By Musa Mdluli

MBABANE:Sibongile Mamba,the Mtsambama Member of Parliament(MP) who was culturally banned from entering Parliament after the death of her husband is back.

This comes after this Swaziland News reported that, the MP was banned from entering Parliament Chambers merely for being a widow and as a result, Mtsambama people had been without an MP for more than a year.

But on Thursday afternoon, the MP was allowed back to Parliament, she was subsequently selected by the House of Assembly to be among MPs tasked with investigating the alleged corruption and nepotism within the State owned Radio Station as per a motion moved by Mtfongwaneni MP Nathie Hlophe.

This publication reported on Wednesday that, the Director of the Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Services(EBIS) Sabelo Dlamini was fighting Deputy Director Veli Simelane and that, he “wants to remove him”.

As a result, Director Sabelo Dlamini sidelined Simelane for the first time this week and, appointed a junior officer Nqoba Msibi to act as the EBIS Director after taking an international trip, Msibi is the Director of Achieves.

Worth-noting, the Government hierarchy suggests that, “while the Director is away, the Deputy Director acts as the Director”.

But the alleged fight against Veli Simelane and corruption within the State owned Radio Station resulted to the Director appointing a junior officer and this means, the Deputy Director is currently reporting to a junior officer after the Director took an international trip.

Corruption is allegedly rife within the Radio Station, journalists are forced to pay at least 10% of their traveling allowances to their superiors as a token of appreciation after being selected to take the well-paying international trips.

But apart from that, there’s no fair process or policy used to select the journalists and this “result to those favored by the Director being considered for the international trips, the trips come with about five hundred thousand Rands(R500,000.00) as a traveling allowance.