In the same year
that the tinkhundla government of Swaziland splashed over E1 billion (about
US$75 million) to celebrate Mswati’s 50th birthday, the regime has finally
conceded that it is broke. Mswati’s government has thus directed that all
vacant posts, including the creation of new posts and promotions across all
government ministries and departments be frozen with effect from 1 August 2018.
This pronouncement
was made through the Establishment Circular No. 3 of 2018 which is with effect
from 1 August 2018. In terms of the circular, this state of affairs “has been
necessitated by the current financial situation in the country and the cash
flow problems faced by government.”
Mswati’s government
makes this pronouncement as if it is surprised by the economic crisis.
Swaziland has been experiencing a self-inflicted economic crisis for a couple
of decades, a result of the undemocratic system that is running Swaziland;
tinkhundla system. Political parties remain banned since 12 April 1973, while
political dissent is suppressed by arrest and torture by the royal security
forces of Swaziland. Consequently, close to 70 percent of the almost 1.1
million population survive on less than US2$ a day, and in 2017 over 350 00
people were in urgent need of food aid.
Despite this
announcement, however, the same government is constructing a huge retirement
home for Mswati’s most trusted and brutal prime minister, Sibusiso Barnabas
Dlamini, which will cost “nothing less than E15 million” (US$1.1 million)
according to the government’s newspaper, the Swazi Observer (see picture below).
The economic
problems that have been facing Swaziland are caused by nothing but the
“monarchical democracy” that was created after the abrogation of the
constitution and banning of political parties and organisations in 1973 by the
late Sobhuza II. Consequently, royal spending has increased exponentially along
with the unbridled violation of human rights by the regime. The fact is that a
great chunk of public funds in Swaziland are used to feed this fat filthy pig
which produces no bacon for the taxed-to-the-bone citizens.
The Communist Party
of Swaziland will continue mobilising against the ongoing undemocratic
tinkhundla elections which will create a puppet parliament for Mswati to
implement his decisions. Any success of these elections will mean nothing but
deepening poverty for the people of Swaziland. All progressive forces must
therefore come together in a unified attack against the elections and the
tinkhundla system as a whole and lay the ground for a true democratic country.
Issued by the Communist Party of Swaziland
Contact:
Kenneth Kunene
General Secretary
+27 72 594 3971
Or
Njabulo Dlamini
International
Organiser
Mobile: +2687 603
9844
Facebook: Communist
Party Of Swaziland – CPS
Twitter: @CPSwaziland
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