MBABANE: Mlungisi Kunene, the Nyakatfo High School Headteacher was forced to drive members of the Swaziland International Solidarity Forces(SISF) to safety.
This was confirmed by the Head of the operation when speaking to this Swaziland News on Thursday.
“When members of the ground forces arrived, they found the Headteacher and five (5) others.They forced all of them to accompany the underground forces to Manzini," said a senior member of the Underground Forces who was heading the operation on the ground.
It has been disclosed members of the Solidarity Forces decided to temporarily detain those who were found with the Headteacher for security reasons.
The Nyakatfo Headteacher was visited by the Solidarity Forces after defying an order to temporarily close schools amid political tension in this tiny Kingdom.
Before the visit by the Solidarity Forces to the school, on Monday, this Swaziland News contacted the Nyakatfo Headteacher who confirmed that operations were normal at the school, other schools complied.
”We are learning here, things are normal,” said the Headteacher when speaking to this publication on Monday.
Superintendent Phindile Vilakati, the Police Spokesperson, had not responded at the time of compiling this report.
But after being held by the Solidarity Forces, the Headteacher was forced to address the public in a live video where he warned other Headteachers against defying the Ground Forces.
“Swazis, underground forces arrived here at school today and they stated categorically that when they say schools must close, they mean it," said the Headteacher in the video.
Eswatini is in the midst of a political crisis after King Mswati unleashed soldiers and the police to shoot and kill dozens of civilians merely for demanding democratic reforms.
This resulted to the establishment of Underground Forces, who are quickly gaining popularity among the people for intensifying the struggle for democracy through underground operations.
Nyakatfo High School Headteacher Mlungisi Kunene.