NEWSWATCH: Swaziland police detained and released reporters from Eyewitness News, Mail & Guardian and Free African Media/The Daily Maverick this morning, Tuesday, 12 April 2011, according to editors' tweets. Meanwhile, MTN has denied tampering with its systems to appease the kingdom's monarch, reports Business Day.
Business Day: MTN denies shutdown for Swazi protests... What? Us? Never! The company has refuted claims that it had deliberately "tampered" with its systems to appease King Mswati; Rich Mkhondo, MTN's group executive for corporate affairs, said, "MTN Swaziland is experiencing data speeds below normal due to increased traffic volumes on the mobile network, which runs on the 2G spectrum". So now you know.