Trade unions and pro-democracy groups in Swaziland are planning to blockade border posts with South Africa ahead of parliamentary elections in the kingdom.
Political parties are banned in Swaziland, one of the world's last absolute monarchies which is ruled by King Mswati III.
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A government spokesman said the blockade was unnecessary.
But the secretary-general of the Swaziland Federation of Labour, Vincent Ncongwane, said protesters wanted to demonstrate that Friday's elections would not be inclusive.
"We still have in Swaziland this myth that you can have a democracy where there isn't the participation of other political parties," he told the BBC's Network Africa programme.
Landlocked Swaziland is almost entirely surrounded by South Africa.
(BBC)
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