Swaziland

On 28 July 2013, Mondli Makhanya of Sunday Times in Johannesburg criticised Julius Malema’s “ambitions of annexing the whole of southern Africa.’’ But wrote that, “Although, I might encourage him or any other possible future president of South Africa to do something about Lesotho and Swaziland.

Swaziland has retained and continues to indefinitely retain its controversial status as an absolute constitutional monarchy. It is the only country in Africa with such a ‘distinctly maverick’ political order.

Swaziland is going through its worst media freedom crisis in living memory following the conviction of a magazine editor for writing and publishing material that criticised the courts and judiciary.

The tiny kingdom of Swaziland in southern Africa is getting ready for a national parliamentary election this year, amid expectations that the outcome will be a fraud on democracy.

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