Swaziland: Women challenge royal extravagance
21st August 2008
Swaziland is Africa’s last remaining absolute monarchy and has been under a state of emergency since 1973. Public criticism of the monarchy is extremely rare, but a journey to Europe and the Middle East by eight of King Mswati III’s 13 wives, their children, maids and bodyguards, in a specially chartered aeroplane, has provoked outrage.
And yet if he were Muslim nobody would blink an eye.
August 26th, 2008 at 14:37
This is not the end of the story. This week the King used public money to buy 20 BMW cars ahead of his birthday party next month. This week Forbes reported he had wealth of 200 million dollars. All this while 70 percent of his subjects earn less than one dollar a day.
If you are interested in human rights issues in Swaziland visit my blog at http://www.swazimedia.blogspot.com