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Annual profile: Swaziland

Africa Economic Research

January 2003

Contact Jan Duvenage - E-mail: jduvenage@sbic.co.za

Copyright: Standard Bank Group (www.ed.standardbank.co.za)


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Background

The British guaranteed autonomy for the Swazis in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labour unrest during the 1990s have pressured the monarchy (one of the oldest on the continent) to grudgingly allow political reform and greater democracy



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