MBABANE: Busie Mayisela, the President of the Swazis First Democratic Front(SFDF) says King Mswati’s Government cannot be trusted with investigating human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko’s assassination.
Speaking to the Voice of America(VOA) on Tuesday, the SFDF President alleged that Government was suspected to have killed Maseko hence the need for an independent investigation.
“I’m not confident that the Swaziland Government is capable of investigating itself, because we really believe they have a hand in the death of Thulani Maseko. So having them do the investigation we think it’s going to be compromised. So, we are hoping that SADC or an international body is going to help get an independent investigator on the issue. Otherwise, we are not confident that we are going to get a fair investigation on this one if it’s done by Government,” said the SFDF President.
The political activist was interviewed by the VOA while attending the Southern African Development Community(SADC) Troika Summit to lobby Heads of State and pro-democracy groups in Namibia to take action against Mswati and his oppressive Government.
On another note,King’s Spokesperson Percy Simelane told the Mail and Guardian last week that in the absence of an investigation report, it was difficult to know who killed lawyer Thulani Maseko.
“With intelligence still missing, we find it very difficult to know who exactly killed lawyer Thulani Maseko and why. Police are still investigating and we believe in the end the truth will prevail.At the moment, the information highway is jammed with speculation and insinuation on which we cannot professionally base our argument. We elect to wait for intelligence to be available,” said Simelane.
Swazis First Democratic Front President Busie Mayisela.