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Let us make the 2020s a decade where freedom and democracy are finally realised in our beautiful country

02/01/2020 admin

The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) wishes all our compatriots a Happy New Year. Let us make the 2020s a decade where freedom and democracy are finally realised in our beautiful country. The autocracy in Swaziland has over the past decade remained stubbornly in place, despite mounting opposition to its anti-democratic, oppressive and mafia-style running of the economy. Support for the regime from SADC member states is one of the reasons it has been able to hold on to power.

Mswati’s police detain student leaders and activists

12/11/2018 admin

The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) has received information that the royal Swaziland police today (12 November 2018) arbitrarily detained the Branch Chairperson of the Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS) at the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT), Comrade Mxolisi Motsa. He was detained immediately after being served with a suspension letter by the management of LUCT, together with six other students who had been suspended for partaking in student struggles, a matter which the Communist Party will be pursuing further.

Invitation of union leaders to a meeting without agenda by Mswati’s prime minister an attempt to fool and pacify workers

09/11/2018 admin

In a bid to pacify workers, Mswati’s new prime minister, Ambrose Dlamini, has invited leaders of public sector unions for “just a greeting” today, Friday 9 November 2018. Other than this greeting session, the meeting has no agenda. It follows the same fashion as the hated royal-kraal meetings which are convened by Mswati without any agenda or any serious intention to resolve the problems of the people. Everything about the prime minister’s intentions is shrouded in secrecy and speculation.

Swaziland’s Dictator Mswati shows who is in charge by detaining a journalist for sticking to good journalism principles

09/11/2018 admin

The first big thing that Swaziland’s absolute monarch decided to do shortly after his discredited tinkhundla elections was to detain a journalist. Yesterday, Wednesday 7 November 2018, the royal Swaziland police’s Organised Crime Unit detained seasoned journalist Musa Ndlangamandla in Mbabane, accusing him of aligning himself with organisations that call for democracy. They harassed, intimidated and threatened him, and are already preparing documents for his prosecution.

Communist Party of Swaziland condemns victimisation of students at Limkokwing University

04/11/2018 admin

The management of the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology in Swaziland has suspended seven students, victimising them for taking part in a students’ demonstration outside the boundaries of the university on 4 September 2018. This is one of the many attempts that the regime has undertaken, especially during this tinkhundla elections year, to suppress the voice of the people.

CP Swaziland: ‘Not another cent to Mswati!’

04/05/2018 admin

As royals of Swaziland continue to make luxurious spendings from the people’s taxes, the Communist Party of Swaziland released a condemning statement As featured in AllAfrica news portal with the headline “Swazi Royals Spend, Spend Spend” King Mswati, the absolute monarch of Swaziland, one of the remaining absolute monarchies, wore a watch worth US$1.6 million and a suit beaded with diamonds to his 50th birthday party.

Communist Party of Swaziland calls for a boycott in the 2018 tinkhundla elections

21/03/2018 admin

The Communist Party of Swaziland calls upon the people to revolt against Mswati’s birthday celebrations and to boycott the upcoming elections In Swaziland, close to 70% of the people live below US$2 a day. Last year the World Food Program estimated that 350,000 people of Swaziland’s 1.3 million population were in need of food assistance.

Student leaders under threat from Mswati thugs

10/01/2017 admin

The Communist Party of Swaziland is deeply concerned for the safety of two of members of the Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS) who are being targeted by the security police after attending a CPS summer school, held over the holidays in South Africa.

CP of Swaziland: We must be ever more vigilant against Mswati’s continued onslaught on the democracy movement

17/07/2015 adminCommunist Party of Swaziland, CPS, Mario Masuku, Maxwell Dlamini, President of the People’s United Democratic Movement, PUDEMO, SWAYOCO, Swaziland Youth Congress

The Communist Party of Swaziland welcomes the release of the leaders of the freedom movement, Mario Masuku, President of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) and Maxwell Dlamini, Secretary of the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO). The incarceration of the two leaders has been part of a crackdown by the Mswati regime on the democracy movement, which has been intensifying in recent years. Cde Mausku and Cde Dlamini were arrested for their vocal support for PUDEMO at a May Day demonstration in 2014.