Corruption in army
recruitment in Swaziland has been exposed with at least 40 recruits expelled
during basic training.
Among allegations
circulating in newspapers in the kingdom is that top army officers were bribed. Families are reported to have sold livestock and other belongings to get their
men in uniform.
The Swazi News reported on Saturday (29 April 2017) that corrupt practices
had been known about for several years, but this was the first time that
recruits had been expelled.
The Times of Swaziland reported that about 40 recruits were shown the exit door
from the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF) Infantry School in Mbuluzi on
Thursday. It said recruits had failed to prove that they used the legal route
to be recruited into the military.
The Swazi Observer reported the army said action was taken following
complaints from throughout Swaziland ‘about abnormalities which happened during
the recruitment exercises’.
In February 2017, during
the recruitment drive it was reported that several men who tried to cheat
during exercises were tortured by army personnel. The Army was recruiting 495 additional soldiers from across the kingdom, ruled by King Mswati III,
sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch.
See also
ARMY TORTURES RECRUITMENT CHEATS
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2017/02/army-tortures-recruitment-cheats.html
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