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A Constitutional History of the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), 1960–1982

Part of the African Histories and Modernities Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24777-5

ISBN: 978-3-030-24776-8

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 26, 2019

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Introduction

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 3 –29

[This chapter introduces this book. The author justifies the need for writing this book despite its politically sensitive nature and situates Swaziland in its geo-historical context. She examines the antecedents of scholarly works on Swaziland’s constitution before articulating the objectives of...
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The Major Players in the Making of the Independence Constitution of Swaziland (Eswatini)

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 33 –63

[In this chapter, the author looks at constitution-making in British Africa, discussing the main stakeholders that were expected to be the beneficiaries of the transfer of power after colonial rule. Eswatini’s geo-political location in the belly of apartheid South Africa and its settler colony...
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The Beginning of the Great Constitutional Debate: Agreeing to Disagree

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 65 –127

[This chapter examines the beginning of the constitution-making exercise, which was characterized by fireworks between the Progressive Swazi leaders and the traditional Swazi monarch and his White allies. The British established a constitutional committee comprising British officials, Swazis, and...
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The Imposed 1963 Constitution, the Maiden Legislative and Executive Councils, and the Select Constitutional Committee

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 129 –182

[Chapter 4 explores how Britain was compelled to impose a constitution on Swaziland in 1963 owing to the collapse of the 1963 London Conference. The Constitution confined King Sobhuza II to cultural and traditional affairs, while excluding him from effective governance. This exclusion caused...
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The 1967 Constitution, Internal Self-Government, and the 1968 Independence Constitution

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 183 –233

[This chapter treats the deliberations of the Constitutional Review Committee, which was selected from Swaziland’s maiden Legislative Council on which the Progressives had no seats. The monarchists operating under the canopy of the Imbokodvo party distinguished themselves as political turncoats...
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The 1968 Westminster Constitution, the 1972 General Election, and Serious Challenges Confronting Constitutional Monarchism

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 237 –278

[This chapter deals with an analysis of Swaziland’s 1968 Westminster Constitution. Neither the African international environment, with its prevailing one-party system, nor the nonchalance of the government with multipartyism favoured the survival of the Independence Constitution. The 1972 general...
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From King Sobhuza II’s Auto-Coup D’état to the Era of Constitutional Void and Royal Benevolent Despotism

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 279 –337

[This chapter deals with the extra-constitutional measures King Sobhuza II took to resolve the stand-off between the judicial and legislative arms of government by staging an auto-coup d’état against the Independence Constitution and assuming personal rule—a development that has eluded scholars...
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Conclusion

Dlamini, Hlengiwe Portia

Pages: 339 –347

[It is revealed in this book that what triggered constitutional developments in Swaziland was the wave of decolonization swept over Africa after 1945 and, most importantly, the independence of African countries in the 1950s and 1960s. The British colonial authorities invited the Swazi political...

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