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The lawyer and human rights activist Thulani Maseko was gunned down in cold blood in his home close to Mbabane, the capital city of Eswatini, on 21 January. Authorities promised to investigate the assassination, but over one month on, no answers have been provided and calls for justice are swelling across southern Africa.
But in June 2021, “we had a type of violence never seen in the history of the country,” the bishop said, that has led to killings, anger and division. The acting prime minister, Bishop José Luis said, “was good enough to welcome us, and we spoke to him about the need for an inclusive National Dialogue in the country as a way out of the crisis.
The undercurrent of violence in Eswatini, which has been rated as one of the most unequal countries in the world, is fuelled by unemployment, poverty, lack of infrastructure, and by the perception that the king and the government are turning a deaf ear to the demands of the people. It also highlighted the urgency for a forum of discussion in which citizens could voice their needs, difficulties and political views. This, he added, is especially vital for young people, many of whom do not recognize themselves in the country’s 2005 Constitution and need to be able to talk about the future.
“Violence increases slowly and people keep adapting to it. It becomes, as we were saying during Covid, part of the new normal, we just accept this as a natural consequence and we don't react anymore.” “Eswatini is a Christian country and it makes no sense that we say we are Christians and we are killing each other, or that we are Christians and we keep quiet in front of the war that is taking place.”
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