Swaziland: Editor faces defamation suit

The editor of the privately owned Nation magazine, Bheki Makhubu, was sued for E3.5 million [approx. US $ 500 000] by a Member of Parliament for alleged defamation of character. The MP, Marwick Khumalo, an ex journalist and also a member of the Pan African Parliament, claims to have been defamed by an article Makhubu wrote and published in the June edition of the Nation magazine.