MATSAPHA:Army Commander Moses Mashikilisane Fakudze closed the Nokwane Headquarters on Monday morning to conduct “kuchela ritual” amid tension within the Umbutfo Eswatini Defense Force(UEDF).
The Army Commander was seen openly conducting ‘kuloya’ saying “angiyi ndzawo mine lana ngitawuhamba nasekufuna mine” as he performed the rituals, soldiers were made to wait at the gate until 8am.
The Army Commander declined to comment when reached by this publication.
On another note, more Army Generals threatened to speak and address this Swaziland News regarding the fast deteriorating situation in the Army if Spokesperson Lieutenant Tengetile Khumalo is sidelined.
“Kona lokutsi kutawuphuma ema-Generals akhulume ne-media kube kuna Spokesperson that should be a signal to the King that, the Army is fast becoming more divided and it’s dangerous for the country and State security. Even the Spokesperson was sidelined kutsiwa ngumuntfu wa-Shabalala kwentelwa angatokhuluma and confirm to the media what is happening kuze Inkhosi ingati kutsi kwentekani,” said one of the Generals.
On another note, the Army Commander who is now a subject of a royal investigation was exposed by this publication for unleashing soldiers and using weapons of war to attack Brigadier General Zenzele ‘Ace’ Dlamini, accusing him of leaking information to this journalist.
But apart from that, the Army Commander allegedly looted about R20million monies belonging to soldiers and subsequently closed the Burial Fund that was assisting soldiers with “imali yekulila” amounting to twelve thousand Rands(R12,000.00) when visiting families to mourn the death of another soldier.
Commander Fakudze has been receiving five thousand Rands(R5,000.00) per-week as “litiya la-Commander” from Hlalawati, a Saving and Cooperative Fund belonging to soldiers, the looted monies since Fakudze took over as the Army Commander, amount to about R1million.
Army Headquarters(pic:supplied).