SWAZILAND: Environment authority shows its teeth

The Swaziland Environmental Authority (SEA) has surprised environmentalists by threatening to shut down one of the country's oldest industries for dumping toxic waste into an important river. "We thought the SEA was just a ploy by government to give the appearance of caring about environmental issues, that in fact it would be as ineffective as government's Anti-Corruption Unit, which does nothing to deter government malfeasance," said Mbongeni Lukhele of the environmental group Great Cross.