Swazi monarch fails in SA court to declare critical media as terrorists
Articles referred to are the 2022 reports by Swaziland News about a state crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in eSwatini, which led to at least 45 deaths
01 October 2024 - 12:44
The Mpumalanga high court has declined an attempt by the eSwatini government to declare the kingdom’s journalists living and working in SA, who are critical of the king and kingdom affairs, terrorists, saying this would offend SA law.
This is after the prime minister of eSwatini, on behalf of eSwatini’s Head of State, King Mswati III, asked the court to clamp down on news sites domiciled in SA, Swaziland News and its editor, Zweli Dlamini...
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