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Eswatini’s law society boss accused of undermining court’s integrity

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 10, 2025

Prominent Eswatini lawyer, Mangaliso Magagula, faces a personal D-Day: he has been charged with contempt of court by high court judge Titus Mlangeni who said the evidence indicated, on the face of it, that Magagula had committed contempt by undermining …Share...

Bank ‘secrecy’ ruling a blow for transparency, media freedom

by Carmel Rickard | May 4, 2019

The High Court of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) has upheld and defended the secrecy surrounding that country’s central bank. The court had been asked by the governor of the central bank for an interdict preventing a local newspaper from reporting on...

“Mind boggling” to resolve status of Swazi industrial courts

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 14, 2019

The Swazi courts have been battling to resolve the question of where the judges of the industrial court and the industrial court of appeal fit into the court hierarchy. In a long, complex and technical decision, that country’s highest court …Share this:Click to...

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