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The Government of Swaziland has buckled under pressure from King Mswati III and reinstated teachers it sacked for striking for more pay.
Two weeks ago King Mswati, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, ordered teachers to return to work after a six-week strike. He also ordered the Swazi Government, which he handpicks, to negotiate a settlement with teachers. The teachers immediately returned to work, but the government refused to reinstate about 200 teachers who had been sacked for taking part in the strike.
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Tributes are coming in for the Swaziland Catholic Bishop and human rights activists Ncamiso Louis Ndlovu who died this week.
Ndlovu had a long history of helping activists in the kingdom ruled by King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch.
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Children attending Swaziland's Reed Dance next week are to be ordered to sing a song vilifying political parties as part of a clampdown on dissent in the kingdom, where King Mswati III rules as sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch.
This is believed to be the first time that maidens in the Reed Dance have been used in this way.
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The temperature in the dispute between traditional authorities in Swaziland and the official government has been raised by the Chairman of the King's Advisory body Liqoqo who said a 'coup d'état' had taken place against the monarch.
Prince Logcogco said that state-controlled radio and television in Swaziland had refused to broadcast a press conference hosted by the 'traditional' Prime Minister Timothy Velabo Mtetwa.
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Protesting students have forced the closure of Swaziland's only state university after they refused to attend classes in a dispute over scholarships.
Three students were shot with rubber bullets at close range by police, including two who were hit in the head, when they attempted to march on the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to deliver a petition last week.
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Swaziland's Prime Minister has confirmed that King Mswati III is an absolute monarch whose word has to be obeyed to the letter.
Barnabas Dlamini, who was not elected to office but personally appointed PM by the king, was reacting to news that his cabinet of ministers had defied the king who instructed all schoolteachers who were on strike to return to work. King Mswati also ordered his government to talk with teachers and solve their dispute over pay.
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Three university students in Swaziland were shot by police - two in the head - while security forces stopped a protest march against scholarship cuts.
Reports from the Centre for Human Rights and Development, Swaziland, say several other students were injured by police batons and kicks.
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Heavily-armed state forces stopped students in Swaziland from marching on government to protest about the non-payment of tuition fees and scholarships.
More than 100 students today (16 August 2012) gathered at the University of Swaziland campus in the kingdom's capital Mbabane, but they were blocked from leaving for about four hours by police and prison wardens. Eventually the students gave up and went home.
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