Trade Union Congress of Swaziland
Swaziland transport workers’ leader remains defiant despite threats from King’s Deputy Prime Minister

Swaziland’s Deputy PM Themba Masuku has threatened to imprison Sticks Nkambule, the leader of transport workers’ union whose members withdrew labor and brought Swaziland to a halt on December 13-14

Swaziland workers Swaziland: Trade unions boycott King Mswati’s businesses after bar on strike

King Mswati spent more than $74 million on his birthday while claiming that there are not sufficient funds to raise the salaries of public servants who have lost purchasing power by more than 14% in the last two years

Civil servants in Swaziland set to strike over salary hikes

The Communist Party of Swaziland and the Public Sector Associations of Swaziland noted that the government of king Mswati III had been spending vast amounts wastefully even as the country was in social and economic crisis

Swaziland teachers resist police action Swaziland teachers’ union accuses monarchical government of repressing workers’ struggle

Myeni, a leader of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), was arrested on August 26, 2018, after he resisted a police officer from firing into a teachers’ protest two days before.

Swaziland: Working class continues​ to fight for democracy and rights

The landlocked nation of Swaziland in Africa is regularly witnessing strikes and protests as the people are rising up to assert their rights. 

Swaziland workers occupy the streets in a historic strike against Monarchy’s anti-labor policies

Reports of the police crackdown on the protestors have come in from across the nation, with many injured.

Swaziland’s teachers wage struggle against police brutality

“We call upon the international community to extend their solidarity towards the struggle of the working class movement in Swaziland,” noted various trade union organizations.

“Ending monarchy and the establishment of a democratic multi-party system is way forward for Swaziland”

One of the last absolute monarchies in the world, Swaziland is headed to a primary round of polls of August 25 under its Tinkhundla (administrative sub-division)-based electoral system.

Hundreds protest in Swaziland demanding an end to corruption and anti-worker policies

Police attacked a workers’ demonstration with water cannon and tear gas canisters