MBABANE:Owen Nxumalo, the Minister of Education has invited the Swaziland National Association of Teachers(SNAT) Executive Committee into a dialogue, to discuss the issue of President Mbongwa Dlamini who was reinstated by the court including the payment of his outstanding salaries.
Nxumalo was addressing the protesting senior teachers outside the Ministry of Education where they had gone to deliver a petition, calling for the reinstatement of the SNAT President as per the order of the court.
Unlike other Ministers who normally ignored or run away from protestors, the Education Minister did not unleash police officers to disperse the protesters, he came out of his Office to address them.
“I am here to invite you for tea so that we can sit down and discuss the issue of the SNAT President. Lelive leli leNgwenyama liyahlonishwa akudzingi nize sizuba-zube so that we can talk.Let’s just sit down and talk,” said the Education Minister.
“Nngisayonentela litiya sihlale phansi sikhulume, lelive leli leNgwenyama liyahlonishwa akudzingi nize sizuba-zube”, Education Minister Owen Nxumalo tells SNAT Executive Committee.