PUDEMO salutes and pledge to stand by workers of Swaziland against banning orders
Tinkhundla divides – TUCOSWA unites! Tinkhundla dictatorship knows no shame. We really live in very interesting times in our country. What others would regard as a Hollywood scripts or thriller movies happens in practice in our beloved country, Swaziland on a daily basis. The recent and shameless declaration of war against workers by the regime in its banning and de-registration of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) is a direct result and manifestation of this daylight human horror. The explanation that it was erroneously registered is false and a desperate attempt to reverse the immeasurable gains and strides that workers in the country have made. The shocking levels of tinkhundla desperation should help rally all global compatriots around one common goal, the total elimination of this heinous system, the tinkhundla royal aristocracy. PUDEMO, the most reliable, trusted and proven ally of the Swazi working class assures workers that as has been happening throughout our close to 30 years of existence, we remain solidly behind you and shall spare neither energy nor space in defence of your rights to organize and improve the living and working conditions of not just working people, but the lot of the Swazi nation. We are proud of our role since the formation stages, with the telling record of 30 years of hard sacrifices. We have been jailed together with yourselves dear comrades, we have been persecuted together, we have organized together, we have fought the most vicious and brutal system in modern times and in all these instances, we never shied away from our responsibility to confront the enemy in the trenches. We are not so much of paper tigers than we are freedom fighters, ready and determined at all times to be with all oppressed and fighting masses wherever they happen to be. We know too well that your cause is not just yours, but for all the oppressed and daily exploited masses of our country. We shall never leave you alone, we dare not allow the enemy to divide us, even through tendencies that we have witnessed these past few days, as part of a new front by the enemy to divide our people and divert attention from the real issues, we must remain focused. You know, from your own experience, who to turn to when things get tougher, you know who stand with you in the picket lines, you know who is ready to go with you to jail and you know who is the force always acting in defence of unity and principled revolutionary action. We don’t claim easy victories, which is the main reason why we say this shall be a battle, but a battle that must be fought and won, because history so dictates. This kind of reaction by the regime in Swaziland is a clear confirmation that the Tinkhundla system of governance is: • Undemocratic and is not founded on democratic values. • Primary enemy of unity, hence its constant resort to dividing the people at all times. As PUDEMO, we strongly condemn this underhand and dictatorial decision by the state and urge the workers to resist this as mischievous and aimed to destroy the workers’ unity, and ultimately, the unity of the people as a whole. This must be not be left unchallenged and all possible avenues be explored to further expose this desperate and undemocratic regime. Our duty is to help tinkhundla eat itself up in its never-ending crisis, we must destroy every semblance of semi-feudal and royal supremacy wherever it manifest itself. We demand that the state withdraws its pronouncement on TUCOSWA and allow the workers to pursue their agenda of socio-economic justice which is the only way our country will ever reach the destination we all are collectively striving towards, a just and democratic society. Finally, we urge our people and the whole world to stand with us during this week of action as we prepare for one of the most decisive battles in our long history of struggle as the people of Swaziland. We shall be engaging the enemy directly, as we always do, without apology. Intimidation and state terror are not going to make us back off, hence our call to all our dear friends to join us in whatever way in this historic act of history in the writing. >From the 11th April till the 13th we shall be occupying all the streets of our country as freedom fighters in defence of what belongs to us, the people. We shall also be actively joining our National Prayer day as organized by our umbrella body, the SUDF on Saturday and for that we salute the faith based organisations and churches for their unflinching role in standing for democracy and against the demon of royal oppression. PUDEMO lives! National Spokesperson Zakhele Mabuza +268 76073453 -- NEW!!!! SSN FORUM IS ON FACEBOOK!!!! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Swaziland Solidarity Network Forum Google Group. Visit the group home page at http://groups.google.com/group/sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum for more options, pages and files. To post to the group, send email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum@googlegroups.com or reply to this message. To unsubscribe, send email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
