Sources: IOL
An open truck smashes into the back of a van near Mbabane, Swaziland killing 65 girls and young women traveling to an annual dance festival. 2015-08-30
Thirty-eight girls and young women die in a crash and twenty others on board the truck receive injuries while travelling to the traditional Umhlanga ceremony in Swaziland. 2015-08-28
Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, announces that it will hold elections in September. 2013-06-4
Swaziland virgins perform an annual reed dance, paying homage to the king, pleasing tourists and compatriots. 2012-09-3
Police in Swaziland detain at least seven activists on their way to a pro-democracy church service in the city of Manzini. 2012-04-15
South Africa agrees to loan Swaziland 2.5 billion rand (US$368 million) to ease the latter's economic crisis. 2011-08-3
Thomas Masuku, a senior judge in Swaziland, is suspended over allegedly insults to King Mswati III. 2011-06-30
Police in Swaziland arrest any person in a group ahead of planned pro-democracy protests in the country. 2011-04-12
Swaziland's justice minister and senator Ndumiso Mamba resigns from both positions over allegations of an affair with a wife of King Mswati III; the wife has denied the allegations. 2010-08-6
The inaugural African Grandmother Gathering convenes in Swaziland to discuss HIV-AIDS. 2010-05-6