Swaziland Sayings And Quotes

Who is the world’s longest-serving monarch of all time? ‘Queen Victoria’ people will say, ‘But Elizabeth II is catching up’. Wrong! Sobhuza II’s reign of Swaziland began in 1899 when he was just three months old. During his reign, worldwide events that took place included the First World War, the Second World War, The Moon Landings, the birth and death of Glam Rock and Disco, and the invention of the compact disc (just!). On the day of his death, the 21st of August 1982, Sobhuza II had reigned for an incredible 82 years and nine months!

P9 'It is no exaggeration to say that democracy has become a religion - a modern, secular religion. You could call it the largest faith on earth. All but eleven countries - Myanmar, Swaziland, the Vatican and some Arab nations - claim to be democracies, even if only in name. This belief in the God of democracy is closely linked to the worship of the national democratic state that arose in the course of the 19th century. God and the Church were replaced with the State as society’s Holy Father. Democratic elections are the ritual by which we pray to the State for employment, shelter , health, security, education.

It should be a national embarrassment that there are only four countries that offer no paid parental leave to anyone,” says Kimmel. “And they are Lesotho, Swaziland, Papua New Guinea—and the United States.

Hold on,” Zoe said. “Are you saying that you’ve memorized the geology, history, and culture of every country on earth, just in case something like this happened?” “Not every country,” Erica replied. “I’m doing it alphabetically, and I’ve only worked my way up to Swaziland so far.