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	Swaziland - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small country in southern Africa (one of the smallest on the continent), situated on the eastern slope of the Drakensberg mountains, embedded between South Africa in the west and Mozambique in the east.
		Swaziland offers a wide variety of landscapes, from the mountains along the Mozambican border to savannas in the east and rainforest in the northwest.
		Surrounded by South Africa, except for a short border with Mozambique, Swaziland is heavily dependent on South Africa from which it receives nine-tenths of its imports and to which it sends more than two-thirds of its exports.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/w/a/Swaziland.html (874 words)

	Swaziland
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small country in southern Africa, embedded between South Africa in the west and Mozambique in the east.
		Although remains of human settlements of more than 100,000 years ago have been found in Swaziland, the current Swazi[?] population migrated there eventually in the 19th century.
		Swaziland offers a wide variety of landscapes, from the mountains along the Mozambican border to savannahs in the east and rainforest in the northwest.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/sw/Swaziland.html (468 words)

	Swaziland - History and Politics
		Swaziland’s constitution, or the lack of one, lies at the heart of political risk in that country.
		For the past fifty years Swaziland has been struggling to find a way of marrying the demands of the “modern” bureaucratic state with the power and privileges accruing to those owing their position to a “traditional” system centred upon the ruling Dlamini royal lineage.
		Strikes, political violence and arson have raised the stakes in the political arena, and the conservatives and traditionalists find themselves under increasing pressure to dismantle the system that assures them of their place in society.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Swaziland/Politics.html (2474 words)

	Africa 2001: Visit to Swaziland
		This is a hut in the countryside north of Piggs Peak.
		Swaziland is not self-sufficient in food, has no oil, and does not produce enough electricity for its needs.
		Swaziland is a kingdom, with an energetic young king, Mswati II.
	www.shaunakelly.com /travel/africa2001/swaziland/swaziland.html (631 words)

	Swaziland - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Swaziland is cut by four major river systems, which have vast hydroelectric potential and are increasingly used for irrigation.
		Swaziland's mineral resources include asbestos, coal, clay, and diamonds; stone quarrying is also important.
		During the 1800s, Europeans entered the area to seek concessions, and in 1894, Swaziland became a protectorate of the Transvaal.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-swazilan.html (929 words)

	National Workshops in Swaziland
		The theme of the workshop was: Perspectives on poverty in Swaziland: Historical and contemporary forms.
		The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Swaziland, Prof.
		In April 1997, OSSREA had also sponsored the first national workshop in Swaziland whose theme was Issues in the economy and politics of Swaziland since 1968.
	www.ossrea.net /nw/swaziland/Swaziland-dec00.htm (592 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Swaziland gained limited self-government in 1964, and became a protected Kingdom in 1966 under a new constitution that recognised the King as Head of State.
		Swaziland sugar producers are working with government and the regional European Commission office in preparation of a plan to mitigate the effects of the EU’s decision to reform its sugar regime.
		Swaziland is classified as a middle income developing country, although the distribution of income is highly skewed and poverty in the rural areas is widespread.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019745089449 (1147 words)

	Politics of Swaziland
		The prime minister, who is head of government, and the cabinet, which is recommended by the prime minister and approved by the king, exercises executive authority.
		For local administration Swaziland is divided into four regions, each with an administrator appointed by the king.
		Swaziland is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) which the U.S. began negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with in May 2003.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/p/po/politics_of_swaziland.html (578 words)

	globalinfo.org - Jan 13, SWAZILAND (#34515)
		But while Swaziland is an African Union member, the country's leadership has historically bristled at the way British authorities gave half the nation's territory away to Britain's Indian Ocean Natal colony and the Boer Republics - both in present-day South Africa - in the late 19th century.
		Swaziland would no longer be a landlocked country, but would encompass what is now South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province south from the Mozambique border to Lake Sibaya.
		As was the case with other tribal homelands of the time (which were never recognised by the international community), this would have made South African Swazis legal aliens in the country of their birth, and would have made it easier for authorities to control their travel, employment and residency.
	www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=34515 (1081 words)

	POLITICS-SWAZILAND: Uneasy Donors Stay Put - For the Time Being
		At present, two thirds of people in Swaziland live in poverty, while about 40 percent of adults are infected with HIV the highest prevalence rate in the world.
		Multi-party politics are also banned in Swaziland, while the constitution was repealed in 1973 by Mswati's father King Sobhuza the Second.
		Japan is helping to build a highway system in northern Swaziland to facilitate commercial traffic through areas that are currently inaccessible, while Italy has granted a loan to rehabilitate one of the country's main railway lines.
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2004/IP040403.html (1109 words)

