Stories about Eswatini from October, 2010

Swaziland: The Swazis who dare to demand democracy

  20 October 2010

Mathews writes about activists who dare to challenge the King of Swaziland: “The Swazis are losing patience with this conspicuous consumption, however. In August 2008, hundreds of women marched through the streets of Mbabane, the capital, to protest against a shopping trip for nine of the king’s wives to Europe.”