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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Political antagonists who have an interest in Eswatini politics are abusing and piercing some South African media houses to plant anarchy, as claimed by Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo.<\/b><\/p>\n

This claim by the government of Eswatini spokesperson emanates from a radio interview that he was requested to do on the Afrobarometer report purporting that \u2018People are not happy with King Mswati III\u2019. Channel Africa, an international broadcasting service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, through its Journalist Tracey Boomgaard, extended the invitation to Nxumalo for the interview, which never transpired. This was after Nxumalo, as the latter revealed, had made a precondition demand that Channel Africa preambles the interview with a video\/audio clip of His Majesty King Mswati III when entering Sibaya on July 11, 2023.<\/p>\n

This is the same occasion wherein the King dissolved Parliament in preparation for the ongoing general elections under the Tinkhundla System of Government. Nxumalo revealed that Boomgaard first made an excuse that she would be unable to play the video clip on a radio show. Then Nxumalo made a sound clip of the masses adoring and appreciating His Majesty King Mswati III and sent it to Boomgaard and on receipt of same; she only responded with a smile and purportedly aborted the interview she actually initiated.<\/p>\n

Duck<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cFor her to duck and dive from this interview, leaves a lot to be desired and with unanswered questions such as – are there sinister and obscure forces that try to undermine Eswatini and its authorities through and by abusing some news channels and platforms in South Africa and elsewhere,\u201d wondered Nxumalo.<\/p>\n

He said secondarily, the so-called Afrobarometer report on Eswatini was nothing but a fallacy and wishful thinking of some publicity hungry lobbyists who didn\u2019t really know what Eswatini and emaSwati were about in respect to the institution of the monarchy and the King. He said these were the most strategic and vital national interests for emaSwati to begin with. \u201cThe fictional, novelty and imagined reports such as the latest on the people of Eswatini by the Afrobarometer, must be pushed to the dustbin of history where they rightfully belong by all sundry,\u201d said Nxumalo. Boomgaard, when questioned on why she purportedly aborted the proposed interview, said Nxumalo didn\u2019t give her a direct yes or no, only that he played the sound as the preamble of the interview.<\/p>\n

Invited<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt really had nothing to do with the sound; however, I needed to have context to the sound and would have had to figure out where I could play it. We had also invited Afrobarometer for an interview but we didn\u2019t do both angles,\u201d she said. Boomgaard further explained that Channel Africa was a Pan-African station, which only wanted the best for Africa. \u201cThat is why instantly when they said we must do the Afrobarometer story I asked him for the interview. He should know by now I will always give him a right to reply and if there is a story he wants us to do, I will always try and accommodate it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Nxumalo made it known that he was growing tired of some of the journalists in the neighbouring country, because he had observed over time that there was a trend, that when they were inviting him for an interview, it appeared as though they had consultations with some forces from somewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon seeing that I\u2019m not waved or they can\u2019t get an entry point, they tend to disappear and that is not good because by so doing, I get the impression that these guys are being used or abused by certain people. That is not the impression I should get when dealing with a journalist,\u201d he said. Nxumalo said he rarely got the impression that he was being engaged on a fair basis, where he could effortlessly address whatever queries the media had, without any suspicions.<\/p>\n

Source: times<\/b><\/p>\n

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