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Mbabane (/ ˌ ʌ m b ɑː ˈ b ɑː n eɪ /; [1] Swazi: ÉMbábáne, IPA: [ɛ́ᵐbʱáɓánɛ]) is the most populous city in Eswatini (previously called Swaziland), and is one of the two capitals (along with Lobamba), serving as the executive capital. It has an estimated population of 94,874 (2010).
A series of protests in Eswatini against the absolute monarchy and for democratisation began in late June 2021. Starting as a peaceful protest on 20 June, they escalated after 25 June into violence and looting over the weekend when the government took a hardline stance against the demonstrations and prohibited the delivery of petitions.
Tanele Maseko is a Swazi human rights activist and the widow of the prominent human rights lawyer and democracy activist Thulani Maseko.Following her husband's assassination in 2023, Maseko has become a prominent campaigner both with regards to continuing her husband's activism promoting democratic reform in Eswatini, and also by calling for an independent investigation into his death, for ...
Eswatini Observer (formerly Swazi Observer) is a newspaper in the Kingdom of Eswatini. It was established in 1981 and it is owned by Tibiyo Taka Ngwane, a Swazi sovereign wealth fund. The Eswatini Observer has sister newspapers, namely, the Saturday Observer, and the Sunday Observer. [1]
The House of Assembly consists of 59 elected seats and up to ten chosen by the Ngwenyama.The 59 elected members are elected in a two-round system. A primary election is held in each of the 385 chiefdoms to choose a candidate for the secondary election, with between three and twenty candidates in each chiefdom.
Russell Mmiso Dlamini was born in Manzini, Eswatini (then known as Swaziland). Dlamini’s mother Joanah (née Vilakati) is a retired civil servant. She worked as a clerk at the Central Transport Administration (CTA). His late father Stephen Sipho Dlamini worked at the king’s office.
The 2023–24 Premier League of Eswatini was the 2023–24 season of the Premier League of Eswatini, the top-tier football league in Eswatini [1] It was won by Mbabane Swallows, who earned R1 million in prize money.
A police training school was established in Mbabane in 1927 and a modern training college was built in 1965 at Matsapha. During the independence celebrations in 1968 King Sobhuza II renamed it into the Royal Swaziland Police Service, with the legal document that established the organization being the Police Act No. 29/1957. [1] [2] [failed ...