6ZD]LODQG to cover marches taking place this week in Swaziland to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the 1973 King’s decree that enslaved and imprisoned Swazis. $OHUW Date: July 18, 2012 Person/ institution: Swazi Observer Violation/ issue: Censorship On July 15, 2012, the Swazi Observer issued letters of suspension to its Editor, Thulani Thwala, its Weekend Editor, Alec Lushaba, and the Newspaper’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Manager, Mr. Nkabindze. No explanation was given for the suspension. Both editors have been suspended for one month and await the outcome of an investigation into the matter. National Director of the Swaziland Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Swaziland), Comfort Mabuza, has condemned this development, branding it a clandestine action to silence the editors and prevent them from the informative and critical reporting that they are known to facilitate in Swaziland. 6R7KLVLV'HPRFUDF\" $OHUW Date: July 19, 2012 Person/ institution: Swazi Observer Violation/ issue: Other The managing director of Swazi Observer has stated that staff of the newspapers should restore the original mandate of the newspaper. He was addressing His staff following the suspension of the editors of the paper Thulani Thwala and Alec Lushaba. In his address, he told the staff that every newspaper in the world has its own mandate which the owners and shareholders wants it to achieve and carry out. He then urged the employees to remain calm, be forever dedicated to their jobs, and make the paper succeed as it has a great future. $OHUW Date: September 12, 2012 Person/ institution: Swazi TV Violation/ issue: Censored Two journalists at the state-censored Swazi TV were suspended from work for allowing an unauthorised item about King Mswati III to appear in a news bulletin. It concerned the traditional Umhlamga Reed Dance that took place last week. A news report about the event sourced from Channel France International (CFI) did not give the king enough