16 September 2013
The South African Communist Party in Phillip Radebe District is deeply disgusted over the arrest of cde Musa Dube, a senior leader of the Communist Party of Swaziland as its DGS. Cde Musa Dube was arrested at KaKhoza on Saturday 14th 2013 for simply exercising his right normally acceptable in most democratic states for freedom of expression and political association and subsequently charged with sedition.
This confirms our firm view that we had previously expressed in various fora that the undemocratic regime of Tinkundla is standing on shaky ground and unleashing reign of terror to all it deems to be an impediment to its gluttonous blood thirsty barbarism. Cde Musa Dube remains a peace loving revolutionary whose only crime in the eyes of the regime is to see a free and democratic Swaziland. Charges levelled against the Deputy General Secretary are trumped-up to instil fear thereby sustaining draconian tyrannical rule of Mswati and his Tinkundla cronies who are doing everything in their power to eat up citizens like pigs eating its piglets. The regime will do everything in its power to silence masses while evidently the country is crumbling. Swaziland belongs to all its citizens and ALL this citizens must benefit from it and not a selected apologists and praise singers.
The South African Communist Party demands the immediate release of Cde Musa Dube and others. The only person that must go to jail is mswati himself and his collaborators. We call upon our Democratic State and government arms to be decisive and putting even more pressure on the release of ALL political prisoners, unbanning of political parties, safe return of all political exiles, an installation of an interim government. Our Government cannot watch while ordinary peace loving citizens get maimed, killed, arrested, bludgeoned and some disappear on mysterious grounds.
We remain hopeful that Swaziland will be free and this freedom must happen in our life time. `Elections` cannot be elections when political parties are banned. `Elections` cannot be elections when political prisoners languish in jail and some die there. `Elections` cannot be election when reign of terror is unleashed on trade union movement and exiles cannot return home.
Release Musa Dube NOW!
Issued by:
District Spokesperson
Cde Kabelo Ben Monepya
0836628091
District Secretary
Cde Bhobert Sipho Nkosi
0824793057