SWAZI YOUTH ON POLICE TORTURE

Statement issued by the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO) following the arrest and torture of its president Wandile Dludlu.

STOP HARASSING THE LEADERSHIP OF SWAYOCO

Swayoco deplores the act of intimidation, harassing, brutalizing and unlawful detention of our president CDE Wandile Dludlu; all these acts show a high level of cowardice from the security agents of Swaziland. The progressive forces of Swaziland including Swayoco are not intimidated, the Swaziland police and their handlers must realize that no individual let alone an authoritarian regime can stop change, what ever force and brutality they engage in it is bound to fail.

CHEAP PROPAGANDA

The winds of change have blown on the direction of Swaziland and change is now a necessity. Whether you intimidate kill and unlawfully abduct the leadership of Swayoco ours is to defend the downtrodden people of Swaziland. It is fallacy and absolute lies that the president let alone any member of Swayoco has imported arms or is part of clandestine moves to oust the authoritarian Tinkhundla regime. These lies have been fabricated to shift focus on the successful border blockade that was held on Friday.

The president of Swayoco was viciously assaulted for six hours at Bhunya forest and then dumped in Mbabane without being taken to hospital for medical attention and even today he cant speak properly neither can he walk conclusively as a result of the beatings. Swayoco will continuously call for change of the status quo in Swaziland (noma besidubula noma besishaya siyaya ku multiparty)

Swayoco stand and believes without doubt that the Swazi police are desperate they will stop at nothing trying to tarnish the reputation of Swayoco and its leaders and at the same time move focus on the liberation of Swaziland. If the police had a credible source why didn’t they get the said guns and also round up all the other names of the said conspirators. Then you see that it was blue lies and they think they have succeeded yet not your cheap propaganda has failed.

Swayoco demands the following

Stop harassing Swayoco leadership

Release Mario Masuku and Amos Mbhedzi

Unconditionally Withdraw charges of Thulane Maseko and Mphandlana Shongwe

Restore multi party democracy

Role out free education programme soon

Stop the lavish spending on the kings wives

Stop the eviction of the people of Logoba

Away with the terrorism act

Phansi nga 1973 decree

All youth to the battle front in defence of the people of Swaziland. Amandla!!!!

Comradely

PHINDA MNDZEBELE

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

(Swayoco)