MBABANE:Nompilo Mamba, the Mbabane John Wesley Secondary School teacher who took pictures and videos of armed police officers abducting children inside the classroom during the political unrest, has left eSwatini and secured a job in Ireland.
On Tuesday 12th October 2021, this Swaziland News reported that police armed with guns, invaded John Wesley Secondary School in Mbabane grabbing school children who were suspected to be protesters.
The armed police officers arrived after learning that children from Mater Dolorosa(MDS) and John Wesley were protesting.
After entering the classroom, the officer was seen notifying his colleagues that he had caught some of the children before grabbing them to the Police Station where they were reportedly tortured.
Reached for comments by this Swaziland News earlier, Mbongwa Dlamini, the President of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers(SNAT) confirmed the matter saying the students from MDS were grabbed by the police and detained in a classroom at John Wesley.
“What we can confirm is that the protest started at MDS and proceeded to Wesley Secondary. The police then grabbed the children who were from MDS and detained them in a classroom while waiting for a van to take them to the police station”, said the SNAT President.
Phindile Vilakati, the Police Spokesperson declined to respond our questions regarding the abduction of the children.
But Nompilo Mamba, the teacher who took the pictures and exposed the abduction of the children, subsequently received threats from the police officers and State agents were allegedly plotting to abduct her as well.
Efforts to seek a comment from the teacher proved unsuccessful, she is reportedly working in Ireland-Europe.
Eswatini is an absolute Monarchy, human rights defenders are arrested, tortured or even killed for demanding democracy.
John Wesley Secondary School teacher Nompilo Mamba who took pictures of armed police abducting children during political unrest leaves eSwatini in fear for her life, secures job in Ireland.