Africa-Press – Eswatini. Mbongwa Dlamini, the President of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers(SNAT) has urged teachers to stay at home on Monday for their own safety as political temperatures continue to escalate in this tiny Kingdom.
This comes after the Swaziland International Solidarity Forces(SISF) issued an order, about two weeks ago closing all schools and other operations in the country.
The pro-democracy Underground Forces are expected to intensify their operations this week.
“We advise that teachers must stay at home for their own safety with effect from tomorrow(Monday). As SNAT, we will continue with monitoring the situation and communicate accordingly if it’s safe for our members to report for duty on Tuesday. We wrote a letter to the Education Minister seeking assurance for safety in schools and the Minister responded assuring us that security would be provided. However, we are not convinced because even police officers are a target, so it’s better to stay at home while we monitor the situation,” said the SNAT President when interviewed by Swaziland News editor Zweli Martin Dlamini on Sunday.
On another note, Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo released a statement assuring the Nation that security would be provided adding that it would be business as usual.
“Heads of Security forces have assured the entire Nation of its safety and the protection of their property against harm by elements of insurgency,” said the Government Spokesperson in a public statement released on Sunday.
On another note, the Spokesperson of the pro-democracy Swaziland International Solidarity Forces(SISF) told this Swaziland News that members of the Underground Unit were already inside eSwatini to conduct operations on specific targets.
The Underground Unit issued a command to Mswati to democratize and gave Government an ultimatum that elapsed on Sunday evening, more deadly attacks are expected this week.
Tension is escalating in this tiny Kingdom after King Mswati refused to engage those calling for democratic reforms in a political dialogue and subsequently unleashed his police officers and soldiers to shoot and kill dozens of protesting civilians.
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