	UNICEF - Swaziland - Finding the best way to care for children orphaned by AIDS
		In response to the crisis of the ever increasing number of orphans — and in contrast to the approach of separating children from their roots — Swaziland has taken an innovative initiative to care for vulnerable children.
		Swaziland’s HIV prevalence among pregnant women has grown steadily from 3.9 per cent in 1992 to 42.6 per cent in 2004.
		UNICEF Representative in Swaziland Alan Brody discusses the controversy surrounding the ‘Orphan City’ proposal, and what is the best way to assist children orphaned by AIDS.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/swaziland_30345.html (617 words)

	Swaziland information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small, landlocked country in southern Africa (one of the smallest on the continent), situated on the eastern slope of the Drakensberg mountains, embedded between South Africa in the west and Mozambique in the east.
		His fleet of luxury cars, and the millions spent towards refurbishing his numerous wives' luxury mansions, are at odds with the approximately 34 percent of the nation that stand unemployed, nearly 70 percent of which live on less than a dollar a day, and with around 49 percent of adults who are afflicted by HIV.
		Swaziland is in the process or formulating an Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, which is expected to be adopted in the period 2006-2007.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Swaziland (893 words)

	POLITICS-SWAZILAND : ONLY INT’L PRESSURE CAN END CORRUPTION
		At the same time the minister was promising the UNICEF representative that the donated cars would not be misused, former justice minister Magwagwa Mduli was regaling his colleagues in parliament with accusations that some cabinet ministers were switching registration plates on their government vehicles to get away with their use for personal matters.
		Given Swaziland’s dependence on foreign aid and donors’ increasing insistence that aid be tied to good governance rid of corruption, the justice ministry may have no choice but to promulgate such legislation.
		It also pointed out that the former justice minister who headed a special parliamentary investigative team on corruption which, among other things, found a former house speaker guilty of misappropriating government funds, was himself found guilty in court of election fraud.
	www.ipsterraviva.net /Africa/viewstory.asp?idnews=92 (878 words)

	Swaziland: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Swaziland, which is about 85% the size of New Jersey, is surrounded by South Africa and Mozambique.
		Political parties are banned and the king appoints 10 of the 65 members of parliament as well as the prime minister.
		Swaziland: Bibliography - Bibliography See C. Potholm, Swaziland: The Dynamics of Political Modernization (1972); B. Swaziland: History - History The ancestors of the Swazi probably moved into the Mozambique area from the north prior to...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108004.html (617 words)

	Swaziland: AIDS in Context
		Swaziland is a vivid microcosm of all the similarly-afflicted countries of Southern Africa.
		Swaziland has only 1,000 hospital beds in the entire country, and 90 percent of these are occupied by AIDS patients.
		Swaziland's flourishing textile industry is experiencing a crisis, caused by delays in US legislation that would extend a deadline in the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), and enable Swazi exports to continue entering the market duty-free.
	www.africafocus.org /docs04/sw0404.php (3009 words)

	Swaziland: General Strike
		Swaziland, a nation of about 900,000 people sandwiched between South Africa and Mozambique, is the only country in Southern Africa that does not allow multi-party politics.
		Since the early 1990s, political violence, arson, strikes and mass stay-aways have been frequent in Swaziland as political and interest groups press for reforms opposed by traditionalists.
		Swaziland's government has taken the threat seriously since its economy is inextricably bound to that of South Africa, through which virtually all its imports and exports pass.
	www.africaaction.org /docs97/swaz9702.htm (2367 words)

	Politics of Swaziland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Swaziland is foremost, and has been for all of its administrative history, ruled by a monarch.
		History is short, however, and in Swaziland's case is punctuated with a 65 year reign of Sobhuza II of Swaziland.
		Ngwenyama (King, lion, representing the hardness as expressed in thunder) is a hereditary leader, rules the country, with the assistance of a council of ministers and a national legislature.
	politics-of-swaziland.kiwiki.homeip.net (796 words)

	Politics of present-day nations and states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of the Republic of Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia
		Politics of Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
		Politics of Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_by_country (1266 words)

	Swaziland: History
		Swaziland: one of the Queens wants to practice law.
		Lesotho & Swaziland: Lesotho and Swaziland, cradled within the South African ambit, are transforming their natural resource, water,......
		A speech-language pathologist in Southern Africa: volunteering in Swaziland.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0861382.html (564 words)

	POLITICS-SWAZILAND : BORDER POST SCUFFLES HIGHLIGHT A DEMOCRATIC SHORTFALL
		JOHANNESBURG - Activists lobbying for democratic reform in Swaziland have vowed to push ahead with their campaign, even though several of them were temporarily detained this week for blocking the five border posts between South Africa and Swaziland.
		The protest was planned to coincide with the date on which King Sobhuza, father of the current Swazi monarch, Mswati, declared a state of emergency in the country 33 years ago.
		Added the TAC, "Swaziland is a neighbour of South Africa, supplies this country with labour and is a member of the African Union.
	www.ipsterraviva.net /Africa/viewstory.asp?idnews=624 (827 words)

