The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) denounces and condemns the murderous Mswati Regime in Swaziland for unleashing violence and brutally oppressing workers and students who are standing up for their rights and demanding justice for the two lawmakers arrested during protests earlier this year Swaziland has become a police state that brutalises its citizens with impunity. The people of Swaziland are trapped in the world’s biggest open prison. Violent protests in Swaziland have escalated to the point where major towns in the kingdom have shut down, and at least 28 people have died as police clash with protesters in some of the worst unrest in the country’s history.
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) fully supports her counterpart in Swaziland, the Swaziland National Teachers Union (SNAT) and all public service unions in that country as they face the onslaught from their dictatorial government that is hell-bent on suppressing the will of the people. SNAT as well as other labour unions and community organizations under the Swaziland Solidarity Network have been at the forefront of boycotts and demonstrations calling for a democratic government in Swaziland. Lately, the students have also joined the call.
More than 300 mercenaries from Equatorial Guinea arrived in Eswatini to suppress mass protests, a representative of pro-democracy organization Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN; Swaziland is the former name of Eswatini) Lucky Lukhele told Sputnik on Thursday
In the midst of mounting frustration in the kingdom, Eswatini has been on high alert amid weeks of rolling mass action calling for an end to the regime under King Mswati III.