eSwatini's continued diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) have become an issue that has drawn attention both locally and internationally. This is particularly because Eswatini is now the only remaining country diplomatically linked to Taiwan in the continent of Africa. To many, Eswatini stands to lose out to China’s grand development programme, on the other hand, there is also the belief that Taiwan is a long-time friend that cannot be abandoned at will...
Fundizwi Sikhondze is a Master’s Degree candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand in Labour Policy and Globalisation.
He runs a blog, Eswatini Labour Insight, and writes regularly there on labour and development in Eswatini and the rest of the developed world.
He is a former Eswatini trade union official, as well as is an activist and campaigner for social justice and democracy in Eswatini and beyond.
