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The review aims at presenting a general survey and brief analysis of the country's industrial development

The focus of this paper is on the structural and cognitive challenges civilsociety activists meet in their struggle for democracy in the Kingdom of Swaziland. The research is motivated by an internship with the Danish labour union federation LO/FTF Council and its affiliate in Swaziland, SFTU, while collaborating with grassroots activists who fight for democracy. The research is based on a survey of 100 Swazis and on presentations of two leading democracy activists. The empirical data is contextually analysed with a range of complementary theories within the social sciences. The analysis explains the complexity in the challenges from different approaches both focusing on the power of tradition and political modernisation. It is concluded that the challenges are related to more than rational issues but rather to a set of cognitive and structural factors relating to the power of tradition and the dilemmas in political modernisation.

KEY ISSUESSetting: Swaziland has gradually recovered from the fiscal crisis of 2010-11, buoyed by the improved revenues from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Growth modestly recovered, and international reserves rebounded. Swaziland's challenges, however, remain significant, in view of its high vulnerability to exogenous shocks and its sluggish growth performance, while facing significant social and development challenges with high unemployment and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Swaziland now stands at a critical juncture to strengthen its resilience to exogenous shocks, address its w

THE QUESTION OF PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES IN SWAZILAND RECEIVED ATTENTION AS EARLY AS 1967, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE COUNTRY ASSUMED INDEPENDENCE. A LAW CALLED "THE PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT" WAS PASSED AND ENACTED TO SPECIFY HOW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WOULD BE PROTECTED FROM VICTIMIZATION. THE ACT WAS DESIGNED TO DEFINE THE POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND IMMUNITIES OF THE PARLIAMENT; TO SECURE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT; AND TO PROTECT PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLICATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.