Showing posts with label Swaziland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swaziland. Show all posts

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Witches Cannot Fly Above 150m Altitude In Swaziland



Witches’ broomsticks are considered similar to any heavier-than-air transportation device, reports The Star.  “A witch on a broomstick should not fly above the [150-metre] limit,” Swaziland Civil Aviation Authority marketing and corporate affairs director Sabelo Dlamini told the newspaper.
No penalties exist for witches flying below 150 metres.
The report said it was hard to say how serious he was, but witchcraft isn’t a joking matter in Swaziland, where the people believe in it. The statute also forbids toy helicopters and children’s kites from ascending too high into the country’s airspace.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Swaziland Police Ban ‘Rape-Provoking’ Miniskirts





Women in Swaziland risk arrest if they wear miniskirts or tops which exposé part of their stomach as they will be violating moral standards, a police spokesperson has said.  “The act of a rapist is made easy, because it would be easy to remove the half-cloth worn by the women,” Wendy Hleta was quoted as saying.  Offenders face a six-month jail term under the ban, which invokes a colonial criminal act dating back to 1889.

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