MBABANE: Former South Africa’s Public Protector Professor Thulie Madonsela says human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko was assassinated for assisting the people of eSwatini in resisting oppression.
Speaking to this Swaziland News on Tuesday, the former Public Protector said the assassination of the renowned eSwatini human rights lawyer and democracy activist left the global human rights and democracy communities shocked to the core.
“As he predicted in his speech at the Oslo Freedom Forum,Thulani Maseko did pay the ultimate price for his people’s freedom.As for the rest of us,I believe as,William Wilberforce said after the truth about chattel slavery was laid bare to leaders of the time,that now that we know, we can never say we did not know,” said the former Public Protector.
But Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo warned against what he described as speculations and insinuations peddled on social media platforms in instances like these.
In a public statement released on Sunday, Nxumalo said Government disassociates herself and the country’s authorities from such heinous acts.
“Government also warns against speculations and insinuations peddled particularly on social media platforms in instances like these.Again, Government distinctly disassociates herself and the country’s authorities from these heinous acts.Such speculations are dangerous as they hamper investigations and take the attention away from the real criminals,”said the Government Spokesperson.
On another note, King Mswati’s ‘chief mercenary’ Arnold Pienaar,the founder of Bastion Security being a company that provides mercenary services to King Mswati has come-out to confirm that they have a list of ‘terrorists’ to be killed, but denied that the human rights lawyer was part of the list.
“There was no reason to kill him, he was not on our list of terrorists,” he said as quoted by the Times of London.
Former Public Protector Thulie Madonsela(pic: sourced SA thinkers).