Sorry Teresa, I don't have a cutting - if anyone else has it I'd like to see it also.
On the PM - he's lost the plot. He also says that he wants journalists to seek his permission if they want to write about SD. He hasn't said that's just foreign journos, that's everyone. The man is barking. It's a sign that we have him and his cronies on the run - he is losing control. Richard --- On Tue, 10/19/10, Debly, Teresa <[email protected]> wrote: From: Debly, Teresa <[email protected]> Subject: [SSN Forum] Re: SWAZI PM 'TO CENSOR FOREIGN PRESS' To: "Swaziland Solidarity Network Forum" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 4:39 PM Rooney, if you have access to the City Press article can you post it? Seems it was in print only as i can't find it online. But did see this in the Observer today and thought it funny.... am wondering if PM would put you, Rooney, in this category? gee, just think, a new Act in SD can be created just for you! But in reality, barnabus the barbarian is paid well to fabricate fairy tales of the kingdom so why shouldn't journalist be paid for revealing the truth? Newspaper columnists paid to rubbish Kingdom By Nelsiwe Ndlangamandla http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=17134 PRIME Minister Dr Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini has said people who write articles that taint the image of the country are being paid to do so. Such people will in future have to ask for permission from government to write about the country. He said this in senate when explaining what the public should do in order to accept titles, decorations, medals and other honours in terms of Section 253 of the Constitution. Senator Robert Zwane had moved a motion for Senate to debate the issue. The prime minister said there were people who write articles which taint the image of the country, adding that this was not acceptable. He stated that the people were funded by other countries to write the articles, especially in local weekend publications. Like accepting honourary doctorates, the PM said the such people would soon have to follow the same route. “We are still looking for a law to enforce the proposed measures,” he said. On Oct 19, 8:22 am, thobile maso <[email protected]> wrote: > > Barbarous Dlamini and his King Mswati, think that they are still wearing > clothes, they cannot see that all along they are walking naked amongst the > ordinary people and the world, they can cloth and cloth their lies, the truth > still standing, they cannot hide it and they cannot suppress it, the Swaziland > is in an irreversible disaster. Swazi people are humans they want their lives > back and they want to live their own lives like other human beings in the > world > do, how long will Barbarous Dlamini and his King Mswati detain the democracy > and > humanity in Swaziland? How long will the chiefs and the police keep on doing > dirty work for the Monarchy and his tinkhundla and how long will they ban the > people’s movement PUDEMO and other progressive organisations?. > TMSO > > ________________________________ > From: Richard Rooney <[email protected]> > To: SSN <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, 19 October, 2010 11:33:40 > Subject: [SSN Forum] SWAZI PM 'TO CENSOR FOREIGN PRESS' > > (From Swazi Media Commentary 19 October 2010www.swazimedia.blogspot.comAlso on > Face book > athttp://www.facebook.com/Swazi.Media.Commentary?v=wall#!/group.php?gid...). > > Barnabas Dlamini, Swaziland’s illegally-appointed Prime Minister, who > humiliated > himself and the kingdom earlier this month by accepting a ‘humanitarian’ medal > from a conman, is set to embarrass himself again on the international stage. > > This time Dlamini thinks he is so powerful that he can censor a South African > newspaper. He is annoyed because City Press from Johannesburg published an > article in its edition on Sunday (17 October 2010) criticising the Swazi > Government and its running of the economy. > > The City Press reported that Dlamini and the Minister of Finance Majozi > Sithole > had travelled to Washington ‘cap in hand’ to request financial assistance from > the World Bank. Dlamini was also annoyed that the newspaper published a > comment > from Mario Masuku,President of the People’s United Democratic Movement > (PUDEMO), > an organisation banned in Swaziland. > > Questioned in the Swaziland parliament yesterday, Dlamini said, ‘We will deal > with this. We have prepared a statement and we will see to it that the > newspaper > will publish our response.’ > > I assume that when he says the newspaper ‘will publish our response’ he means > the statement will appear as a paid advertisement; because that’s the only way > he can ensure its publication (always assuming that the City Press decides to > accept it). > > There is no other way Dlamini can force the City Press to publish his > statement. > He must remember that it is only in Swaziland where he has control over the > majority of the news media. He is editor-in-chief of the state-run radio, > SBIS, > and state-run TV, Swazi TV. The Swazi Observer and its companion the Weekend > Observer are both in effect owned by King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa’s > last > absolute monarch, so are under Dlamini’s cosh. > > But outside of the kingdom it’s a different matter. He has no power over the > South African media and I look forward to the City Press telling him to take a > running jump. > > But the fact that Dlamini actually believes that he can control the foreign > press demonstrates how out of touch with reality he is. > > I look forward to hearing him explain to MPs why it was the City Press > wouldn’t > publish his statement. > > Linkhttp://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2010/10/swazi-pm-to-censor-foreign-pre... > > -- > NEW!!!! SSN FORUM IS ON FACEBOOK!!!! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Swaziland > Solidarity > Network Forum Google Group. > > Visit the group home page > athttp://groups-beta.google.com/group/sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forumfor > more > options, pages and files. > To post to the group, send email to > [email protected] or reply to this message. > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- NEW!!!! SSN FORUM IS ON FACEBOOK!!!! 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