It is painful that our government will ignore this comrade. This comrade saw it fit to extend the international relations and solidarity to our Swazi because South Africa failed. He is one of the living proofs of the failures of the 1996 Class Project. We have defended drug dealers from South Africa in countries like Brazil, Thailand etc, but we fail to cater for our own comrade. I doubt if ANC tried to understand the reasons behind the arrest of this comrade.
To remind others, comrade Mbedzi was called Commisar Messiah in MK Camps. His humility allowed him to be deployed in some quite, incospicuous and not-so-seriously-taken job in the Limpopo Government, but this never contaminated or obliterated his revolutionary and will to extend his revolutionary muscle to other countries, Swaziland being one example. *I am proposing that SSN lobby the Alliance partners and MDM formations and other progressive social movement to a seminar on Swaziland, a seminar that will adopt a ' FREE MBEDZI CAMPAIGN'. Mswati can hang this comrade, especially when there is such veil and secrecy on him from the Swaziland side. * *Amandla. * On 3/23/10, Lucky Lukhele <[email protected]> wrote: > > SSN statement > > 23 March, 2010 > > AMOS MBEDZI’S COURT APPEARANCE > > The Swaziland Solidarity Network [SSN] notes the trial of internationalist, > Amos Mbedzi will be commencing in the Swazi High Court on the 29th of > March. Cde Mbedzi, has been incarcerated in Mswati prison on fabricated > charges of terrorism for 584 days. We call upon compatriots to go in > their numbers to support this hero of the Swazi struggle. > > Cde Mbedze is a father, a member of the SACP, SSN, ANC and a veteran of > Mkonto Wesizwe most of all an Internationalist. > > He was severely tortured and had been kept under very difficult conditions. > Swazi prison authorities have been frustrating visits by his family and > comrades. Swazi nationals are not allowed to visit him and his family had to > see under very stringent conditions. We are concerned about the conduct of > the South African High Commission and elements in the International > Relations & Cooperation in Pretoria. His family is now supposed to apply > for permission to visit him, in Pretoria. The duty of the South African > government is to protect the rights of its citizens in imprisoned in other > countries not to connive with repressive regime. As SSN, we will engage the > South Africa, International Relations & Cooperation in this regard. > > We maintain that Cde Mbedzi, is not a terrorist. It is Mswati who is > leading a terrorist government. Mswati must know that when Swaziland is > free, he and those who run this torture chambers will answer on all the > crimes that he has committed against the Swazi people. > > We do not believe that Comrade Mbedzi will get a fair trial in a Swazi > Court. He has been incarcerated for a long time without being tried. The > process of selecting of the trial judge also leaves a lot to be desired. > > > Meanwhile the Swaziland Solidarity Network [SSN] is to hold a national > conference in August this year in Limpopo province. Delegates to this > conference 90% will come from SSN branches across 9 SA provinces and the > remaining will be National and International guest. > > *Issued By the Swaziland Solidarity Network [SSN] South Africa Chapter.* > > *For more information contact:* > > *Lucky Lukhele- SSN spokesperson* > > *072 502 4141* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SSN Media Releases" group. > Visit the group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ssn-media-releases > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ssn-media-releases+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to yclsa-eom-forum+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
