Times of Eswatini

Where did we go wrong?

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) Oate , am sSenGing sOeeSOess nights anG enG Oess Gays thinking about the once Tuiet country oI 6wa]i OanG , choose to say Tuiet because , am now sceSticaO about using the worG SeaceIuO $s a Oi6wati , was brought to the aGage that ³ kubindvwa Kubonwa´ true that ,I it were accorGing to me , couOG throw my weight arounG anG get things Gone the way , Geem Iit ³ 3ho emantuOwa akavutIwa ngeku Oamba kwenG]angaOa´ , am not in controO oI anything anG my voice wouOG never be OisteneG to

)eOOow ema6wati the truth on the grounG that has OeG to the arnachy in our .ingGom is Must one )aiOure oI our OeaGershiS to Oisten to the SeoSOe 3riGe anG arrogance has OeG to the status Tuo

ISSUE

7echnicaOO­y there was no comSOi cateG issue here ,t was aOO about an eOecteG 30 anG 0uOti 3arty 'emocracy :hat is it that is so GiIIicuOt about the mentioneG is sues which Iorm the backbone oI the unrests" :ho wouOG get hurt iI SeoSOe want to eOect the 30" :ho wiOO Oose iI SeoSOe want 0uOti 3ar ty 'emocracy"

6omeboGy somewhere GeciGeG to ignore the voices oI reason +aG someone OisteneG to the SeoSOe things wouOG not be where they are toGay :orse is the sSiOOing oI bOooG on (swatini soiO 2nce bOooG is sSiOt on the soiO that bOooG shaOO cry out to *oG in heaven anG sureOy anG guaranteeG *oG wiOO hear the cries oI the innocent bOooG anG he wiOO sureOy rise anG take vengeance

POPULATION

5eaOOy , can’t even think oI one reason Ior our OeaGershiS to IaiO in managing such a smaOO SoSuOation oI miOOion $s a country we were busy crying Ior 6outh $I rica to bring back our OanG anG , ask myseOI ³ kutsi loku sehlulwa nguleli lelincane pho besitalikh­ona lela?"

VINDICTIVE­NESS

, am asking myseOI that are we reaOOy a &hristian country" :hy Go we have to be so vinGictive" Phela vinGictive­ness is a Sure sign that we are IuOOy controOOeG by the GeviO himseOI

:e eOecteG SeoSOe to 3arOiament to reSresent us but what we are see ing anG witnessing is a reaOOy bOas

Shemy to *oG 6ureOy *oG is going to Sunish those resSonsibO­e Ior the arrest 0ay , not be seen as iI , am Sointing Iingers at anyone but aOO , am saying is that the Sunishment oI *oG is aOreaGy SreSareG Ior anyone who has wantonOy emShasi]eG anG insisteG on the arrests oI the 03s

FORCES

7oGay we have our brothers anG sisters in the armeG Iorces who have now turneG to be enemies to us

:hen you meet a man in the Iorces uniIorms you have to run Ior

Gear OiIe or the best you can Go is to hiGe behinG any imSeGiment

Somebody somewhere decided to ignore the voices of reason. Had someone listened to the people, things would not be where they are today.

:e are now truOy scareG oI our brothers in the Iorces 5eaOOy GiG we Geserve to have reacheG such OeveOs oI Iear anG mistrust"

2ur useOess government anG the circus 3arOiament with aOO its cOowns have reaOOy contribute­G to the Gemise oI the country anG , can truOy say this is the worst 3arOiament anG *overnment (swatini has ever haG since inGeSenGen­ce

, neeG not warn OeaGershiS that Ior us to revert to the initiaO state oI Tuietness Oet us Oisten to the SeoSOe %y Oistening to the SeoSOe anG reOeasing the IaOseOy accuseG 03s sureOy the tensions in the country can go Gown ,n cOosing my articOe Ior toGay my answer is what went wrong is ³ IaiOure by our government to Oisten to the SeoSOe :e now know that when SeoSOe want change they must be given what they want even iI it is to their SeriO at the enG oI the Gay they wiOO have themseOves to bOame iI aOO backIires

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 ?? (File pic) ?? Protesters dancing around the tyres which they burnt in front of Matsapha Police Station during a march.
(File pic) Protesters dancing around the tyres which they burnt in front of Matsapha Police Station during a march.
 ?? (File pic) ?? These protesters captured during one of the marches.
(File pic) These protesters captured during one of the marches.
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