Swaziland: Got to work, boycott king's party

Democracy campaigners in Swaziland have come up with a novel protest against King Mswati III - ignore the public holiday called to mark his birthday and go to work instead. The April 12 Swazi Uprising Movement is one of the many groups and individuals in Swaziland angered that King Mswati will be spending millions of emalangeni of public money on his birthday party. They want the Swazi people to boycott any celebration of his 44th birthday that falls on Thursday (19 April 2012).