"OK Value stores; Sentra stores and buying partners, as well as Friendly supermarkets; Friendly Liquor stores; OK Express and OK Liquor stores. The company has 2425 corporate outlets under various brand names. They consist of: These numbers exclude the MediRite pharmacies (based in Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland) as they are located within stores. The company also owns franchising brands though its OK Franchise Division under the names OK Foods, OK Grocer, OK Minimark, OK Value, Megasave, Sentra, Enjoy, Friendly Stores and Friendly Liquor, totaling 418 stores in Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa. The 204 Hungry Lion outlets include 151"
"Geography of Eswatini Swaziland is a country in Southern Africa, lying between Mozambique and South Africa. The country is located at the geographic coordinates . Swaziland has an area of 17,363 square kilometres, of which 160 are water. The major regions of the country are Lowveld, Midveld and Highveld. The climate of Swaziland varies from tropical to near temperate. The seasons are the reverse of those in the Northern Hemisphere with December being mid-summer and June mid-winter. Generally speaking, rain falls mostly during the summer months, often in the form of thunderstorms. Winter is the dry season. Annual rainfall is"
"Eswatini–South Africa relations South Africa–Swaziland relations refers to the current and historical relationship between the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Swaziland. South Africa surrounds Swaziland on the north, west and south. The two states share strong historical and cultural ties. Mutual High Commissions were established in Pretoria and Mbabane at the end of the apartheid era in 1994. Swaziland's High Commission in Pretoria is also accredited to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. During the 1970s and early 1980s, although Swaziland claimed to be neutral in the Cold War, it was actually pro-Western and maintained strong relations"
"and South Africa's readmission to the Commonwealth of Nations. In August 1995, the two countries signed an agreement to cooperate in anti-crime and anti-smuggling efforts along their common border. In September 2010, the African National Congress Youth League condemned South Africa's ""'illegitimate' relations with 'Swaziland's absolute monarchy."" The ANC's investment arm Chancellor House acquired a 75% stake in Swaziland's Maloma Colliery (coal mine). Other political parties condemned the move as well. Eswatini–South Africa relations South Africa–Swaziland relations refers to the current and historical relationship between the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Swaziland. South Africa surrounds Swaziland on"
"has neither coastline nor maritime claims. In terms of land boundaries, Swaziland borders Mozambique for 105 kilometres, and South Africa for 430, giving a total land boundary length of 535 km. Swaziland possesses the following natural resources: asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc. 670 km² of the country's land is irrigated. The following table describes land use in Swaziland. The Kingdom of Swaziland is prone to floods and drought. Soil erosion as a result of overgrazing is a growing problem. Swaziland is part of the following international agreements: Biodiversity, Climate Change,"
"the game parks of Swaziland. In 2006 Swaziland signed on to the Lubombo Route agreement along with South Africa and Mozambique. The agreement allowed tourists to travel across the three countries with a single visa. Tourism in Eswatini Tourism in Swaziland is a successful industry. Most of the tourists who visit Swaziland arrive by road from South Africa. Swaziland's tourism industry developed during the apartheid era in South Africa and this shaped many of its distinctive attractions. Since the end of apartheid, Swaziland has emphasized its traditional culture as a tourist attraction. The adoption of apartheid in South Africa and"
"with South Africa, including clandestine cooperation in economic and security matters. South Africa invested heavily in Swaziland's economy, and Swaziland joined the Pretoria-dominated Southern African Customs Union. During the 1980s, some South African businesses also used Swazi territory as a transshipment point in order to circumvent international sanctions on South Africa. Relying on a secret security agreement with South Africa in 1982, Swazi officials harassed African National Congress representatives in the capital, Mbabane, and eventually expelled them from Swaziland. South African security forces, operating undercover, also carried out operations against the ANC on Swazi territory. Throughout this time, part of"
"or move to neighbouring South Africa. Additionally, they face a very high rate of HIV/AIDS infections (Swaziland has the highest prevalence of HIV in the world, with reportedly 27% of the Swazi population being infected). Swaziland's first pride parade was held in June 2018. According to Section 252(1) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, the principles and rules of Roman-Dutch Common Law that applied to Swaziland since 22 February 1907 (as those principles and rules existed on 6 September 1968, Independence Day) are applied and enforced as the common law of Swaziland. The principal source of this common"
