Thabani Nkomonye
Communist Party of Swaziland activist abducted and beaten up amid rising repression
Bongi Nkambule, a Communist Party activist, was allegedly kidnapped by the police while returning from the Manzini court where charges against his comrades, including the former general secretary of the students’ union, were being heard
Dozens injured as army and police brutally attack pro-democracy protesters in Swaziland
Swaziland is seeing a fresh round of protests against the rule of Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch. Despite severe repression, students, transport workers, civil servants and other sections of society are out on the streets
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