SWAZI P.M. ‘CLARIFICATION’

Following my post yesterday (1 September 2009) I received the following statement from the executive director, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. The statement also has some relevance to the post Swaziland Sinking Backwards.

Please note that the ‘publication’ was at no time released by OSISA. In fact the document is an internal OSISA document and OSISA is surprised and disappointed that a document that was not for public consumption is being distributed without our consent and without prior discussion. It was not meant for external publication and sharing and indeed we are not prepared to stand behind these allegations of corruption. Please note that OSISA is only prepared to make such allegations public once we have thoroughly investigated a situation.

We have not done so in this case and wish to distance ourselves from the assertions that indeed the Prime Minister is corrupt. We have our suspicions, but it would be irresponsible to put this information into the public without further investigations.

Best regards,

Sisonke Msimang

Executive Director

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa

web: www.osisa.org