PUDEMO calls for targeted sanctions against Mswati III
Pudemo calls on international solidarity groups to support economic sanctions against Mswati III.
Pudemo calls on international solidarity groups to support economic sanctions against Mswati III.
The people who started the Free Zuma campaign are only visible on social media, leaving thugs to destroy people’s livelihoods and assets on the ground.
South Africa’s social crisis has erupted as the people Cyril Ramaphosa and Jacob Zuma deem expendable, those who bear the brunt of the past and of the social costs of Covid-19, appropriate the bread of life.
The end of June brought with it reports that Africa’s last absolute ruler had fled his kingdom of eSwatini in the face of mass uprisings. Although this act was later denied by the government, the fact remained that the monarchy was undergoing its most serious challenge yet in its 53-year independence from colonial rule. This comes at a time of building class tension and follows a pattern of increasing unrest in sub-Saharan Africa.
Images and videos of murder, torture, beatings, torchings and other violence in Eswatini have emerged, showing a kingdom where human rights do not exist.