*SA must cut ties with Swazi Monarchy: Numsa* *March 18 2011* , The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) announced today that the South African government and business must cut all ties with King Mswati III of Swaziland.
"We call on the South African government to cut trade and economic ties with King Mswati’s regime until democratic reforms and a transition to democracy is in place," said Numsa spokesperson Castro Ngobese . He also called on South African companies based in Swaziland to pull out immediately. The union supported the ongoing mass action by workers and the poor in Swaziland, which started today. Ngobese said the action was aimed at forcing Mswati to introduce democratic reforms, release political prisoners and disban all political parties. "The people of Swaziland have a right to choose a democratic government of their own, under a transparent and popular democratic process, as opposed to an illegitimate and hereditary system that imposes King Mswati as a leader.If King Mswati wants to rule in Swaziland, he should subject himself into a secret ballot box to test his popularity amongst the masses of Swaziland", Ngobese said. The Swaziland Solidarity Network was picketing outside the Swazi Consulate in Braamfontein at midday this afternoon. The Young Communist League of SA (YCLSA) said it would join the network in the picket. "As the YCLSA we believe that the silence from the South African government only deepens the crisis in Swaziland and this will ultimately have a severe impact here at home.We can not be seen as champions of democracy offshore whilst our own people remain chained to a Monarchy which has no regard for human rights, dignity and democracy" said spokesperson Gugu Ndima. - Sapa Use your mobile phone to find news in a flash at www.sabcnews.mobi -- 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] .