"Swaziland firms are among the most productive in Sub-Saharan Africa, although they are less productive than firms in the most productive middle-income countries in other regions. They compare more favorably with firms from lower middle income countries, but are hampered by inadequate governance arrangements and infrastructure. Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, and the Republic of South Africa form the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), where import duties apply uniformly to member countries. Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa also are members of the Common Monetary Area (CMA) in which repatriation and unrestricted funds are permitted. Swaziland issues its own currency, the"
"forms the border between South Africa (province of KwaZulu-Natal) and Mozambique. There, in the Ndumo Game Reserve, it absorbs its largest tributary, the Pongola River. It then meanders through the Mozambican coastal plain and empties into southern Maputo Bay, some 85 kilometres downstream. In Swaziland, the river is called the Great Usutu or Lusutfu and flows through the towns of Bhunya, Luyengo, Siphofaneni, and Big Bend. The town of Big Bend is near a point in which the river meanders abruptly. The Great Usutu is the largest river in Swaziland, is the site of Swaziland's lowest point (21 m above"
"the Dutch republics and the Swazi people. Finally, in 1894, a convention placed Swaziland under the South African Republic as a protectorate. This continued under the rule of Ngwane V until the outbreak of the Second Boer War in October 1899. King Ngwane V died in December 1899 during incwala after the outbreak of the Boer war when his successor, Sobhuza, was only four months old. Swaziland was indirectly involved in the war with various skirmishes between the British and the Boers occurring in the country until 1902. In 1903, after British victory in the Anglo-Boer war, Swaziland became a"
"Pretoria Convention for the Settlement of the Transvaal in 1881 recognized the independence of Swaziland and defined its boundaries. The Ngwenyama was not a signatory, and the Swazi claim that their territory extends in all directions from the present state. Britain claimed authority over Swaziland in 1903, and independence was regained in 1968. Today, Swazi people reside in both Swaziland and South Africa. People of Swazi descent in South Africa are typically identifiable by speaking SiSwati, or a dialect of the language. There are also many Swazi immigrants who go to South Africa and the United Kingdom for study, or"
"in the competition, including two that had played for Mozambique in 2012. Sierra Leone would file a complaint to ICC, and the ICC would decide that Swaziland had breached the player eligibility regulations. This meant that Swaziland could not compete in the 2016 Division Two competition, and would instead be replaced by Sierra Leone and Rwanda. Eswatini national cricket team The Eswatini national cricket team represents the country of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), a country in Southern Africa, in international cricket. The Eswatini national cricket team, which is administrated by the Eswatini Cricket Association, it became an affiliate member"
"a hot and dry lowveld. The population is primarily ethnic Swazis, whose language is siSwati. They established their kingdom in the mid-18th century under the leadership of Ngwane III; the present boundaries were drawn up in 1881 in the midst of the Scramble for Africa. After the Second Boer War, Swaziland was a British protectorate from 1903 until it regained its independence on 6 September 1968. On 19 April 2018, the official English name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, mirroring its Swazi name. The government is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by ""Ngwenyama"" (""King"") Mswati"
"lilangeni (plural: emalangeni), which is at par with the South African rand. Swaziland enjoys well-developed road links with South Africa. Swazi Rail operates its railroads that run east to west and north to south. The older east-west link, called the Goba line, makes it possible to export bulk goods from Swaziland through the Port of Maputo in Mozambique. Until recently, most of Swaziland's imports were shipped through this port. Conflict in Mozambique in the 1980s diverted many Swazi exports to ports in South Africa. A north-south rail link, completed in 1986, provides a connection between the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga)"
"administrator appointed by the king. Parallel to the government structure is the traditional system consisting of the king and his advisers, traditional courts, and 55 tinkhundla (subregional districts in which traditional chiefs are grouped). Swaziland is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) which the U.S. began negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with in May 2003. The other members of SACU are Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and South Africa. Swaziland is further member of ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW, PCA,"
"South Africa, from which it receives over 90 percent of its imports and to which it sends about 70 percent of its exports. Swaziland has great resources making a good trading partner. Swaziland’s other key trading partners are the United States and the EU, from whom the country has received trade preferences for apparel exports (under the African Growth and Opportunity Act – AGOA – to the US) and for sugar (to the EU). Under these agreements, both apparel and sugar exports did well, with rapid growth and a strong inflow of foreign direct investment. Textile exports grew by over"
