The Swazi Journal

01/02/2025

20/01/2025

"God saved me to make America great again, God's first in everything we do - Trump.

By: Emmanuel Mkhwanazi
The Swazi Journal: 20th January 2025

The world witnessed another history in making when Donald Trump was sworn in for the second time as President of the United States of America against all odds an event that was indoor due to the forecast and extreme cold. In his speech Donald Trump emphasised that he is obligated to make America great again and rich but he is forever thankful to God to save his life of which in everything he will be doing he will put God first. Trump is the only leader in the US that has openly declared the love of God as the President elect of that country he has also emphasised that that only two official genders the US will recognise that will be Male and Female nothing else meaning the g**s and le****ns have been left in the cold. He also said he will put America first and it's citizens during term protect them he further said he will rebuild the army of that country the most strongest one in the world but illustrated that America will make play a vital role in the wars in the world not only by participating but to make peace in the entire world. One of the things he proudly announced was the released of the hostages of Palestine from Israel which is part of the deal for peace in Gaza. This publication was monitoring social media comments across the globe seemingly Donald Trump is the favourite as he was sworn is today as the President elect of the US mostly Christians were so excited around the world. It is no doubt that Trump fears God as everything he says he always mention the Lord which is a good thing for a leader of a powerful nation like the US hope other leaders will emulate same.

18/01/2025

18th January 2025

Spectacular

18/01/2025

Nkambeni Sports Club to celebrate 27th anniversary in June.

By: Lucky Magagula
The Swazi Journal: 18th January 2025

The Nkambeni Sports and Recreational Club a multi discipline organization of Nkambeni area in the North East of the Hhohho region will this year in June commemorate its 27th anniversary. Speaking to this publication the founder of this organization the Editor of this publication Emmanuel Mkhwanazi said the Sports Club was formed back in 1998 on the 28 June to promote all kind of sporting activities at grassroots level by all age groups regardless of race, colour and creed. He further said the Sports Club was also established to ensure that young people are kept out of the streets by involving themselves in sporting activities thus avoid illicit activities such as crime and the abuse of drugs." After its formation the Sports Club was allocated a vast peace of land by the authorities of the area to build a Sports Centre a project that is still in pipeline." Preparations for the 27th anniversary to be held in Nkambeni in June this year have already started we are looking forward to a fun filled sports event with almost all the main sporting activities to be displaced on that day and also cultural activities"; said the founder. He said proposals have already been prepared to be presented to corporate companies for funding of this historical event where prominent people in society will be invited to attend, he said all the schools around the area will also be invited to participate. The Sports Club is the first of its kind in the country as it involves all sporting activities under its banner a unique concept if natured very well it can bring positive results in the promotion of sport in the country. In previous years the Sports Club would collaborate with the Olympic Committee to stage the Olympic Day Run activities sanction by the International Olympic Committee. A date is yet to be official announced for this event but definitely it will be around June this year.

18/01/2025

18th January 2025

09/01/2025

What a big lie to the people of Swaziland by the MDM.

By: Emmanuel Mkhwanazi
The Swazi Journal: 9th January 2025

This present year is the 5th year since the unfortunate unrest took place in Swaziland which claimed over 100 people after that incident nation was promised a New Swaziland which was to be delivered to them but in vein as the MDM is still in social media tug of war dressing each other down. The whole thing has been reduced into a big lie as there is no physical cooperation by all the political parties involved in the struggle pushing for democratic reforms thus rendering the struggle to die a natural death with mere social media layouts that one day this country will be democratized. All political parties in Swaziland don't see each other to the stage where even their followers hate each other with insults flowing in all directions in social media due to accusations of many things within the struggle all that is viewed by this publication as big lie to this nation. You can go any where in the world there is absolutely nothing of profound done by people who hate each other that was pronounced a succeeds not even in the history books what a big lie, what a deceptive information conveyed to this nation, what a betrayal by the MDM and what a shame by some leadership of the MDM. Interestingly some leadership of the MDM still believe one this country will be transformed into a New Swaziland but a million dollar question is how is that possible when they can't work together they can't even agree on anything pertaining the struggle all we see is a tug of war over supremacy, what a big lie to this nation. The people of Swaziland will only destroy this country over this confusion at their own peril but it will come at a cost as most countries in the SADC region are marred with poverty, high unemployment rate and high rate of crime. Some have already left the struggle after witnessing a lot of confusion frustration within the MDM with some decided to leave it.

09/01/2025

The effect of a civil war in Mozambique, poverty is life.

