MBABANE: Gift Mandlenkosi Dlamini, the Secretary General of the Swazis First Democratic Front(SFDF) has urged PUDEMO’s National Organizing Secretary (NOS) Penuel Malinga and his wife who serve as the Women’s League President to remain strong amid State sponsored attacks.
PUDEMO stands for the People’s United Democratic Movement, Penuel Malinga and his wife Xolile Dlamini-Malinga have been consistently subjected to attacks by the State.
“The Swazis First Democratic Front has learnt with dismay the barbaric attack on President of the PUDEMO Women’s League Xolile Dlamini-Malinga and the National Organizing Secretary Penuel Malinga by the State agents. As a political party we have come to the realization that the Government is not ready to listen to the people hence this statement is directed to the leaders affected and activists in general. The SFDF is appealing to all activists to realize that: Swaziland is actually at war as declared by the Head of State when he said ‘an eye for an eye’. They refer to him as ‘umlomo longacali manga’ so this order is being carried out; activists are being killed, imprisoned, attacked and displaced on daily basis. A civil war could never be announced and before we know, the international media could be narrating statistics that so many people died in the Swaziland civil war that is happening before our eyes and the political parties are in denial or do not want to face the reality on the ground,” reads a statement released by the Swazis First Democratic Front(SFDF) Secretary General.
Dlamini urged political parties and all citizens to proactively seek ways to defend themselves.
Swazis First Democratic Front(SFDF) Penuel Malinga.