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Tuesday 19 May 2009

SWAZI DISSIDENT TAKES TO INTERNET

Swazi dissident Mfomfo Nkhmabule, who had his regular column dropped by the Times of Swaziland on the instructions by of King Mswati III has set up his own site on the Internet.


Nkhmabule, a former Swaziland Government cabinet minister and present chair of the Inhlava Forum political party, had gained international attention with his comments against the Swazi ruling elite and his criticisms of King Mswati, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch.


On his new site, he says, ‘Anybody standing against the system in Swaziland is branded a terrorist - yes a terrorist just for being a politician, a citizen and somebody who wishes to do the right thing by his fellow citizens as well as His Majesty.’


To access the site click here.


Meanwhile, Nkhmabule has been further victimised for his views. The Times Sunday reported that he was ‘chucked out of the royal fields and further threatened with mob violence’ last week.


The newspaper says ‘he was chased away because he is no longer a member of the Balondolozi regiment, following his expulsion for “writing negatively” about the country’s government and monarchy.


Nkhambule was previously hauled in by Swaziland’s state police and threatened with torture if he continued to criticise the king. He was later dropped from his traditional regiment, threatened with banishment from his homeland, and his family was threatened because he refused to be silenced.

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