	Swaziland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After the South African War of 1899-1902 Swaziland became a British The country was eventually granted independence on September 6 1968.
		Surrounded by South Africa except for short border with Mozambique Swaziland is heavily on South Africa from which it receives of its imports and to which it more than two-thirds of its exports.
		2004 Swaziland acknowledges for the first time it has one of the highest Aids in the world with almost 40% of infected with the HIV.
	www.freeglossary.com /Swaziland (949 words)

	Swaziland - Gurupedia
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small country in southern Africa, embedded between South Africa in the west and
		Evidence of agriculture and iron use dates from about the 4th century CE, and people speaking languages ancestral to current Sotho and Nguni languages began settling no later than the 11th century CE.
		South African War of 1899-1902, Swaziland became a British dependency.
	www.gurupedia.com /s/sw/swaziland.htm (584 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| April 29, 2004: Headlines: COS - Swaziland: Journalism: Television: Politics: Naples News: The ...
		The portion of the Matthews-Kerry interview that I saw was a reminder of the Matthews past, the fact that he had labored on behalf of Democrats for much of his adult life, including discipleship at the feet of such party honchos as President Jimmy Carter and House Speaker Tip O'Neill.
		I bring all this up not because I think Matthews is the worst host of the political shows on cable TV, but because he often seems much better than most of his competition, even if he likewise conforms to the religion of the 10-second answer.
		The producers of these shows are seemingly convinced that letting any guest speak for a whole lot longer is bound to bore TV viewers to the point of switching channels and tax their capacity for comprehension.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2021158.html (969 words)

	allAfrica.com: Swaziland
		Swaziland's civic and national authorities are tackling the growing blight of informal settlements with plans to make squatters the owners of their own properties, and allow them access to sanitary and other city services.
		Despite Swaziland's humanitarian crisis, local newspapers are largely ignoring issues such as poverty, food shortages and HIV/AIDS in favour of reports about crime and bickering amongst political personalities, according to The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA).
		The stories were born out of the African Women's Life Story Project where researchers and activists from different parts of Africa came together to document the life stories of lesbian women in their respective countries.
	allafrica.com /swaziland (348 words)

	POLITICS-SWAZILAND: A Boost for Women in Parliament
		Swaziland is a monarchy and, while no public opinion polling is available and no referendum on the monarchy has been considered, a majority of Swazis are believed to support the royal household as rulers of "sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy," to use the descriptive phrase common in the foreign press.
		Mavimbela was in Swaziland prior to the parliamentary elections to run a workshop for women candidates that highlighted the MP's role and instructed participants on national issues.
		The workshop, sponsored by the British High Commission to Swaziland, was held in the belief that, elected or not, women candidates represented new leadership.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=21133 (1024 words)

	POLITICS-SWAZILAND: Relations Between Monarchy And Bush Regime Worsen
		MBABANE, Mar 20 (IPS) - Swaziland may not harbour weapons of mass destruction, but sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, that rules this kingdom of less than one million people, is becoming increasingly nervous about the doctrine of United States President George W. Bush, which finds little tolerance for unelected regimes.
		"Swaziland has a love-hate relationship, or at least a friendship-antagonism relationship with America, and the tension is palpable right now," one Western diplomat stationed in Mbabane told IPS.
		Rather, local groups like the Swaziland Democratic Alliance, composed of banned political parties, labour unions and human rights groups, and the new Coalition of Concerned Civil Organisations, headed by business and legal groups, would affect change with US encouragement.
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2003/IP030307.html (1139 words)

	globalinfo.org - Jul 21, SOUTH AFRICA (#38234)
		His lavish lifestyle is at odds with Swaziland's unemployment rate, which stands at 40 percent.
		Perhaps inevitably, comparisons are drawn between Swaziland and nearby Zimbabwe, where years of political and economic instability -- and restrictions on civil liberties -- have sparked intense debate.
		Swaziland's government has been quoted in the media as saying the country is making efforts to address its problems -- and that external intervention is not necessary.
	www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=38234 (776 words)

	Politics of Swaziland - Wikipedia Mirror
		The constitution of 6 September 1968 was suspended 12 April 1973 by a State of Emergency decree imposed by King Sobhuza II, the father of the current King Mswati III.
		Swaziland's two largest political organisations, the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) and the Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC), together with labour unions, challenged the 2004 draft constitution in the Swaziland's High Court.
		Political parties are banned by the constitution promulgated on 13 October 1978; illegal parties are prohibited from holding large public gatherings.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Politics_of_Swaziland (1350 words)

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