King Mswati III is basking in infrastructure development as he marks 40 years on the throne in eSwatini, a landlocked kingdom of 1.5 million people. Cheers are flowing in. Blue chips, from Standard Bank to Nedbank, and the region’s top brass, are singing the king’s praises. Dejected activists, some of who now live in exile, look on helplessly, struggling to re-claim the discourse even as regional leaders throw their weight behind the king.
Mswati’s eSwatini: Defined by fear and silence; propped by renegades, By Shoks Mnisi Mzolo
