Diplomatic level
It was response to specific question - Nxumalo
MBABANE – Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo says he was not speaking to the Government of South Africa, but responding to a specific question.
Nxumalo said the context was that; South Africa, like the rest of many other countries in the region, was infested with criminality from head to toe.
He said hence they did not need some secret agencies from the Kingdom of Eswatini to inflict criminal activities among themselves, such as the murder of Godrich Gardee’s daughter.
“They don’t need to be assisted by anyone outside their borders to commit such crimes,” said Nxumalo.
He said South Africans should solve their crime challenges without attempting to blackmail or export their criminality challenges to other countries in the region. He said as for the deputy general’s ‘overzealous’ reaction to the point of taking this matter out of its proper context and singularly carrying out a gun and running with one statement of such a lengthy interview, remained ‘unfortunate’ indeed. In his previous response to the allegations made by the South African politician, Nxumalo said the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) blockade had not been the first time that Eswatini’s border posts were closed by a political party, adding that a small demonstration at the border by the EFF did not warrant a government response.
The blockades at the Ngwenya and Golela border posts, which lasted for six hours, were held in solidarity with the Eswatini wing of the EFF, as part of the party’s call for democracy and human rights in the country.
Director of Communications in the King’s Office Percy Simelane, described the accusations made by South African politician Gardee as weird witch-hunt.
When contacted by this publication on Tuesday, Simelane, said: “We refuse to grace, this weird witch-hunt with a comment, save to point out that the murder in question was investigated by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and suspects were charged after intelligence had exhausted leads.”