Traditional Autocracy:Mswati of Swaziland

Successful leadership ultimately depends on a leaders inherent abilities, the framework in which they operate and the effectiveness of associated checks and balances. Swaziland is an example of a traditional system gone awry, where a constitutional monarch has evolved into the worst type of destructive autocrat. As Babs Ajayi elucidates the slide into misrule began when the "...king was able to dissolve the Supreme Council of State (SCS), the Liqoqo. The legislative structure of the state was skewed in favour of the royal family and their sidekicks but a call for restructuring the legislature was rejected. The Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) have been on strike again and again pressing for reforms and demanding accountability, demanding that the state be separated from the palace and insisting that a people-oriented constitutional review be embarked upon. In 2001, the nation's Constitutional Review Commission enhanced King Mswati's powers. The Commission went on to extend the ban on all political parties in Swaziland..."