"Africa in October 2016. The proposal was defeated with 100 countries voting against, 26 in favour and 17 abstained. Swaziland's supports India's candidature for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council. Bilateral trade between India and Swaziland totaled US$61.97 million in 2014-15, declining by 58% from the previous fiscal year. India exported $39.94 million worth of goods to Swaziland, and imported $22.03 million. While India's exports to Swaziland grew by 76.49% from 2013-14 to 2014-15, its imports from the country declined by 82.35% during the same period. The main commodities exported by India to Swaziland are pharmaceutical products, gold"
"living in South Africa than in the bordering nation states of Lesotho, Botswana, and Swaziland, respectively. In the past, this has led to conflict. Lesotho still claims large swathes of South Africa, and attempts have been made to cede some South African territory to Botswana and Swaziland. All three states were intended to be incorporated in the Union of South Africa, but those plans never came to fruition because of power struggles within their apartheid governments. Austria-Hungary, which succeeded the Austrian Empire, was a historical multinational state. The centrifugal forces within it, coupled with its loss in World War I,"
"of Swaziland in 1982 failed following protests. The homeland's territory had been claimed by King Sobhuza of Swaziland as part of the Swazi monarchs' traditional realm, and the South African government hoped to use the homeland as a buffer zone against guerrilla infiltration from Mozambique. This would have given land-locked Swaziland access to the sea. South Africa responded to the failure of the transfer by temporarily suspending the autonomy of KaNgwane, then restoring it in 1984. KaNgwane ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 when the Interim Constitution dissolved the homelands and created new provinces. Its territory became part of"
"Songimvelo-Malolotja Transfrontier Conservation Area The Songimvelo-Malolotja Transfrontier Censervation Area is a peace park located on the South Africa - Swaziland border between Barberton (South Africa) and Pigg's Peak (Swaziland) and covers an area of approximately , with potential extensions of another . The core of the park is to be the Songimvelo Game Reserve in South Africa and the Malolotja Nature Reserve in Swaziland. These parks share a common border. On the Swaziland side are three protection-worthy areas, namely the Bulembu National Landscape, Makhonjwa National Landscape, and the Sondeza National Landscape. The long-term plan is that this Transfrontier Conservation Area"
"Swazi Rail Swazi Rail (SR), also Swaziland Rail, is the national railway corporation of Swaziland. As in the rest of Southern Africa, the rail system of Swaziland is built to the narrow Cape gauge of . SR provides only service for transportation of goods, not passengers. SR's rail system is used to connect the land-locked country to the sea. The east-west link, called the Goba line, leads from Matsapha (near Manzini) through Sidvokodvo, Phuzumoya and Mpaka to Goba in Mozambique. From Goba a Mozambique Ports and Railways line connects to the ports of Matola and Maputo. Swazi Rail also has"
"Southeast Africa Southeast Africa or Southeastern Africa is an African region that is intermediate between East Africa and Southern Africa. It comprises the countries Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe in the mainland, with the island-nation of Madagascar also included. People include the San people. The Swahili language is spoken here, both as an official language and ""lingua franca"" by millions of people. Lake Malawi and Limpopo River are located here. It is considered that approximately 3,000 years ago, Bantu peoples arrived in this area from what is now Western or Central Africa. In"
"Matata, Eswatini Matata is a town in Eswatini. The town is located on the southern banks of the Maputo River, in Lubombo Region, in the southeastern part of the country, close to the border with the Republic of South Africa, approximately , by road, south-east of Mbabane, the largest city and capital of Swaziland. The geographical coordinates of Matata, Swaziland are: 26°52'00.0""S, 31°55'28.0""E (Latitude:-26.866672; Longitude:31.924455). Matata sits at an average elevation of , above sea level. Matata the town, is home to the business known as ""Matata Group of Companies"". The businesses include supermarkets, retail stores, farm machinery outlets, abattoirs,"
"Protected areas of Eswatini Protected areas of Swaziland include any geographical area protected for a specific use inside the landlocked country of Swaziland, southern Africa. Within Swaziland there is a mix of national, private and community-owned protected areas. They include national parks, nature reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and game reserves. Situated in the Lubombo District, the conservancy is part of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area, which straddles the border between South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, southern Mozambique and the northeastern part of Swaziland. It includes the Hlane Royal National Park, the Mlawula Nature Reserve, the Shewula Community Nature Reserve, the Mbuluzi Game"
