Allen Nkululeko Mango, aged 48, of Manzini, is alleged to have made comments against the king near the offices of Vuvulane Town Board.
Local media report that the comments were made at a meeting
where Mango and other farmers met senior government officials.
He has been charged under the Sedition and Subversive
Activities Act No. 46 of 1938.
The Times of Swaziland, the only independent daily newspaper in the kingdom, where King Mswati ruLes as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, reported the charges that Mango, ‘wrongfully and unlawfully made comments which brought hatred or contempt against the King of Swaziland, King Mswati III so that he can be hated by his subjects at Vuvulane.’
The Times of Swaziland, the only independent daily newspaper in the kingdom, where King Mswati ruLes as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, reported the charges that Mango, ‘wrongfully and unlawfully made comments which brought hatred or contempt against the King of Swaziland, King Mswati III so that he can be hated by his subjects at Vuvulane.’
The comments are alleged to have been made on 5 February
2013, but Mango was only arrested on Friday 13 September. He has applied for
bail but the Director of Public Prosecutions is opposing him.
There has been a clampdown against free speech in
Swaziland ahead of the national election this Friday (20 September 2013).
Musa Dube, the deputy general secretary of the Communist
party of Swaziland, was charged last week with sedition for allegedly distributing
leaflets calling for a boycott of the election.
See also
ANGER AT PRE-ELECTION ARREST
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/09/anger-at-pre-election-arrest.html
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