SWAZILAND ON THE BRINK OF A FULL SCALE REVOLT AS HEAVY GOVERNMENT TACTICS BACKFIRE.
SSN STATEMENT: 27 JUNE 2021. Another day in the tiny kingdom has brought news of police brutality and an increasingly militant populace. More than 10 different constituencies boldly defied the government’s orders on Saturday the 26th of June. In all these constituencies a heavy police contingent forcefully disrupted the marches, resulting in protestors being shot at and injured in the process. The most violent protests occurred at Siphofaneni where police once again retreated immediately after infuriating the local population. In the aftermath of that clash the road passing though the town was completely closed as trucks were burnt. This was eerily similar to what occurred at Msunduza the previous day. It is clear from this pattern of action that the police in the country are either simply fed up with their superiors or are deliberately being negligent as part of a plan to receive back up from the army. While we urge the protestors to be extra vigilant of agent provocateurs, we wish to highlight to the government of the country that this increased militancy is a direct response to their own mishandling of the situation. The people of the country have set a straight forward plan of engaging the government. The delivery of petitions is the first step. The government has been given until the end of July to respond to all demands contained in the petitions, failing which the constituencies would then deliver the same petitions to the Regional Administrators. After Regional action the people will unite by taking their grievances to the national government. Failure by the national government to accede to these demands will lead the people to make the country totally ungovernable until their demands are met. By declaring that this program of action is not procedural, and brutally crushing it, the government has only fanned the flames of what is gradually becoming a nationwide revolt. We once again urge the international community to put pressure on the king to respond to the people’s wishes and seek mediation if need be. The very last thing that this continent needs is a full scale revolt that could have been easily everted. Issued by the Swaziland Solidarity Network. Contact: Lucky Lukhele- Spokesperson 0814585658 -- -- 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum for more options, pages and files. To post to the group, send email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum@googlegroups.com or reply to this message. To unsubscribe, send email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Swaziland Solidarity Network Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum/CANZ%2BSV%2B3xuw%3DZ-OB%2BqiS8tLLoM0nV5Umxq%2BqxMXi5ND01msCzA%40mail.gmail.com.
