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The discovery of two brothels where underage girls worked for just food in a township in central Swaziland has triggered both shock and sympathy in a country struggling with chronic poverty and food insecurity.
On 26 December 2008, Ackel Zwane, a news editor for the privately-owned newspaper "The Swazi Observer", was attacked by a knife-wielding man who managed to cut him once, claiming that the journalist wrote negatively about his father, a well-known church bishop in Swaziland.
SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt has blamed the National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) for not treating the injuries of his player while on national duty.
Swaziland striker Phinda Dlamini, who is currently undergoing trials at Super Sport United, has impressed the coach Gavin Hunt.
In a narrow and still winter-brown valley, little more than a crevice between rocky mountains, Gogo Ndlovu looks after her five young orphaned grandchildren.
Swazi families have increasingly resorted to growing vegetables in their backyards and even making sour milk concoctions for sale as food prices continue to bite during the lean season.
Inhlanhla is a common male name in Swaziland, meaning "Lucky", because parents considered the arrival of their baby boy a fortunate addition to the family. Driven by the need to support his toddler son, Inhlanhla, a gardener, decided to find out if he was indeed lucky by investing half his wages in a now outlawed "get rich quick" scheme.
Journalists covering a recent Incwala first fruits traditional ceremony in Swaziland had it tough as the media reported sporadic incidents where journalists, both local and foreign, were harassed, banned and had their equipment confiscated by the police whilst covering the event.
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