{"id":320983,"date":"2011-03-18T22:33:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T22:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/swaziland-thousands-protest-in-capital\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T22:33:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T22:33:56","slug":"swaziland-thousands-protest-in-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/swaziland-thousands-protest-in-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaziland: Thousands Protest in Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"41.6740842177\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>18 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Thousands of public sector workers marched through Swaziland&#8217;s capital on Friday, in the country&#8217;s biggest protest for years. Civil servants demanded the resignation of the government in protest at planned redundancies and pay cuts.<\/p>\n<p>About 10,000 teachers, nurses and students took part in the rally in Mbabane, according to the Swaziland Solidarity Network, a pro-democracy group based in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>The march ended at Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini&#8217;s office, where protesters delivered a petition demanding the resignation of Dlamini and his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reports of violence. Earlier in the week, police had broken up union meetings on the march, prompting South Africa&#8217;s ANC Youth League to threaten reprisals if security forces attempted to stop the rally.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 70 per cent of Swaziland&#8217;s 1.2 million people live on less than one US dollar a day.<\/p>\n<p>King Mswati III, who has ruled the country for 25 years, is said to have a personal fortune of more than 70.6 million euros.<\/p>\n<p>The International Monetary Fund last month told the Swazi government to reduce its public wage bill in order to apply for loans.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110318-thousands-swazis-rally-mbabane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103180969.html\" title=\"Swaziland: Thousands Protest in Capital\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swaziland: Thousands Protest in Capital<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 March 2011 Thousands of public sector workers marched through Swaziland&#8217;s capital on Friday, in the country&#8217;s biggest protest for years. 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