Quotes of the week

“He should f ocus on dealing with the political issues and prepare f or t he next e l e c t i ons t o be conducted diff erently. This means that he cannot run away from the fact that there are calls for change. If he decides to shy away from those calls, he will be unpopular. He has to deal with t he current political si t uation no matter what,” said a political analyst.

“The three MPs he is referring t o were privileged t o have t he platform after they were elected by emaSwati to represent them i n Parliament and t hey raised s ome of t he t hi ngs t he publ i c was seeking. The main goal i s t o achieve change and t hat i s all that people want, inclusive of political parties,” said Hosea MP Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza.

“We are being starved at t he p o l i c e s t a t i o n s where we a re being kept,” said alleged looters who are currently detained i n various police stations around the country.

“We did not engage PUDEMO for financial assistance because we wanted to, but we were obl i g a t e d a f t e r g o v e r n ment l e f t u s i n t h e d a r k , ” s a i d Mlondi Sikhondze.

“Government has given their o p i n i o n o n t h e i s s u e a n d we should also state our side of the st ory, especially on t he f abricated stories of foreign mercenaries. Even if it means that the meetings are held via Zoom, we would appreciate it because there were l i ves l ost,” said CANGO Executive Director Emmanuel Ndlangamandla.

“The protest suddenly turned vi ol ent and s ome people t ook chances and began to loot and burn some shops. Our challenge now is that we are being visited b y a r me d s o l d i e r s , e a c h d a y since the protests began, in the wee hours and night, searching for our son,” alleged an elderly couple from Msunduza.