"The first domino date African" or "the fall of the last king of sub-Saharan Africa are some headlines. The planned protests on Tuesday in Swaziland, which have the support of South African Trade Unions and the ANC Youth League, the governing party in South Africa can make this small, atypical, poor country in the first black African to is caught by the wave of democratic demands which began in the Maghreb.
Little is known about what is happening in Swaziland on the day of the march for freedom, which are claimed social and economic improvements. The Police King Mswati III has practiced in the days and hours before the demonstrations dozens of preventive detention. Swazi union leaders who have been leaving the country or been arrested denounced the "disappearance of several partners since last Saturday." Among those arrested are also journalists, who are being prevented from telling what happens in a country ruled with an iron fist by the powerful monarch on weighing several charges of torture and disappearances in recent years.
With the foreign press has chosen to fast track the expulsion of all who have been identified. "I do not have accreditation," said the government. Police spokeswoman, Wendy Hleta, acknowledged that several union leaders (the only existing social force after the abolition of political parties decreed by the king last in 2003) "are being interrogated by the threats made in foreign media overthrow the government.
" According to South African newspapers, the streets have been taken by the police and access to Manzini, the country's economic hub, have been cut by dozens of agents who interrogate and detain anyone suspected of wanting to participate in the march. The South African trade union Cosatu (the largest in the country) has mobilized its members to the border to show support and make visible the problem.
"To our knowledge, has been arrested at least seven trade unionists" they declare. "The police are everywhere. Paran buses, closed streets ...", said Thuli Makana, director of the Legal Assistance Centre in Swaziland. Meanwhile, on Tuesday also marks 38 years of the current monarch's father, Sobhuza II, overthrew the constitution and banned political parties in Swaziland for the first time.
Little has changed in almost four decades, this small country, nestled in South Africa, where AIDS and poverty coexist with a monarchy that flaunts its high-end sports cars, its 'jet' private and luxurious mansions. 
Little is known about what is happening in Swaziland on the day of the march for freedom, which are claimed social and economic improvements. The Police King Mswati III has practiced in the days and hours before the demonstrations dozens of preventive detention. Swazi union leaders who have been leaving the country or been arrested denounced the "disappearance of several partners since last Saturday." Among those arrested are also journalists, who are being prevented from telling what happens in a country ruled with an iron fist by the powerful monarch on weighing several charges of torture and disappearances in recent years.
With the foreign press has chosen to fast track the expulsion of all who have been identified. "I do not have accreditation," said the government. Police spokeswoman, Wendy Hleta, acknowledged that several union leaders (the only existing social force after the abolition of political parties decreed by the king last in 2003) "are being interrogated by the threats made in foreign media overthrow the government.
" According to South African newspapers, the streets have been taken by the police and access to Manzini, the country's economic hub, have been cut by dozens of agents who interrogate and detain anyone suspected of wanting to participate in the march. The South African trade union Cosatu (the largest in the country) has mobilized its members to the border to show support and make visible the problem.
"To our knowledge, has been arrested at least seven trade unionists" they declare. "The police are everywhere. Paran buses, closed streets ...", said Thuli Makana, director of the Legal Assistance Centre in Swaziland. Meanwhile, on Tuesday also marks 38 years of the current monarch's father, Sobhuza II, overthrew the constitution and banned political parties in Swaziland for the first time.
Little has changed in almost four decades, this small country, nestled in South Africa, where AIDS and poverty coexist with a monarchy that flaunts its high-end sports cars, its 'jet' private and luxurious mansions.
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