Word: swaziland
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...mostly white officials, businessmen and tourists, to and from the U.S. last year. The proposal by some Senators and others to rescind the country's landing rights in the U.S. would inconvenience such travelers, probably causing a half-day detour through European cities. Quite quickly, however, small airlines in Swaziland or Botswana could expand, with South Africa's help, to fill the void...
...form of official blackmail, the Pretoria government has been threatening to take reprisals against its black neighboring countries if sanctions get too severe. It is in a solid position to do so. Nearly all foreign trade for Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland passes through South Africa, as well as 90% of Zimbabwe's. Some 350,000 foreign workers are legally employed in South Africa, almost 85% of them in mining, and they could be fired. Many of its neighbors are dependent on South Africa for electricity, which could be cut. Pretoria, however, rarely mentions the benefits it gains from these relations...
That sad paradox is repeated, indeed intensified, throughout the black nations of the region. Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland depend upon Pretoria for all their oil. Lesotho gets all its electricity from South Africa. Almost every export and import of the three countries travels through South Africa. As if that were not enough, Pretoria's official exports within the continent have risen by 40% this year, and promise to reach a record $800 million. Any Western blow against South Africa could amount to a killer blow against many of the so-called frontline states. Warns a South African diplomat in London...
...economic sanctions. In the process you are going to harm job opportunities immensely for 2 million blacks from outside our borders whose wages provide sustenance and upkeep for up to 8 million in Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Malawi...
...CHUMS AT THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL IN ENGLAND CALL HIM MAC, BUT TO HIS COUNTRYMEN CROWN PRINCE MAKHOSETIVE IS NOW KING MSWATI III OF SWAZILAND. HIS FATHER, KING SOBHUZA II, HAD RULED THE LANDLOCKED AFRICAN NATION OF 650,000 FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES WHEN HE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO AT THE AGE OF 83, BUT IT WAS DECIDED TO HAVE THE FUTURE KING CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION OVERSEAS. NOW 18, MAKHOSETIVE BROKE OFF HIS STUDIES TO RETURN FOR THE CORONATION CEREMONIES. APPEARING AFTER A DAY OF SECRET RITES, THE NEW KING DID NOT SPEAK BUT WAVED SHYLY TO THE CROWD...