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SWAZILAND: DEVELOPMENT: Swazi Input Trade Fairs Falling Short

ipsinternational.org
4 hrs ago
        

MBABANE, 18/11/08 (IPS) - A lack of donor funding has prejudiced dozens of subsistence farmers in Swaziland who normally stand to benefit from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Farm Input Trade Fairs.

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Swazi leader on terror charge

news24.com
16-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Mbabane - Police have arrested a Swaziland opposition leader as part of a crackdown under the country's anti-terrorism laws, his family said on Sunday. People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) leader Mario Masuku was...

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AGRICULTURE: Swazi Input Trade Fairs Falling Short

ipsnews.net
15-Nov-2008 2 related
        

MBABANE, Nov 15 (IPS) - She sits under a big umbrella -- a packet of beans in one hand and a packet of peanuts in the other -- wooing customers to her stall. Mary Ntshangase is one of the vendors displaying their wares at the...

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SWAZILAND: Promise to heal the health service

irinnews.org
14-Nov-2008 3 related
        

MBABANE, 14 November 2008 (IRIN) - Moved by the deplorable conditions he found on a tour of Swaziland's hospitals and clinics, Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has vowed to reform the healthcare system.

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SWAZILAND: Gerry Tsabedze, "The poor have rights, but they don't know them"

irinnews.org
13-Nov-2008 2 related
        

MBABANE, 13 November 2008 (IRIN) - Gerry Tsabedze, 40, has made it his mission in life to help unfairly treated Swazi workers find legal redress. "The poor have rights, but they don't know their rights, and even when they do...

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AIDS-hit Swaziland promotes circumcision

newsvine.com
02-Nov-2008 26 related
        

MBABANE — Nelson Mdlovu strides out of the small clinic with a spring in his step and a smile on his lips just minutes after being circumcised. They joined the ranks of hundreds of Swazi men who have opted for circumcision,...

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Priests warned about charms

news24.com
28-Oct-2008
        

Mbabane - Swaziland's central bank on Tuesday threatened to jail traditional priests for piercing coins and bank notes to make lucky charms. Traditional priests punch holes in money as part of rituals meant to connect people to...

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SWAZILAND: A tale of two countries

alertnet.org
28-Oct-2008
        

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The irony is not lost on Swazis: the population is among the world's poorest, and yet the kingdom is classified as a...

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'Lucky coins' could land priests in jail

iol.co.za
28-Oct-2008
        

Mbabane - Swaziland's central bank on Tuesday threatened to jail traditional priests for piercing coins and bank notes to make lucky charms. Traditional priests punch holes in money as part of rituals meant to connect people to...

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