By Kaya 959 Reporter
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to travel to eSwatini amid growing political violence in the kingdom.
Ramaphosa’s acting spokesperson, Tyrone Seale, says the audience with King Mswati III follows a visit to the kingdom by Special Envoys on 21 and 22 October 2021.
President Ramaphosa directed the Special Envoys to visit the kingdom in his capacity as Chair of the Southern African Development Community Organ on Politics, Defence and Security.
The president will be accompanied by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor during his visit.
Last week activists staged a protest at the eSwatini High Commission in Pretoria. The group from the #NotInMyName movement called on the SA government to close the commission.
The movement’s president, Siyabulela Jentile, says this would send a message to King Mswati III.
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Human rights violations
Jentile says people are being killed under Mswati’s rule. He says people in eSwatini need to enjoy democracy. Jentile has called on Ramaphosa to strongly highlight the human rights atrocities that are being committed by the monarch.
“He must also stress the fact that transparency and good governance are highlighted by the public’s fundamental right to comment on laws and regulations; on the disposition of state funds and revenue, as well as the decisions taken by those who are in power,” the movement says.
#NotInMyName Secretary-General Themba Masango says they will continue to advocate and lobby all forward thinking people to make sure that the eSwatini regime is stopped from subverting civil liberties through thwarting and prosecuting dissenting voices.
The Human Rights Watch has called for an independent investigation into the deaths of 46 people killed in June.
AFP reports that hundreds of people have been injured since protests erupted in the kingdom.
More than 240 people were wounded during the protests. Some of the victims reportedly sustained gunshot wounds.
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