By Zweli Martin Dlamini

Correctional Services recruits were joyfully singing what sounded like a “political song” meant to mock those calling for democracy,the song was titled “Ngeke Sive Ngani Tsine Sitawuva Kuwe oKandaba”.

Well,it is becoming a norm to politicize and manipulate State institutions including culture to glorify one man,King Mswati who has messed-up this country forced about 70% of the population into abject poverty.

State security agencies have become a “security company” that provides security guards being the police,soldiers and correctional officers to Mswati.

I will not entirely blame the recruits who mocked those calling for democracy on Friday during the Correctional Services Day, these are modern slaves carrying guns,to them a mere eight thousand Rands(R8,000.00) salary,means they can sing and mock people who are fighting for their freedom.

But very soon this year,some of the modern slaves who were singing “Ngeke Sive Ngani Tsine Sitawuva Kuwe oKandaba” will have their bank cards and IDs confiscated by shylocks.

Reality will soon strike and perhaps some of those modern slaves know nothing about inflation,to them R8,000.00 is a lot of money that could trigger them to sing “a whole nonsense” just to make a heartless dictator smile.

Indeed,the time will come when some of those modern slaves will wish to commit suicide because of debts.

Indeed, some Correctional Services died after committing suicide, they felt “it’s better to ‘run away’ from planet earth” because despite the fact that they had guns, the struggle of life defeated them.

A Government salary is not worth celebrating in this country because it will never ‘get pregnant’ and reproduce itself but will remain stagnant.

But in all this,I am blaming Mswati who is turning almost everything in this country to be about him,his senior Correctional Services Commissioners made these recruits to sing ‘this nonsense’ as part of the Correctional Services Day just to please him.

But let me warn the new recruits that,life in this country is literally a struggle,you can sing all types of nonsense mocking those calling for democracy but,the struggle of life will catch-up with you.

Basic commodities including food and other necessities of life are becoming expensive but as mentioned,a Government salaries is not worth celebrating and mocking those calling for democracy.

I have sources within the Executive Command of the Correctional Services and I speak politics with them,these new recruits will soon learn that, life is not a movie but a reality, just like some of their superiors, they will soon learn that life is a struggle and you cannot use a gun to ‘shoot poverty’.

Recruits are provided with food at the College but once they are deployed to the various Correctional Centres,they will understand that R8,000.00 after deductions could rapidly decrease to a mere R1,500.00, that’s the reality of life in this country.

Mocking those who are calling for democracy means these recruits are postponing the solution to their current and future problems.

Now, I understand why security officers are manipulated and made to believe that,their salaries are paid by King Mswati.

The truth is; salaries for Correctional Officers, police and soldiers are paid by taxpayers but some were made to believe that,without Mswati,they can’t survive.

It’s part of the modern slavery where human beings are manipulated through their minds to induce submission and,for this process to succeed,it normally requires stupid minds who take orders without questioning.