Shortly after King Mswati III announced that he would call a meeting to resolve the ongoing political crisis, it was viewed as a ploy to mislead the SADC Troika into believing that eSwatini was a dialogue-driven nation.
Jeff Radebe heads Ramaphosa’s SADC team to engage King Mswati III over violent crackdown on eSwatini protestsDeputy Prime Minister Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku said eSwatini’s constitution allowed for a change in the political landscape.
Meanwhile, the National Executive Committee of the correctional services union has urged members to stop taking unlawful orders to harm or kill civilians, according to Swaziland News. In a public statement sent to Swaziland News on Sunday, Mzwandile Dlamini, the secretary-general of the eSwatini Correctional Services Staff Association , said as the NEC they regretted and condemned the ongoing massacre of unarmed citizens.
Last week, nurses refused to treat police officers, accusing the authorities of shooting their colleagues during the pro-democracy rallies that have rocked the southern African country. Health workers and other public sector employees, who went to deliver a petition to parliament demanding better living conditions, were met with an “unprecedented show of force”, the Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union said in a statement on Friday.
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