Morning Star.png Communist Party of Swaziland: Our Comrades Are No Arsonists James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 9 March 2016 The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) demanded yesterday the release of four of its members who have been charged with arson. They were arrested following Sunday's torching of four rondavel huts in the town of Siphofaneni in the Ka-Ngcamphalala aristocratic chiefdom of Mshikashika II. CPS leaflets reportedly found at the scene were used to pin the attack on the communists. But CPS general secretary Kenneth Kunene said it was no surprise that the leaflets were found as the party was conducting a door-to-door campaign in the chiefdom "to mobilise opposition to royal rule and its obsequious implementation by local chiefs." One key issue in the campaign is that of feudal leaders barring boys who refuse to attend King Mswati III's lavish annual ceremonial events from attending school and university. "The CPS is also linking this feudal oppression with Mswati's seizure of land from communities and the need to overturn royal rule to return land and dignity to the people," said Mr Kunene. Community members held a meeting at Siphofaneni to tell the chief that the abuse of people in the name of tradition must end. "This is being done in a tense situation of surveillance and intimidation by undercover police and military intelligence," he added. From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-6e1f-Swaziland-CP-Our-comrades-are-no- arsonists#.Vt-mX_l9600> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-6e1f-Swaziland-CP-Our-comrades-are-no-a rsonists#.Vt-mX_l9600 -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
