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We should all show that we are united because the success of the  constitution means that success of the Swazi nation.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: King Mswati III of Swaziland)\u003cbr/\u003eThe king's speech draw a mixed reaction from those present. Some felt it was a step in  the right direction, while others said the pace of change was still too slow.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: in English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I am delighted with the speech because we were all hoping that it will be a fully  representative commission to draw up a constitution. And I am very confident that  everyone is satisfied and that is what he has done.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: John Doble/British High Commissioner in Swaziland)\u003cbr/\u003eMembers of a political alliance formed by the leaders of the Swaziland Federation of  Trade Unions and banned opposition parties this week threatened to boycott Mswati's  constitutional reform exercise. They said the ban on opposition parties should be\u003cbr/\u003elifted before the exercise was implemented.\u003cbr/\u003e(SOUNDBITE: in English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am not very impressed about what has happened here. I am sure the struggle must  continue so that the people of Swaziland can enjoy multi-party democracy which is  wanted by all the citizens of the country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Wilson Mdluli/ Trade Union leader)\u003cbr/\u003eSome Swazis like the present system, which brought a degree of stability rare in  southern Africa in the 1970s and 1980s. \u003cbr/\u003eBut others are demanding to join a regional surge of democracy capped by Mandela's  election in 1994. \u003cbr/\u003eWorking through trade unions to press their demands, pro-democracy activists staged  an eight-day general strike in January. One demonstrator was killed as Mswati called  out his army, and the King later claimed strike organisers had planned to topple him.\u003cbr/\u003e(SOUNDBITE: in English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Everybody wants change but what the King and the people are\u003cbr/\u003esaying is that we want to be given a chance to bring change about at\u003cbr/\u003eour pace. Change that will benefit everybody, not a section of the\u003cbr/\u003esociety of a minority in Swaziland.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Steven Hewlitt/Swazi businessman)\u003cbr/\u003eSouth African President Nelson Mandela, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe,  Botswana President Ketumile Masire, Mozambican President Joachim Chissano and  Swazi acting prime minister Sishayi Nxumalo met in Maputo last week to discuss the  political situation in Swaziland.\u003cbr/\u003eBoth Mandela and Mugabe said after the meeting they were convinced Mswati was  serious about constitutional change:\u003cbr/\u003e(SOUNDBITE: in English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"That constitutional commission is going to deal not only with empowering the masses  of the people to develop towards a full democratic state, but also it is going to deal with  the powers of the King.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: President Nelson Mandela)\u003cbr/\u003eThe post of Swaziland's prime ministers since independence in 1968 has been  restricted to members of the royal family, the Dlaminis, a tradition strongly criticised by  most Swazis as outdated and discriminatory.\u003cbr/\u003eThe new prime minister Barnabus Dlamini was a popular and respected finance minister  and is considered a modernist.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is currently a director with the World Bank/International Monetary Fund's African  region.\u003cbr/\u003eSwaziland, 26 July 1996\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide kraal with Swazi's sitting\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close-up faces\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid Swazi's sitting\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid two Swazi's in traditional dress\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid King Mswati III walks in\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid Swaziland flag\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide pan of Swazi's sitting in kraal\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (Swazi) King Mswati III \u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide Swazi's sitting\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close-up faces \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: John Doble/British High Commissioner in Swaziland\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid Swazi women sitting\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: Wilson Mdluli/Union leader\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid shot Swazi's in kraal\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: Steven Hewlitt/Swazi businessman\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid Nelson Mandela walks into room (Pretoria, 24 July 1996, APTV)\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: Nelson Mandela\u003cbr/\u003e19. 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