THIS WILL COME BACK AND BITE SWAZILAND IN SOMEWAY OR ANOTHER
The President of the United States, Barack Obama was inspired to make an audacious speech after a wild response from the South African crowd at FNB. He even dared and challenged the world leaders to live to the examples of Nelson Mandela. I am wondering if the leaders of Swaziland were listening to Obama's speech or even had any time to follow the events on Tuesday at FNB when all the world leaders gathered to show their last respect to Madiba.
On Friday, the Swaziland United Democratic Front and Swaziland Concerned Church Leaders organized a peaceful memorial service which was planned to start at 1400hrs inside a church in Manzini. No one anticipated that the police/government would selfishly stop this with no justification at all. Officers armed with guns and others with truncheons intimidated mourners who were unarmed.
Mourners and well-wishers around the world were invited to attend memorial services for Nelson Mandela on Friday,13 December. This showed that the whole world was recognising an icon, a man who stood for what was right. Madiba gave us hope and that hope still lives with us and that we all can make a difference to the injustice that's happening around the world and more so in Swaziland but the government of Swaziland wanted to kill that hope.
It's a disgrace what the government of Swaziland did preventing mourners and well-wishers from going to church peacefully. This should be condemned by the whole world and more so by the South African government.
Have the leaders of the Swaziland government ever read memoirs of Nelson Mandela and other past and present great leaders of the world? Dr Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini has worked for the IMF and holds a Doctorate, I'm puzzled as to how he authorised the presence of the police and stopped people going to the church on Friday. The swazi government should know that their action has only encouraged us even more to change Swaziland and the government with the royal family
MASOTJA SEPTEMBER SIBANDZE
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In 2013 we witnessed the death of Democracy which was caused by Mswati and his cronies when they drove the final nails to the coffin by the sham elections, which is our eyes as the Swazi vigil are SELECTIONS were the KING HAND PICKS his purpets to sit in the parliament. In country it is an exiting moment where people will go to the polls knowing that their votes are worth something not in Swaziland where we had been that only protect the king and the yes and his inner circle.
For over four decades these had not help anyone but has it has continued to make ordinary Swazi people's lives a misery. Nothing will change is Swazi politics until the TINKHUDLA system changes and they allow political parties.The change reflects a choice of faces rather than a choice of ideas.The MPs will not be able to bring any change unless the system changes.Under the TINKHUDLA electoral system political parties are not allowed to take part in elections,this prohibition has been a source of a long standing tension between the state and opposition movement who say the 1973 is undemocratic and repressive.
The country's opposition group such as SWAYOCO and PUDEMO boycott election calling them undemocratic selection designed to shore up the king's power rather than reflect the electorate wishes.Under the system the king chooses the prime minister and appoints ten MPs to the Parliament while voters elect 55 MPs although potential candidates need to be approved by the king.The king is an embarrassment and selfish man who does not represent a vast majority of the Swazi people only cares about protecting his interest.All these things he is doing one day people's prayers will be answered and his government will have to answered some serious question and the lives of the Swazi people will change for the best.
WANDILE NDLANGAMADLA

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KING MSWATI BAN MANDELA PRAYERS

 

About 30 armed police raided the Lutheran Church in Manzini, Swaziland’s main business city, and stopped people attending a prayer service to mark the life of Mandela. We at the Swazi Vigil were shocked by the reaction of Mswati towards one of Africas Greatest Son Madiba., Such behaviour fired us to go and share our condolences with the South Africans outside the South Africa House in London. Led by the baritone voice of Sandile Ndlangamadla we sang “..asimbonanga ..u .. Mandela thina lapha khona....”

Late on Wandile Ndlangamandla, the Swazi Vigil spokesperson had this to say ‘We are alarmed at this wanton disregard for human rights and failure to honour the memory of Nelson Mandela. We condemn this in the most strongest of terms. It is an insult to what Nelson Mandela stood for and clearly shows that the Swazi regime cannot hide its disgust for anything resembling democracy.

Police storm cinema that revealed Swaziland King’s riches

Cinema-goers have been forced out of a theatre to stop them finding out how King Mswati III can afford private jets and palaces shaped “like cakes from outer space”. Brandishing batons and teargas, riot police in Swaziland threatened to beat anyone who was not out in five minutes, prompting a stampede for the door. They then interrogated the owner of the building for three hours and took away his licence before closing down the cinema in Manzini.

Aids orphans starve as African king blows £300m

Care for 100,000 of Swaziland’s most vulnerable children is close to collapse while the monarch splashes out on an unused international airport

The king of Swaziland whose impoverished country is on the brink of bankruptcy has spent £300m on a lavish international airport condemned as a “folly” . A financial crisis coupled with the huge drain on his exchequer caused by the airport has forced King Mswati III, one of the world’s last absolute monarchs, to make savage cuts in spending on schools and orphans.

 

Last week his government failed to pay more than £6.3m in grants promised to children orphaned by Aids. Most schools have been shut because of a lack of funds. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the crisis has reached a “critical stage” and that orphan care is on the brink of collapse.

 

WANDILE NDLANGAMANDLA

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  1. SHAM ELECTIONS
  2. SHAM SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
  3. SWAZI VIGIL-UK
  4. Why buy a Jet!!!
  5. Swaziland paper launch at Chatham House
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