Workers warned on vote-buying aspiring MPs
BIG BEND- “Be careful of aspiring MPs who want to buy your votes.”
This warning was issued by the Swa]iland 5ural Women Assembly Coordinator =aNithi Siband]e during the commemoration of WorNers 'ay at 0ayaluNa Stadium in %ig %end. The coordinator said as a women¶s organisation they were of the assertion that the scourge of gender based Yiolence *%9 would not come to an end as long as wom en were still paid a meagre income in textile firms.
³We can talN all we want but the only solution to this challenge is ensuring that women haYe a decent minimum wage so that they can taNe care of their families ´ Siband]e said.
She went on to note that a maMority of worNers in the worNplace were women further reTuesting that they should not be deceiYed by people who aspired to win the elections by buying Yotes and maNing women their tools of Yoting.
³They 03s win elections and then tend to forget about women. Women want sustainable deYelopment they want to be part of it and not to be represented by men. They 03s come with buses and buy Yotes from women but there must be an end to this ´ Siband]e warned.
The coordinator for the women¶s organisation further highlighted that it was Tuite the norm for women to be labelled as people who were pro Yiding care worN for free at home. She mentioned that their worN was not recognised because they remained home unemployed while they tooN care of the sicN.
³We asN that the welfare of worNers should be taNen care of at their place of employment so that they can deYelop. We asN for protectiYe clothing ´ she implored.
0eanwhile Siband]e said WorNers 'ay remind ed them of 9uYulane farmers in the past who were axed as well as *ege farmers who were reported ly currently on standby and could not afford rent or go to maternity leaYe because their employers reTuired them to be at worN without fail. She alleged that some had eYen been impregnated by their employers because they needed Mobs.