21, 2014.

Next month, King Mswati III will officially open Swaziland's biggest white elephant - the Sikhuphe International Airport, amid fears that it will continue bleeding precious funds from the country's coffers long after its completion.

Fewer than 270,000 people voted at the Swaziland national election in 2013: only 44 percent of those entitled to do so.

The Times of Swaziland, in today's editorial, commented on the recent trial of man who raped a 53-year-old woman.

The Times of Swaziland, the kingdom's only privately owned daily newspaper, says the country's economy has recovered from an "economic nightmare" but still faces challenges.

Next month, King Mswati III will officially open Swaziland's biggest white elephant - the Sikhuphe International Airport, amid fears that it will continue bleeding precious funds from the country's coffers long after its completion.

A mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Mr. Jiro Honda visited the Kingdom of Swaziland during January 13‒21, 2014.

A TV ad for a certain credit card ends with this question, "What's in your wallet?" Perhaps the question that should be asked of Jim Christy is, "What's in your Peek Frean's tin biscuit box?" Christy is an artist, author and traveller.

The United States is to investigate Swaziland's record on human rights and if it finds the kingdom is not respecting them, it will cancel a vital trade agreement.

A mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Mr. Jiro Honda visited the Kingdom of Swaziland during January 13‒21, 2014.

A mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Mr. Jiro Honda visited the Kingdom of Swaziland during January 13‒21, 2014.