By: Emmanuel Mkhwanazi
The Swazi Journal: 9th January 2025

When people go to Mozambique via Maputo beautiful structures are visible just before you reach the Capital City Maputo but some buildings within the town still resembles shuttered walls with bullets due to the civil war that lasted for 16 years in that country. The Editor of this publication took a long trip to Malawi a week ago the journey went via Mozambique in the far North and from the border of Zimbabwe the villages were just a face of poverty people are really struggling to make ends meet with Mozambique still suffering from the effects of the civil war that took a long time. The Editor of the Swazi Journal watched with awe how people live there in dire conditions the entire villages houses are made of stick, thatches and grass at times it was unbelievable these are houses for people proper structures were not visible at all. North Mozambique is the most neglected part of that country with no proper roads, water, electricity, schools, and hospitals while travelling there not even a single school visible within the villages many people w ere seen selling mangoes with dishes along the roads for survival specially children and women. In my entire life i have never seen such poverty obvious an effect of the prolonged civil war between Frelimo and Renamo during the reign of Samora Machel the former President of Mozambique. We started witnessing the poverty from Zimbabwe a country which was collapsed by Robert Mugabe with his unpopular land policy where farmers lost most of their farms without compensation which rendered Zimbabwe to be sanctioned by the west thus it crippled the economy of the country. Malawi is no exception with a very low economy the currency of that country is also very law but in all the countries the Editor travelled Mozambique is the worst that country might go back to the civil war again if the political tension is not properly addressed.

31/12/2024

31st December 2024

Malawi Lilongwe

Security is very tight at the Botanical Gardens where thousands of ECG members are making long ques for prayers the police and army are visible to ensure that the safety of the people is guaranteed.

31/12/2024

It's all systems go for the cross over in Malawi.

By: Emmanuel Mkhwanazi
The Swazi Journal: 31st December 2024

Malawi - Lilongwe

All roads leads to Malawi from all over the world for the cross over organised by the Enlighten Cristian Gathering ECG under the leadership of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who is the founder of the church the border posts and the international airport of this country are a hive of activity. ECG had branches all over the world buses, private cars and airlines are flocking into Malawi hundreds of thousands of the church members with hotels as well as lodges are fully booked. When Prophet Shepoered Bushiri left South Africa many thought it was the end of his church and other projects he is involved in but they did not instead his followers sacrifice everything they have just to worship with their spiritual leader. The Editor of this publication who is currently in Malawi saw many luxurious couches from different parts of Africa some from as far as Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa , Zimbabwe, Zambia and many parts of Africa with some came through the International airport by airlines from overseas countries. The cross over is happening this evening starting at 7pm in Lilongwe Malawi the stage is already been set with high quality sound system while music is expected to be dished out by the ECG main praise team with other artist like Swazi Dlamini from South Africa. Presently thousands of members of the church are queuing long lines by the Botanical Gardens for prayers then from here there will be heading to the main arena where the cross over will be held. The event will be broadcasted live on Prophetic Channel, facebook, You Tube and other platforms people can follow it anywhere in the world.

08/12/2024

Thantaza Silolo ditches Swazi politics, denounces political activism.

By: Emmanuel Mkhwanazi
The Swazi Journal: 8th December 2024

The cat is now out of the bag the suspense is over SWALIMO's mouthpiece and a prominent figure within the political struggle of Swaziland Thantaza Silolo ditches local politics to become a preacher. After a long time of absence in the political space the former spoke person of the blue nation wrote in his personal facebook account that he was now retiring from politics to focus on his new journey a statement which ended the speculation what could have happened to him as he did not even attend the prayer at Kamhlushwa organised by the organization. In his statement the former spoke person added that he could not continue to be involved in politics since his new journey no longer permitted him to be active in the struggle interestingly the context of his statement sounded that he denounced political activism much to the dismay of many within the MDM. Before he became a member of SWALIMO where he was the mouthpiece of the organization Silolo was arrested and spent time in jail for the bombings that happened in Matsapha bridge where King Mswati was supposed to pass and other areas around the country during that time he was a member of PUDEMO. While in jail Silolo wrote a letter of apology to the King also became a state witness of which he was released under parole after spending time in prison. Just after the establishment of SWALIMO Silolo bounced back to politics this time he divorced PUDEMO to be a member of the blue Nation where he was rewarded with the role of being the spoke person for the organization under the leadership of Mduduzi Simelane. The Editor of this publication was in communication with Silolo to ascertain his absence in the political space before he made the statement of which he promised to respond but in vein until he made the pronunciation on his facebook account many believe Silolo could be swallowed by this regime.

07/12/2024

7th December 2024