Side by side
Eswatini and South Africa compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
31 May 1910 — Four colonies join to create the Union of South Africa
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- 42
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- 9
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- 2
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- 2026-08-10
The figures, side by side
Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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Entangled histories
2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- December 1906
A High Commission Territory
After the Second Boer War, control of Swaziland passes from the Transvaal governor to the High Commissioner for South Africa, making it a High Commission Territory under direct British oversight.
Colonisation · from the Eswatini chronicle · The Concessions Era and Foreign Control · Eswatini — Colonial administration, History of Eswatini, Eswatini History
- 1910
Kept out of the Union of South Africa
When the Union of South Africa is formed, Swaziland remains under direct British control; despite later South African requests, the territory is never transferred.
Colonisation · from the Eswatini chronicle · British Territory and the Road to Independence · Eswatini — Colonial administration, History of Eswatini, Eswatini History