Background: Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured the monarchy (one of the oldest on the continent) to grudgingly allow political reform and greater democracy. Swaziland recently surpassed Botswana as the country with the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection
June 9th 2008Africa » Swaziland » Manzini Part 2 of my major catch-up. Basically this takes me through safari in the Kruger National Park and Swaziland.
The flights via Sydney were nothing special. I think I watched 5 movies or so. Af ... [full story]
January 27th 2008Africa » Swaziland » Manzini
We arrived in Swaziland by bus, changing our minds en-route about where exactly we were going. Having been used to the HUGE distances between towns in Mozambique we hadn’t quite down-scaled ... 11 photos[full story]
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