UNSUBSCRIBE ME PLS......... On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote:
> > [image: Times of Swaziland] > > > *Police beef up security with 24-hour roadblocks * > > > *Timothy Simelane, Times of Swaziland, Mbabane, 9 April 2011* > > Police and Correctional Services officers burned the midnight oil and > operated roadblocks 24 hours a day since Thursday along the country’s main > roads. > > Also, members of the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF) continued to > guard the overhead bridges along the Manzini/Mbabane Highway. > > Security forces have also been deployed along the streets of the capital > city, where they were visible since yesterday morning. > > The tightening of security comes a few days before the proposed April 12 > protest march, which government says is illegal. > > Commuters were inconvenienced during rush hour when they came across long > traffic that stretched from Mvutshini to Ezulwini. > > *Ordered* > > Every bus was stopped and commuters were ordered out, where they formed > long queues before they were searched. > > While the stop and search went on, armed officers were ready for any > contingencies. > > Commuters contained their displeasure and only voiced them after the public > transport had moved from the police. > > There were four roadblocks along the Mbabane-Manzini highway – two on each > side. One was at Mvutshini, another at Lobamba, another at Mfabantfu and the > last at Mhlaleni. > > When evening came, those officers stationed along the highways were aided > by the street lights, while in other areas such as Mehlwabovu, they had to > use power generators for lighting. > > There were four roadblocks between the Nhlangano-Mhlaleni road, otherwise > known as Yithi Abantu highway. > > Some of the vehicles used by the police were inscribed ‘Bomb Disposal > Unit’. > > Kombis operating between the Mbabane-Manzini highway also suffered an > inconvenience because they were deterred from overloading, as they normally > do. > > Police Public Relations Officer Superintendent Wendy Hleta said she would > not comment on why there were so many roadblocks because the Police > Commissioner Isaac Magagula had called a press conference tomorrow where he > would address it. > > > *From: http://www.times.co.sz/News/27538.html* > * * > > > -- > 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] . > -- Motshegwa (RM) Mushi [email protected] 081 375 7248 -- 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] .
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