He believed deeply in maintaining what, in his view, was the essence of Swazi culture, including polygamy. According to the Swaziland National Trust Commission, King Sobhuza II "married 70 wives ...

Mbabane — The tiny Kingdom of Swaziland can be a hive of cultural tourism in Southern Africa as it boasts of several annual traditional cultural festivals, which draw thousands of tourists ...

A survey in Swaziland suggested four in 10 women believe that a husband is justified in beating his wife because he is the head of the household. Eswatini: Swazi Culture and Wife Beating ...

The Reed Dance is one of the most spectacular and well-known of Swaziland's cultural traditions. Every year, thousands of young women dance bare-breasted before the royal family at the end of a ...

A short post on Back to Swaziland blog about Swazi culture: “While we were waiting for lunch to be ready, because you can only take uncooked food for the chief and it is prepared by his family, the ...

The Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) believes that a “cultural boycott” – by musicians invited to perform in the Kingdom of Swaziland – is an effective way to address political opinions in Swaziland ...

King Mswati III, 49, told religious leaders over the weekend that it was against Swazi culture to divorce, eNCA reported. The king said religious leaders should instruct citizens that, once they ...

The Reed Dance ceremony is an annual Swazi cultural event where tens of thousands of Swazi girls travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate in the eight-day ...

The eleventh-hour withdrawal of one of SA’s most popular pop singers, Ringo Madlingozi, billed to appear in a concert in Swaziland recently, has revived a “cultural boycott” aimed at ...