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‘Freedom of expression under siege in Swaziland’– report
MISA-Swaziland | ResearchAugust 13 2014 A new piece of research by a Masters student at the University of Pretoria says Swazi “citizens cannot freely express themselves on issues involving the...
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Taking stock of the media in Swaziland – MISA partners with UNESCO on media...
MISA-Swaziland | Research November 18 2014 The below article was originally published on UNESCO’s In Focus news-site. Freedom of expression was at the heart of discussions at a UNESCO-supported round...
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Swazi journalist to spend Christmas in jail after judge denies bail
MISA-Swaziland | Media Alert December 6 2014 Respected journalist Bheki Makhubu was refused bail by controversial judge Mpendulo Simelane at Swaziland’s High Court on December 5 2014. “I find that the...
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Defamation Pay Day: Swazi politician wins biggest defamation case in...
MISA-Swaziland | Media Alert December 8, 2014 Senate President Gelane Simelane-Zwane has won E550,000 ($50,000) in a controversial defamation case against the country’s only privately-owned daily...
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‘Human rights belong to everyone – 365 days of the year’, says MISA on Human...
10 DECEMBER 2014, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) today joins human rights advocates and citizens around the world in celebrating Human Rights Day. December 10 is an...
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‘Judiciary can make positive contribution to press freedom’, says Dr Fidelis...
“In the defamation laws of most countries, a court will not find a person or organisation that is sued for defamation liable if he, she or it proves that the alleged defamation was true in fact.” – Dr...
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MISA-Swaziland welcomes release of Bheki Makhubu and Thulani Maseko after 15...
Swaziland’s Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Swaziland) welcomes the release of editor Bheki Makhubu and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko. The two were acquitted by the Supreme Court of...
View ArticleMISA condemns violent conduct against journalists
Jointly with the Swaziland Media Consortium (SMC), MISA Swaziland strongly condemns the common violent conduct against media practitioners in line of duty. Towards the end of September, Swazi Observer...
View ArticleMISA Swaziland condemns detention of two journalists in Qatari embassy
MISA Swaziland and Swaziland Media Consortium consider the four consecutive cases of journalists’ harassment within such a short space of time as a warning that the worst is yet to come. On 6 October...
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Transparency a long way off in secretive Eswatini (Swaziland): 2018 report
Withholding public information from information-seekers by government and public institutions appears to be the rule rather than the exception in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland. It is an open secret...
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