"World Cup, playing in the Southern Pool of Round 1a, along with Zambia and Botswana. Swaziland won their first fixture, defeating Zambia by one point, 24 to 23. However they lost their second game 19-12 to Botswana, and finished third in the final standings on points difference. Their Test match record against all nations, updated to 4 July 2015, is as follows: Eswatini national rugby union team The Eswatini national rugby union team represent Eswatini in the sport of rugby union. They are ranked as a tier-three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB). Swaziland have thus far not qualified"
"SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Politics of Eswatini Swaziland is an absolute monarchy with constitutional provisions and Swazi law and Custom. The head of state is the king or ""Ngwenyama"" (lit. ""Lion""), currently King Mswati III, who ascended to the throne in 1986 after the death of his father King Sobhuza II in 1982 and a period of regency. According to the constitution of Swaziland, the King and Ingwenyama is a symbol of unity and the eternity of the Swazi nation. By tradition, the king reigns along with his mother or a"
"South Africa–Zimbabwe border The border between South Africa and Zimbabwe is long, and follows the median line of the Limpopo River. The western tripoint with Botswana is located at the confluence of the Shashe River with the Limpopo. The location of the eastern tripoint with Mozambique is not entirely certain; it is situated either at the confluence of the Luvuvhu River with the Limpopo, or at a point nearby in the Limpopo defined by beacons on the Mozambique–Zimbabwe border. The border was established by the Pretoria Convention of 1881 and restated by the London Convention of 1884 which defined the"
"Swaziland border. Mpande then took over rulership of the Zulu nation. Following the campaign against Dingane, in 1839 the Voortrekkers, under Pretorius, formed the Boer republic of Natalia, south of the Tugela, and west of the British settlement of Port Natal (now Durban). Mpande and Pretorius maintained peaceful relations. However, in 1842, war broke out between the British and the Boers, resulting in the British annexation of Natalia. Mpande shifted his allegiance to the British, and remained on good terms with them. In 1843, Mpande ordered a purge of perceived dissidents within his kingdom. This resulted in numerous deaths, and"
"Reserve, the Nkhalashane Siza Ranch and the Inyoni Yami Swaziland Irrigation Scheme (IYSIS). It is Swaziland's largest conservancy area. Protected areas of Eswatini Protected areas of Swaziland include any geographical area protected for a specific use inside the landlocked country of Swaziland, southern Africa. Within Swaziland there is a mix of national, private and community-owned protected areas. They include national parks, nature reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and game reserves. Situated in the Lubombo District, the conservancy is part of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area, which straddles the border between South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, southern Mozambique and the northeastern part of Swaziland."
"the South African Republic and Swaziland (then a protectorate of the South African Republic) formed a customs union in 1894. Following the Second Boer War, and the establishment of British control over the Boer republics, the Southern African Customs Union was formed in 1903 with the signing of a new Convention and replaced the previous arrangements. It consisted of Cape Colony (to which British Bechuanaland had been annexed in 1895), Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Natal, Orange River Colony (the former Orange Free State), Transvaal Colony (the former South African Republic), and Southern Rhodesia. Swaziland joined in 1904 and North-western Rhodesia joined"
"Swaziland and Zimbabwe, which were introduced during the process of colonisation. Basutoland (Lesotho) received the law of the Cape Colony in 1884, and Bechuanaland (Botswana) and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) received it in 1891. Swaziland received the law of the Transvaal Colony in 1904, and South-West Africa (Namibia) received the law of the Cape Province in 1920, after its conquest by South Africa. The South African court system is organized in a clear hierarchically by Chapter 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, specifically s166, and consists of (from lowest to highest legal authority): Firstly, a number of"
"boundaries of the South African Republic (the Transvaal Republic). The South African Republic subsequently became the Transvaal Colony and then part of the Union of South Africa, while north of the Limpopo Matabeleland became part of Southern Rhodesia which became Zimbabwe. There is a single crossing at Beit Bridge, where the South African N1 highway and the Zimbabwean A6 highway are joined by the Alfred Beit Road Bridge. A separate bridge carries a railway line, which is connected to Pretoria in South Africa and to Rutenga and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. South Africa–Zimbabwe border The border between South Africa and Zimbabwe"