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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Lieutenant Tengetile Khumalo, the Army Spokesperson failed to respond to our questions when asked to clarify the arrival of army recruits at Mbuluzi Barracks on Friday.<\/b><\/p>\n

The press was taken on a tour of the Barracks via a video call by senior Army officials on Thursday, tents were already planted in preparation for the arrival of the recruits.<\/p>\n

Pictures in our possession suggest that \u2018military beds\u2019 were installed inside the tents.<\/p>\n

But very few Swazis were recruited despite a vigorous recruitment exercise whose intention was to diffuse and keep the youth busy ahead of the June 29, political unrest commemoration.<\/p>\n

Sakhile \u2018Awviva\u2019 Nxumalo, the President of the Swaziland Youth Congress(SWAYOCO) previously warned the youth against participating in the army recruitment exercise, Nxumalo described it as a political strategy to silence the youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must do everything in our power to stop the recruitment, in Mayiwane we disrupted it strategically,\u201d said the SWAYOCO President.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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