SADC intervention set to probe situation in eSwatini
Civil rights organisations in eSwatini have welcomed the intervention by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) amid the ongoing pro-democracy protests in that country.
A delegation from SADC, including International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Naledi Pandor, met with the eSwatini government on Sunday.
amaSwatini have taken to the streets to call on King Mswati III to allow democracy to prevail.
The Swaziland Solidarity Network’s (SSN) Lucky Lukhele says the Southern African region should help the country put an end to its political differences.
“Due to the fact that the head of the SADC troika has failed to effectively deal with the decades-long problem in the country, we are now appealing to all civic organisations and all political parties in the SADC region to make it their governments’ foreign policies to isolate the Swazi state and force it to adhere to democratic principles.
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“If there is something that we all have learned from the 29 June massacre it is that the King Mswati regime practices a form of black-on-black apartheid. The regime is merely s political class which wishes to hold on to power for the sake of self-enrichment at the expense of the majority. The Southern African region should help the Swazis to put an end to it,” says Lukhele.
Lukhele says at least 40 people have been confirmed dead.
“What further makes this massacre even more immoral is the fact that as far as violence is concerned, the people who were killed did not even throw a single rock at the security forces. Most people who were killed were shot for simply disobeying a curfew.”
