Update on PUDEMO President Comrade Mario Masuku’s
Like the past week, at about 5am this morning a battalion of hundreds of royal hit squads came to Sipho Jele's funeral.
This time around not raiding, but taking notes of what speakers had to say with the aim of targeting those who would say "viva PUDEMO".
Of note, this time they were carrying a digital video camera and recorded the morning sermon.
The environment was tense; last week's events were still fresh on the minds of the people who had attended.
Just when all was done, on our way back there was a road block, our car was following that of PUDEMO President and his son.
About 50 cops ordered Mario to get into the police van which took him to a police station near Luyengo.
In fear that he might be tortured as well, we decided to drive with them to the police station.
Many other comrades came, we waited out side the station. The media was already there to cover the story.
After waiting since morning we were told that he allegedly committed a crime under on terrorism act by shouting VIVA PUDEMO at the funeral.
After waiting for hours he was released, claiming that they will serve him with relevant papers so that he appear in court.
But I can proudly say that it was our support that changed their minds.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Mario rearrested
Breaking News!!!!!!!!
PUDEMO PRESIDENT COMRADE MARIO MASUKU ARRESTED BY THE SWAZILAND ROYAL POLICE ON HIS WAY BACK FROM THE FUNERAL OF COMRADE SIPHO JELE.
MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.
PUDEMO PRESIDENT COMRADE MARIO MASUKU ARRESTED BY THE SWAZILAND ROYAL POLICE ON HIS WAY BACK FROM THE FUNERAL OF COMRADE SIPHO JELE.
MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Listen to PUDEMO President on METRO FM tonight
Tune into PUDEMO President Mario Masuku live on air tonight at 8:10 PM local time.
Masuku will be speaking about the murder of our Comrade Sipho Jele on METRO FM - a Jo'burg based radio station.
For those in SD, and those of the international community, you can go online and listen through the METRO FM podcast.
Go to
http://www.metrofm.co.za/player.html
Masuku will be speaking about the murder of our Comrade Sipho Jele on METRO FM - a Jo'burg based radio station.
For those in SD, and those of the international community, you can go online and listen through the METRO FM podcast.
Go to
http://www.metrofm.co.za/player.html
Saturday, May 15, 2010
The burial of Comrade Sipho Jele
Preparations for the burial of Comrade Sipho Jele continue.
The urgent court application could not go to court after the dramatic and mysterious disappearance of the file on Sipho's file.
This was deliberately done by the state to buy time in an effort to do serious and urgent damage control.
It ensured the case did not go to court, but be settled out of court.
(See " Dead PUDEMO man’s file goes missing at High Court" -
The urgent court application could not go to court after the dramatic and mysterious disappearance of the file on Sipho's file.
This was deliberately done by the state to buy time in an effort to do serious and urgent damage control.
It ensured the case did not go to court, but be settled out of court.
(See " Dead PUDEMO man’s file goes missing at High Court" -
http://www.times.co.sz/index.php?news=16582)
The postmortem proceeded well and a report is expected soon.
- Today at 1330 hrs, there will be a memorial service to be held at the Fellowship Church next to Palm Beach in Manzini.
- a night vigil shall follow in the evening at Ncabaneni.
- burial will be in the morning at Ncabaneni.
We envisage no problems, but we never knows with the governance structures in the country.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Killed for wearing his PUDEMO T-shirt
PUDEMO Media Release, 5 May 2010
Killed for wearing his PUDEMO T-shirt
The royal security agents in Swaziland have done it again
We report with great grief to all our comrades both at home and internationally that Comrade Sipho Jele has died, as usual in the hands of the police. Cde Sipho was detained on Workers Day for wearing a PUDEMO t-shirt in Manzini. Subsequently, the police took him to his home in Ncabaneni looking for his membership card and returned with him to custody. On the following day, Tuesday morning the police officers returned to report to his grandmother that he has died by coomiting suicide while in custody. We know this is incorrect. A lot of people in Swaziland have died in the hands of the police and fictitious stories fabricated. And the police were ordering the old woman to bury the comrade on the same day, Tuesday.
Next they will bribe the poor family to fabricate a story on Sipho's death which shall be in favour of the regime and its killer security agents. If they fail, they shall threaten the old lady with a lot of fearful things including being evicted from her home area.
The Swaziland royal regime has always been giving the international community the wrong information that political dissenters are not imprisoned, harrassed and killed. And that Swaziland is a peaceful country. But here is a political activist getting killed for attending Workers Day and wearing a PUDEMO t-shirt. These are the same tactics that were used during apartheid South Africa to silence political activists. It is high time the international community, especially SADC genuinely take up the issue of Swaziland. How many innocent people must die before the regional leadership comes out openly to condemn the Swaziland regime and demand for democratization? Do we need to experience massive deaths like it is happening in other countries to get the international community to act?
Cde Sipho is a former worker at Usuthu Pulp. He was currently among the 2006 awaiting treason trialists. He was also in the process of furthering himself academically. PUDEMO and its Youth League have lost a hard working and committed comrade in Sipho. May his soul rest in peace! He has not died in vain, but for the freedom and liberation of our oppressed masses under the arrogant tinkhundla royal regime.
Contacts
Head of Publicity
+268 607 3453
Manzini
Killed for wearing his PUDEMO T-shirt
The royal security agents in Swaziland have done it again
We report with great grief to all our comrades both at home and internationally that Comrade Sipho Jele has died, as usual in the hands of the police. Cde Sipho was detained on Workers Day for wearing a PUDEMO t-shirt in Manzini. Subsequently, the police took him to his home in Ncabaneni looking for his membership card and returned with him to custody. On the following day, Tuesday morning the police officers returned to report to his grandmother that he has died by coomiting suicide while in custody. We know this is incorrect. A lot of people in Swaziland have died in the hands of the police and fictitious stories fabricated. And the police were ordering the old woman to bury the comrade on the same day, Tuesday.
Next they will bribe the poor family to fabricate a story on Sipho's death which shall be in favour of the regime and its killer security agents. If they fail, they shall threaten the old lady with a lot of fearful things including being evicted from her home area.
The Swaziland royal regime has always been giving the international community the wrong information that political dissenters are not imprisoned, harrassed and killed. And that Swaziland is a peaceful country. But here is a political activist getting killed for attending Workers Day and wearing a PUDEMO t-shirt. These are the same tactics that were used during apartheid South Africa to silence political activists. It is high time the international community, especially SADC genuinely take up the issue of Swaziland. How many innocent people must die before the regional leadership comes out openly to condemn the Swaziland regime and demand for democratization? Do we need to experience massive deaths like it is happening in other countries to get the international community to act?
Cde Sipho is a former worker at Usuthu Pulp. He was currently among the 2006 awaiting treason trialists. He was also in the process of furthering himself academically. PUDEMO and its Youth League have lost a hard working and committed comrade in Sipho. May his soul rest in peace! He has not died in vain, but for the freedom and liberation of our oppressed masses under the arrogant tinkhundla royal regime.
Contacts
Head of Publicity
+268 607 3453
Manzini
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