Bhekitemba Makhubu

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Bheki Makhubu raises freedom flag in Swaziland

After high school, Bhekitemba Makhubu’s father wanted him to study for a law degree. He refused, insisting on following in his father’s footsteps as a journalist. Now, aged 43, he doesn’t regret his choice, but besides his job as editor of the privately owned monthly magazine, The Nation, he is also studying for a law…

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Swaziland must overturn editor’s 2-year sentence, fine

New York, April 23, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Swaziland’s appeals court to overturn last week’s conviction of an editor for “contempt by scandalizing the court” in relation to two articles criticizing the country’s chief justice.

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