I wrote yesterday (10 June 2009) that Swaziland King Mswati III had little support from the international community – except from Zimbabwe despot, Robert Mugabe.
Now, it seems Mugabe may be a lone voice in his own country.
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has voiced ‘its strongest displeasure’ at the visit to Zimbabwe of King Mswati, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, because of his ‘long history of human rights violations’.
In a media statement ZINASU said, ‘King Mswati continues to use repressive state apparatus to ban political formations and silence dissent for genuine liberation of the Swaziland democratic struggle.
‘PUDEMO [The People’s United Democratic Movement] President Mario Masuku and other civic activists are languishing in jail fighting for the total liberation and democratisation of Swaziland.
‘It is high time that the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) put serious pressure on Mswati for the democratisation of Swaziland. We extend our solidarity to the people of Swaziland for their struggle for democracy.’
ZINASU goes on, ‘It is disturbing that our government is lavishly hosting dictators at a time when the majority of Zimbabweans do not have access to basic social services namely health and education.’
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