Ex-DPM’s ‘daughter-in-law’:
MBABANE – Former DPM Albert Heshane Shabangu’s ‘daughter-in-law’ says the country is in danger of inyoka makhandakhanda.
Sihle Mhlanga, who was staying with Albert’s son, Mduduzi Shabangu, made this utterance when she was speaking about an alleged syndicate or monster, which she purported, had rendered emaSwati unsafe. Albert died in .
She was appearing before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that is investigating allegations of wrongdoing in the Office of the Master of the High Court Office yesterday. Mhlanga alleged that the syndicate involved the courts, banks, Master’s Office, the police service, lawyers, Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) and the registrar of companies.
Mhlanga told the commission that people could no longer run to the courts or the police, not even to their parents. The courts and the police service, according to Mhlanga, were allegedly redundant. ³:e are now gangsters. It’s the survival of the fittest. MaSwati, sitokhona kuphila lemphilo lena? Nobody is safe. Even as we sit here we are not safe,” said Mhlanga.
Son
According to Mhlanga, Mduduzi died in . They stayed together for years and deliberately chose not to get married. She said they had a son, who is six years old. She narrated that she and Mduduzi were responsible, private and hard working, regardless of who their parents were. She said everyone was aware of the contribution of their parents to the country. She also told the commission that she and Mduduzi were not aware that their parents were related, not only due to that, they were running the government of the country at some point.
Mhlanga pointed out that they came from decent families and she gave the Shabangu family stability.
She stated that there were no squabbles in Mduduzi’s estate.
³There is only one thing that is muddying the waters. It was Mduduzi’s business partner, Mabandla Nxuma lo,” alleged Mhlanga.
Mduduzi was a lecturer at Eswatini College of Technology and also a co 'irector of Swazi Lifts with Nxumalo. The business, according to Mhlanga, was Mduduzi’s idea and he decided to work with Nxumalo.
The assets in Mduduzi’s estate, Mhlanga submitted, were the income from the business, cars, lifts and their parts, among others. She mentioned that the company had installed over lifts in the country. She alleged that the company installed 8 lifts at the International Convention Centre and Five Star Hotel (ICC&Fish).
Mhlanga said she was an accountant and a public of ficer of Swazi Lifts. However, she told the commission that she was no longer part of the company.
Died
She told the court that she did not know how ERS had got her removed. She stated that after Mduduzi died, she could not enter the building and Nxumalo allegedly wrote to ERS questioning who was fiddling (didn’t say with what) because Mduduzi had died.
Mhlanga said ERS was still to explain to her how she was removed. She also alleged that when Mduduzi died, Nxumalo had resigned as director.
³They removed me in September . I saw a notice in the newspaper telling the public to be aware of me as Swazi Lifts did not know me. Now my child and I are not getting anything from the company,” she alleged.
Other property, according to Mhlanga, was eight company vehicles, which were allegedly kept by Nx umalo while Mduduzi had only two in his possession.
She said this was despite that they were both per cent shareholders.
³:e are not getting anything. Not even a car.